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| 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 
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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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| Arno914 |
Aug 26 2021, 12:38 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 13-May 20 From: near Frankfurt, Germany Member No.: 24,260 Region Association: Germany
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I had one bumper rechromed lately. A good chrome job is about 1k, including some straightening.
My bumpers were chromed someday in the past by the PO in the US. Chrome was peeling in some areas, grinding marks still visible. Bad (cheap?) work. I checked this 914 with stainless steel bumpers which is for sale in my area. Note that the "shine" of stainless is different to chrome. More on the "dark" side. Fit seems to be correct, though. An option, nevertheless. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/up.picr.de-24260-1629959915.1.jpg) |
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roundtwo Bumper dilemma Aug 25 2021, 04:40 PM
914Sixer You might want to get a current price on SS bumper... Aug 25 2021, 04:51 PM windforfun Welcome to the club. Did you expect a quality ite... Aug 25 2021, 04:59 PM roundtwo AA offering ss bumper packages with toppers, ligh... Aug 25 2021, 11:01 PM Shivers How bad are your bumpers? If you are going to pain... Aug 25 2021, 11:48 PM wonkipop if you could work on the bumpers yourself you woul... Aug 26 2021, 03:32 AM Olympic 914 A little bit of time with a hammer and dolly, to t... Aug 26 2021, 07:28 AM BillJ Do NOT buy from Harrison Group. They sent me garb... Aug 26 2021, 09:19 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com I would have a body shop repair them and repaint t... Aug 26 2021, 09:28 AM JmuRiz Check with Oscar, he may have some leftovers. I k... Aug 26 2021, 09:43 AM
roundtwo Thanks for all the good advice. Found an old schoo... Aug 27 2021, 05:14 PM |
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