Odd picture request - front bumper cover
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From: Warrington PA
Odd picture request - front bumper cover
hey guys can any of you post up close/clear pictures of a front bumper cover for a '74-'75 specifically the gap between the body and the nose piece. I have a replacement nose piece that the previous owner put on (un-finished) and now I am going to take it off and re-fit the piece to the body. the replacement nose had a goofy "step" molded into the edge. my plan is to remove the nose and sand down the "step" smooth with the top of the nose piece then re fit the nose onto the car. then plan my next move? here are some pic's of my nose pc with the molded step in it.
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thanks for the link and very nice work. Dub is like Yoda and we are all jedi's in training. LOL
I dont think my bumper cover is fiberglass like yours so not 100% sure how to approach the repair or what material to use to build up the gaps. hopefully someone will chime in and tell me what to look for to ID the material of the bumper cover and what to use.
I dont think my bumper cover is fiberglass like yours so not 100% sure how to approach the repair or what material to use to build up the gaps. hopefully someone will chime in and tell me what to look for to ID the material of the bumper cover and what to use.
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I am going to have to go with it being fiberglass. I can not say from the photo if it is 'flex' glass design or a rigid design.
Once you get it off the car...then looking at the backside will be a dead give-away if it is what I think it is. I know you can see the backside of the bumper down by where your park/signal grilles are located.
Then when it is also off the car...if it is a 'flex' glass design...it will be really thin and able to be flexed.
I honestly do not think kit is a urethane bumper cover due to it makes no sense in the parting line of the mold being where it is.
DUB
Once you get it off the car...then looking at the backside will be a dead give-away if it is what I think it is. I know you can see the backside of the bumper down by where your park/signal grilles are located.
Then when it is also off the car...if it is a 'flex' glass design...it will be really thin and able to be flexed.
I honestly do not think kit is a urethane bumper cover due to it makes no sense in the parting line of the mold being where it is.
DUB
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Just so you can see this...
This is my personal car that's been in storage for ever.. it was delivered this way... so don't expect perfection... you can do amazing things with filling the covers and then re-cutting the line too... (if it's fiberglass). It's pathetic, the factory ran the SA stripe on the driver side, around the edge of the fender and right to the front bumper... The passenger side, I guess the gap was so bad there probably wasn't enough stripe to make it that far... lol The rear bumper is just as bad... but because it's such an original car I'm leaving it the exact way it was when it was delivered new.
And then there is the picture I made from the original GM promotional video for the 82 cars and you can see how horrible the rear fit on their promotional video... as well as other flaws that plagued the 1978-1982 production run. Look at the crappy seat covers... If I delivered a set like this to a customer he'd flame me like cooking a pig on the 4th of July..
Willcox
This is my personal car that's been in storage for ever.. it was delivered this way... so don't expect perfection... you can do amazing things with filling the covers and then re-cutting the line too... (if it's fiberglass). It's pathetic, the factory ran the SA stripe on the driver side, around the edge of the fender and right to the front bumper... The passenger side, I guess the gap was so bad there probably wasn't enough stripe to make it that far... lol The rear bumper is just as bad... but because it's such an original car I'm leaving it the exact way it was when it was delivered new.
And then there is the picture I made from the original GM promotional video for the 82 cars and you can see how horrible the rear fit on their promotional video... as well as other flaws that plagued the 1978-1982 production run. Look at the crappy seat covers... If I delivered a set like this to a customer he'd flame me like cooking a pig on the 4th of July..
Willcox
Last edited by Willcox Corvette; Mar 26, 2018 at 09:18 PM.
