Restoring original Bumpers w/ slight dents question
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11/09/09 06:11 PM
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The rear bumper on my Challenger had a couple of dings/dents on it. The rechrome shop says they can "Straighten" and rechorome it for me. Can a good shop do a good job with this or should I find an unbent or ding free core? I have had bumpers rechromed before but all were straight. I'm pretty picky and not sure what to expect. I considered buying repop but heard the shape is a little off.
Joe
65 Barracuda 70 Challenger
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Re: Restoring original Bumpers w/ slight dents question
[Re: Stanton]
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11/09/09 08:23 PM
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When I worked at a Mopar resto shop, we'd send out bumpers to a local shop that I thought looked like crap. We'd get them back, and they looked perfect. I have no idea how they get them that way. They must have a template, or something, because a twisted pretzel is what they were given, and what we got back fit perfectly. You could see where they beat it on the back side, but there wasn't anything that looked like there was a bunch of filler on the other side. So, a good shop can work miracles. The price was around $400, if I remember, but that was 20 years ago. Rechromed bumpers will look perfect. Repros will look like new bumpers. What I mean is, there will be scrape marks where the bumper was forced through the press, and these will be removed on a rechromed bumper.
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Re: Restoring original Bumpers w/ slight dents question
[Re: His and Her 69's]
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11/10/09 09:51 AM
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Tri City is the way to go for your $. Stay as far away from the Bumper Boyz as you can. There work looks OK but doesn't last. They must be cutting corners in the process. Bought one bumper from them. Never again!!!!
70 Road Runner 383-4 4 speed FJ5 & black guts 70 Charger R/T 440-4 4 speed FJ5 & white guts
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Re: Restoring original Bumpers w/ slight dents question
[Re: Stanton]
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11/10/09 10:24 AM
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Part of Tri-City's service is cutting out and replacing rot, repairing bolt holes, etc.. If you ask them to fill the jack holes they'll likely do it and you'll never know the difference. I wouldn't count on giving them one year of core in exchange for another - that would almost be like saying "here's a 72 Nova bumper but I'd like a '69 Road Runner bumper back". Doesn't hurt to ask but I'm pretty sure that in most cases the bumper you send is the exact one you get back.
Great, thanks. Having seen some bumpers made for custom cars and rods I couldn't understand why it wouldn't be possible to fill them in. Maybe I just talked to someone who didn't know what they were talking about. Like you said, I figured I ask about the "swap" but suspected they probably wouldn't. I'll just have'em fill in the holes and refinish.
Thanks again guys! Joe
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Re: Restoring original Bumpers w/ slight dents question
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11/12/09 03:10 PM
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Joe...they will likely have bumpers to just swap out with you. I took my bumpers from the yellow car over to be done, and Porter had plenty in stock for Challengers at that time. BE SURE to open the wrapper and check them before you leave! I looked at one, and it looked fantastic as is per usual with Tri City. I left the other one wrapped, and when I unwrapped it 6 months later to put it on, it was a 72 bumper with the jack slot in it...even though the wrapper was marked 70-71. They gladly swapped it out for me, but I had to make an extra trip over. They might weld the slot up, but I don't think they will give the lifetime warranty if they do. Porter told me they stopped welding up holes, but that was 4 years ago and things may have changed since then.
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