Bumper Scrapes
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Bumper Scrapes
Our corvettes are so low how many of you have scrapes on the underneath of your front bumpers. Anyone have any ideas how to protect your from bumper ( I know don't scrape it, but sometimes that hard not to do).
I saw advertised on Corvette Guy's a product that some what looks like rollers you attach to the underneath radiator supports, anyone try these
I saw advertised on Corvette Guy's a product that some what looks like rollers you attach to the underneath radiator supports, anyone try these
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No scrapes on mine (yet), but I am also very, very careful when it comes to parking my car. I do run a front bra on mine and if I did happen to hit the front end on a curb or something, I would hope the vinyl on the bra would help keep the scratches off.
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I have those and they work great. Here is a thread on the rollers you probably saw. Good vendor to buy from too.
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The biggest culprits are the parking blocks and sometimes even the sidewalk curbs. I've never scraped the lower front bumper (knock on wood), however I have scraped up the lower aluminum arms where the Fatt Mommas or Fatt Daddys (wheels) would be installed. What amazes me is how many times I thought I was far enough away from the parking block/curb only to get out a realize I was a lot closer and sometimes over the block/curb. 
Sometimes the clearance was less than a finger width, thus no lowering for me...
Sometimes the clearance was less than a finger width, thus no lowering for me...
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...maybe we should all just duct tape some old **** carpeting under the bumper! 
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3m makes a great product, not at home to give a number. Comes in rolls, it is a thick clear plastic, works rather well, can even double it up sometimes, its hard to install without air bubbles. (little soapy water and squeegee/fixes that) You can put it on the bottom of your rockers also. You see it on cars a lot, like on the bottom of the dogleg (front of wheelwell) where stones tend to hit from sticking out a little farther than the door. Really cant notice once installed and after it has taken its abuse, a heat gun and it peels right off then replace. In the process of repainting my car and it is definitely going on...
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Let this old timer give you gents an old corvette owner’s tip on preventing front end scrapes.
What I do is flip the headlights up. This gives you a better reference as to where the front end is. Always works for me...no scrapes.
What I do is flip the headlights up. This gives you a better reference as to where the front end is. Always works for me...no scrapes.
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Our corvettes are so low how many of you have scrapes on the underneath of your front bumpers. Anyone have any ideas how to protect your from bumper ( I know don't scrape it, but sometimes that hard not to do).
I saw advertised on Corvette Guy's a product that some what looks like rollers you attach to the underneath radiator supports, anyone try these
I saw advertised on Corvette Guy's a product that some what looks like rollers you attach to the underneath radiator supports, anyone try these
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our cars are pretty short compared to parking spaces I usally leave about a foot in front of all my cars not just the vette munis the z71 I park it with one tire on the curb
but really in a car there is no point of pulling all the way up since the back is already far outta the way.
but really in a car there is no point of pulling all the way up since the back is already far outta the way.
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