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> LIGHT big black bumpers, new pics added 11/26
VaccaRabite
post Nov 2 2008, 11:26 AM
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I am gutting my BBBs. Man there is a lot of metal in there.

They probably won't weigh as little as the simple early bumpers when I am done, but they will weight a LOT less then the BBBs of old.

Pics to come...

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post Nov 26 2008, 10:21 PM
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Well, the bumpers will have the rubber cover over them. I doubt there will be a whistle.
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No bumper skin on yet, this is all just mock up. This took all freak'n day to fab up and put together. I work slow, but I feel that I hot a lot done.

One of my supertones, mounted int he bumper where the fog light used to go. Steel grill is protecting it.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm4.static.flickr.com-1435-1337606434.1.jpg)

Pilot driver light mounting. I had to reverse the mounting bracked, and I welded in a nut to the other side of the bumper. The bolt holding the light to the bumper is an m10.
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Tit, light, horn. Will look better when the skin is on. Lots of holes in these bumpers now... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Mounting bracket. Note the biiig hole that the shock used to go through. I am probably going to weld it shut, unless I can think of a good reason not to. The brackets were all fabbed from scrap salvaged from the bumper gutting process. The sheet steell is pretty thick, and made a nice bracket.

Horn mounting from the back.
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So, yeah. I got the back bumper fabbed on too, but that was WAY easier, as I was not adding any other crap on to it.

So, pretty much, I can put the skins on, and the bumpers are done. Yay! Got to order some of those plastic bumper attachment tabs though... I chiseled throu mine to get the bumpers off. No patience.

My face is burned from cold, or maybe the kerosene heater. My hands hurt. I'm dehydrated. I want a cigar, but its too cold to smoke one. And, I feel like I am getting sick.

Think I'll go have some single malt...

Zach
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Vacca Rabite   LIGHT big black bumpers   Nov 2 2008, 11:26 AM
Vacca Rabite   Pics of stage 1. The subject: http://farm4.static....   Nov 2 2008, 11:54 AM
rick 918-S   I really like the arrow look of the late bumpers. ...   Nov 2 2008, 12:45 PM
Dave_Darling   I really like the arrow look of the late bumpers....   Nov 4 2008, 02:14 AM
Vacca Rabite   If someone did that I would buy them. I like the ...   Nov 2 2008, 12:47 PM
MrZir   If someone did that I would buy them. I like the...   Nov 3 2008, 02:33 PM
jim912928   leave the weight and just get a bigger engine...   Nov 3 2008, 05:30 PM
Vacca Rabite   leave the weight and just get a bigger engine...   Nov 3 2008, 07:26 PM
vsg914   I drive a 75 and I hate the big UGLY bumpers. To e...   Nov 3 2008, 06:32 PM
hcdmueller   I have a 75 euro spec rear bumper sitting in my ga...   Nov 3 2008, 07:35 PM
Krieger914   Hack the crap out of them. I got 11.5/ 7 off the ...   Nov 3 2008, 07:32 PM
Krieger914   The front   Nov 3 2008, 07:33 PM
r_towle   Zach Loose the front and rear face in between the ...   Nov 3 2008, 08:25 PM
Vacca Rabite   More progress on my BBBs Tools on the job: http:/...   Nov 9 2008, 03:30 PM
r_towle   weight at final???? Rich   Nov 9 2008, 07:15 PM
Vacca Rabite   weight at final???? Rich I've not weighted...   Nov 9 2008, 07:34 PM
Vacca Rabite   I manned up and got out my scale. the front bumpe...   Nov 9 2008, 09:26 PM
plymouth37   I thought Joe Sharp had done a comparison of stoc...   Nov 10 2008, 01:17 PM
solex   Zach, Just went through this thread (with great in...   Nov 10 2008, 12:18 PM
Vacca Rabite   Zach, Just went through this thread (with great i...   Nov 10 2008, 07:24 PM
Vacca Rabite   I'm posting this in my thread for direct compa...   Nov 10 2008, 07:17 PM
johannes   I have done the same on the front a few month ago....   Nov 11 2008, 03:47 AM
Vacca Rabite   I have done more today, and will post pics when do...   Nov 26 2008, 05:44 PM
Rob Ways   Hopefully those holes don't whistle, otherwise...   Nov 26 2008, 05:53 PM
Vacca Rabite   Well, the bumpers will have the rubber cover over ...   Nov 26 2008, 10:21 PM
scotty b   :trophy: Nice to see Zach !   Nov 27 2008, 08:00 AM
r_towle   now I want to see what you do with the rubber bump...   Nov 27 2008, 09:01 AM
Vacca Rabite   By the way, the 4 shocks weighed in at about 20 po...   Nov 27 2008, 09:34 AM
Sleepin   Good post Zach! I always wondered if this coul...   Dec 1 2008, 02:35 PM
johannes   I had time to remove the front bumper and paint th...   May 20 2012, 11:46 AM
Vacca Rabite   Nice! I thought about doing what you did with ...   May 21 2012, 07:24 AM
johannes   Nice! I thought about doing what you did with...   May 21 2012, 11:36 AM


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