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Bumper dilemma, repair vs buy new |
roundtwo |
Aug 25 2021, 04:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 9-February 20 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 23,905 Region Association: Central California |
Restoring a 1970 and wrestling with my bumper dilemma. Have a set of front and rear that are stripped and now very lightly primed to prevent rust. Ideally, my goal is painted black bumpers but restoration costs coming close to $1k each. Can buy new stainless for that cost! They both need some reshaping, a bit of rust mitigation and a bit of welding where the old bumper teeet holes exist. I'm only seeing new chrome bumpers out there, nothing in raw metal. Now what??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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Shivers |
Aug 25 2021, 11:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
How bad are your bumpers? If you are going to paint, they are just metal. If you can not do body work, take them to a body shop and have them straightened and painted. With paint you can use a little filler, whole lot less work then if you are going to chrome them.
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