914 Aftermarket Bumpers Options

[Natd]

Any recommendations for after-market bumpers (rubber bumperpad)?

914 rubber?
Auto Atlanta?

Let me know!

[Mike Bellis]

914 rubber!

[Mikey914]

Thanks.
We are working on the actual bumpers that mount like the OEM, right now I only have the rear in black. We are working on a process to make them look like chrome.

The fronts got put on the back burner for the tops. The front will be completed after the tops. We will be pulling a test piece from the rear this week, and the front should be next week.


As for the tops
On the rubber side no problem

On the fiberglass side there's a group buy getting lined up now for half the price of rubber.

[Tom_T]

70-74 Bumpers:

FG ones are out there from several of the usual sources & most integrate the top pad shape, & AFAIK all are to be painted or left raw (black or off-white gel coat). Mark/Mikey weighed in above on his production.

Steve down there in SD/Santee area had gotten the polished SS F & R 70-72 style from Harrington LTD, which are made in Vietnam or thereabouts (search for his post showing them on here).
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...=2&t=108722

Note that the prices at their website below are for the pair F & R (they'll add the extra back supporting brackets & front mounting holes for 73-74 tits/bumper guards for an extra $50 per end when I asked):
http://www.groupharrington.com/en/part/74/...-6-bumpers.html

Also IIRC, Rich HPH in the Bay area also sells polished SS ones made in the USA for a bit more each.

Otherwise it's find good used or a core to be rechromed, or check with GPR &/or with Bruce S/bdstone914 for what ones he may have on-hand rechromed (he'll be at the G&R 914 Parts Swap & Flesh Roast in Riverside next month - see post in Garage forum on here).


70-74 Bumper Top Pads:

FG ones are also available from the above sources.

Occassionally an NOS factory one or pair turns up, & AFAIK the rear one is still available via Porsche to dealers & PP, AA, etc.

Both Mark/Mikey914/914rubber & AA make excellent repro's out of better rubber/plastic materials with SS studs & inner stiffeners (originals are actually expanded closed cell polyurethane which isn't always so closed & tend to hold moisture causing the carbon steel stiffeners & studs to rust - ergo the dimples). Mark/914rubber is west coast & AA is east in Atlanta - take your pick.

I've seen both products in person & had gotten Mikey's F&R before AA's came out, & had gotten a factory rear one before I knew about the issues & hoping to find an NOS front. IMHO I'd have no qualms today going for either 914rubber's or AA's if I were in the market now.

Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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