bumper warping
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Burning Brakes
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From: starting to wonder if im welcome here texas
bumper warping
the right side of my bumper on my 81 keeps warping and the heat gun trick wont fix it, it keeps coming back. the center of it comes up 2 1/2 inches. any tips or tricks for fixing this. i used a heat gun, c clamp and some small lengths of plywood on the left side and it worked just fine. the bumper is a gm replacement.
sorry for who ever's pic this is but i don't have a camera right now.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8...gewsfefgm6.jpg
sorry but i cant post pics or links for some reason
sorry for who ever's pic this is but i don't have a camera right now.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8...gewsfefgm6.jpg
sorry but i cant post pics or links for some reason
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: WI
I guess one thing you could do is get some urethane bumper repair material and a piece of stainless steel flat stock. Drill some holes into the stainess bar and grind the surface with 24 grit. Bend it to the arc you want to achieve. Prepare the underside of the front bumper and then apply the urethane repair, the stainless bar, and then clamp into place. It won't get you to NCRS, but one method of making a permenant fix.
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Burning Brakes
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From: starting to wonder if im welcome here texas
I guess one thing you could do is get some urethane bumper repair material and a piece of stainless steel flat stock. Drill some holes into the stainess bar and grind the surface with 24 grit. Bend it to the arc you want to achieve. Prepare the underside of the front bumper and then apply the urethane repair, the stainless bar, and then clamp into place. It won't get you to NCRS, but one method of making a permenant fix.
Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego California
Welcome to the club. The rear wing on my 80 is "wavey"-- no way to avoid that with the combination of urethane and heat from the sun over a lot of years. I just decided to replace mine with a new fberglass piece. Sent my order in today to Vanacor's Corvette Parts.
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Burning Brakes
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From: starting to wonder if im welcome here texas
this bumper came like this from gm.
they said "its fine, just heat it up and clamp in in position and it will be fine"
i would love to buy a fiberglass one but i just don't have the money right now.
