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74 Malibu bumper tuck

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Post by ziyatansu Sat May 08, 2021 3:52 pm

Hey everyone,

Hope everyone is healthy!

Any tips on how to tuck the bumpers? My car is a 74 Malibu. I've been reading about drilling the shocks, bleeding the liquid out, pushing it in and welding. Would this work (is it a good approach), if so would it work for both rear and front. - if not how should I go about doing it?

Looking forward for the feedback.

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Post by Hawk03 Sat May 08, 2021 4:23 pm

I had the guy who painted my car drill a hole and push the rear shocks in but the sides are not even. I bought some rear bumper tuck brackets that help push the bum from a member here, tropdeprojet, to install but have not done it yet. Not sure if the he still makes them but they are good quality. Few other members have installed them as well.

This thread has some measurements for some front brackets.
https://www.g3gm.com/t8642-monte-front-bumper-tuck
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Post by Limey SE Sat May 08, 2021 9:25 pm

These are ones that fasrnur put on from a member here

https://www.g3gm.com/t10932-rear-bumper-sink?highlight=bumper+tuck

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Post by fasrnur Sun May 09, 2021 1:49 am

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As you can see, I did both ends with the brackets made by tropdeprojet.
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Post by S3TPI Mon May 10, 2021 8:18 am

Your tail lights look like 1975.  Is your car 1974?
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Post by ziyatansu Tue May 11, 2021 2:40 am

Look neat! I PM'd him. Thanks!

and yes S3TPI, my car is a 74.
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Post by Limey SE Tue May 11, 2021 8:59 am

S3TPI wrote:Your tail lights look like 1975.  Is your car 1974?

Yes his is a 1975 S3TPI he just has the 74 buckets and grill

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Post by 1976LagunaS3 Mon May 17, 2021 1:19 pm

Google ‘how to fix ugly 70s bumpers’. Hot Rod has a great tutorial on how to tuck and shorten a Laguna and Camaro bumpers. Great article!

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Post by fasrnur Thu May 20, 2021 11:56 pm

Yes mine is a 75 S3TPI. In the first picture was when it had a 74 grill in it and 75 Classic headlight buckets. In this picture, I swapped them for base model buckets. 74 Malibu bumper tuck 18146810
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