Lower front bumber "curb shield"?
Hey, he did spell it correctly once.
07-08-2010, 09:59 PM
#22
Melting Slicks
07-08-2010, 10:07 PM
#23
SUPPORT AUTISM
I am looking for a body colored or black ABS plastic (or equivalent) "paint shield" that would adhere to the lower front bumper via 3m tape. This "shield" would be form fitting hard plastic about 1/16" thick and would protect the bumber paint if I was to run up on a curb - the shield would scrape aginst the curb instead of the front bumber paint getting all scraped up.
Does anyone know where I can get something like this?
Does anyone know where I can get something like this?
What tape do you know that can withstand a hit with a curb
These are things that you should be aware of when you become a vette owner. CURBS=DAMAGE which=$$$$$.
07-08-2010, 10:22 PM
#24
Le Mans Master
At the risk of seeming irreverent, might a suggest you get a long bamboo pole - sometimes available at carpet stores - and duct tape it to the top of your windshield or top so that it extends slightly forward of your front faschia (bumper, if you will). Then, using the best monfiliment fishing line you can afford, supend either a tennis ball or the neighbor's cat (or my wife's cat if you can't talk the neighbors into this idea) from the line such so that it extends slightly below the lower plane of your front bumper.
Now, as you approach your curbed parking place of choice, watch carefully for the fishing line to suddenly move toward the fornt of the car. that generally is a sign you are approaching something that could put serious scratches into the underside of the front faschia (see above) and allow you to apply anti-lock braking pressure enough to avoid this obviously socially unacceptable faux pas of interfacing the publically-funded curb in question.
Okay, I admit the concept still needs further devlopment. Like what to do about the whirling tennis ball (or the neighbors' cat) whipping around the top of your car at freeway speeds.
Just a thought.
Now, as you approach your curbed parking place of choice, watch carefully for the fishing line to suddenly move toward the fornt of the car. that generally is a sign you are approaching something that could put serious scratches into the underside of the front faschia (see above) and allow you to apply anti-lock braking pressure enough to avoid this obviously socially unacceptable faux pas of interfacing the publically-funded curb in question.
Okay, I admit the concept still needs further devlopment. Like what to do about the whirling tennis ball (or the neighbors' cat) whipping around the top of your car at freeway speeds.
Just a thought.
07-08-2010, 10:44 PM
#25
Burning Brakes
I am looking for a body colored or black ABS plastic (or equivalent) "paint shield" that would adhere to the lower front bumper via 3m tape. This "shield" would be form fitting hard plastic about 1/16" thick and would protect the bumber paint if I was to run up on a curb - the shield would scrape aginst the curb instead of the front bumber paint getting all scraped up.
Does anyone know where I can get something like this?
Does anyone know where I can get something like this?
Save the Wave
07-08-2010, 10:47 PM
#26
Melting Slicks
To JustMatt: really what you are describing does not exist cause it will look like crap. i rececomend something like the apsis splitter: http://www.apsisusa.com/C6%20or%20Z0...20%20index.htm
Last edited by m48xhp; 07-08-2010 at 10:51 PM.
05-17-2017, 04:07 PM
#27
I am looking for a body colored or black ABS plastic (or equivalent) "paint shield" that would adhere to the lower front bumper via 3m tape. This "shield" would be form fitting hard plastic about 1/16" thick and would protect the bumber paint if I was to run up on a curb - the shield would scrape aginst the curb instead of the front bumber paint getting all scraped up.
Does anyone know where I can get something like this?
Does anyone know where I can get something like this?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ase-model.html
It is a bolt on, as opposed to tape, (the material it is made from is too slippery to bond to tape) but otherwise I think I am making exactly what you are describing!
Thanks,
Mitch
