Cab bumpers

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:47 pm

Only had the car a few months and just noticed the bumpers are chrome

and have been sprayed black. Did all cabs have chrome bumbers, as mines a 89' which I thought would be a plastic bumper model or is that just on the saloons?
cheers.

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:55 pm

Mines got plastic bumpers!

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:30 pm

They just brought the facelift in later on the convertibles

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:35 pm

Ah, I see can you get plastic to replace then or will have to be chrome again as they have been painted by Rolfie.
What's brown and sticky? A stick!

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:38 pm

Steve I wish you would stop showing off, just cause you have a really nice one

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:39 pm

you can fit plastic bumpers but its a right pain the the ar$e mate

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:55 pm

Why, are they a different size or different fixings?

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:03 pm

They fit completely different plastic ones have little shocks that mount them, the front panel is different on face lift cars to but this is a bolt on part and easy to swap so for the front its mainly swapping old for new.

The rear bumper is a complete arse u have to either make brakets or
cut the rear panel about to fit the shock mounts but then the dont fit round the sides where the bumper meets the arch. Ive seen them left like this they hang inside the arch about 1/2 an inch u could cut the ends down and make new ones.

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:19 pm

shit, that sounds like too much like hard work, not sure whether to take back to chrome or get resprayed. I think colour coding looks better, but it is then not original.

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:26 pm

Some late pre-facelift convertibles ie 1989's had painted chrome bumpers I think there were just black but mine were colour coded looked ok.

what colour is ur car mate

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:28 pm

It's a 1989 in Diamond Black!

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:31 pm

I would paint the metal part same colour as the body get it done by someone good and should look ok. or look at how much new chrome bumpers are chrome and black always go well

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:59 pm

Think I might take the painted route. Thanks for the help woody.

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:01 pm

np mate. u going to the colchester meet

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:56 pm

Yeah think so, 2nd of Feb isn't it, will have to check, you?

Post Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:27 pm

am going to try and make it down there
not to far for me.