Possible GB for bumpers like OEM Steel and chrome, Looknig at having some made offshore |
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Possible GB for bumpers like OEM Steel and chrome, Looknig at having some made offshore |
Mikey914 |
Jan 24 2018, 10:01 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,677 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
SO.....
Long story short Mike Warhurst (Warpig) had helped to broker a deal for stainless bumpers that looks like it's well....dead. I'm looking into making front and rear bumpers off shore with a company that a student of mine's uncle owns. They have experience in stamping and have pressed big enough to do these. QC is an issue that will need to be addressed, and at 1st it will be late bumpers. They are very labor intensive to do, but if there is an interest I will visit the factory and see what we can do. I plan to actually ship over front and rear clips to check fits. That and final payment will be made in person as they are packed to insure no surprises. I'm shooting for about $800-900 a set but would need to do about 50 sets to make it work. I will also be offering discounted rubber bumper tops for those that want it to help make this work. So, lets start again. Who would be interested at that level? |
dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Jan 25 2018, 07:04 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,890 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
actually a mild steel bumper could be stamped out quickly at a relatively inexpensive price. It is the chromium steel and the plating that makes the venture expensive.
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horizontally-opposed |
Jan 25 2018, 07:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,432 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None |
actually a mild steel bumper could be stamped out quickly at a relatively inexpensive price. It is the chromium steel and the plating that makes the venture expensive. ^ Keys to the exercise are 1) quality (correctness, fit, etc), and 2) taking advantage of the fact that all of us poor sops working with old bumpers have to pay a chrome shop to strip, straighten, rectify, and otherwise prep old bumpers...if that can be done. And then hope they fit when all is said or done. Or go back and forth with the car to the chrome shop at various points in between. The idea of a repro bumper in the original materials (or something quite like them) that fits the way the original factory piece does and looks indistinguishable—that can be ordered from a shelf—is seriously alluring. Mikey will get my business if he proceeds and the quality of his work meets expectaions/hopes. |
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