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Old 01-26-2009, 11:48 PM
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Are the Tru-Flex bumpers($260) really worth 80 dollars more than the standard Urethane type(180)?
Old 01-27-2009, 12:03 AM
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where can you get a real urethane bumper cover?

i know you cant get one for a 74...had no idea they still even made one for other years...
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Originally Posted by ROBRICCI
where can you get a real urethane bumper cover?

i know you cant get one for a 74...had no idea they still even made one for other years...
Wilcox has them:

Part number 22196 for a 75-79...

http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...oducts_id=1679


Below is the link for the 73-74 for 817.87..... YIKES!!

http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...oducts_id=1678
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i was talking about a REAR bumper cover...sorry
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Originally Posted by dobroman2001
Are the Tru-Flex bumpers($260) really worth 80 dollars more than the standard Urethane type(180)?
I don't know about today’s paints on urethane but, I know when you paint a tru-flex bumper (flexible fiberglass) its color will stay the same as the body paint and won't fade to a different shade like the originals did. So for that I would and did pay for the tru-flex bumpers.

Danny
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I went with the tru-flex mostly because it was half the price of the urethane ($300 vs $600). I didn't realize later years were actually more expensive.

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