Re: bumper questions

by 77malibu77 Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:23 pm

blasphemy not worth 300 is there chrome paint i can get and just sand out the scratch

by The Dude Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:39 pm

Nope, it'll look worse with the "so called" chrome paint. Trust me, you might as well be spraying any other silver color.

by 77malibu77 Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:10 pm

kk, i might just leave the scratch lol

by 77malibu77 Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:53 pm

today i tucked in the front bumper on my el camino, turned out pretty noice lol. (no pictures yet)
has anyone tucked the rear bumper on a el camino? i know its possible because i seen a dark blue el camino on here where it had both bumpers tucked nicely. anyone remember this elky? someone on here was trying to get them to join g3gm.

by The Dude Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:27 am

If I had an Elky, I would try to find/fab a roll pan & just do away with the bumper all together.

by 77malibu77 Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:35 pm

Rago wrote:If I had an Elky, I would try to find/fab a roll pan & just do away with the bumper all together.

that would be cool but it kinda would look funky with just the front bumper being chrome. unless i did the roll pan and then painted the front bumper black, but kinda like the chrome bumpers.

by 77malibu77 Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:40 pm

got the front bumper fillers in and i had to do alot of cutting on the side fillers because its a gmc sprint bumper and the ends are more rounded off. looks nice but i am just doing the fitting right now and it fits well, next step paint. and i need to get all new bumper bolts (the nut is rounded off) any ideas? ace hardware?

by 74Malibu383 Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:14 pm

Vice grips

by 77malibu77 Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:32 pm

74Malibu383 wrote:Vice grips

lol i already got them off. i am asking where can i get new bumper bolts? the other ones i had to grind off because they were being stubborn.

by The Dude Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:33 pm

The Paddock.... whoops.

Most places like OPGI or Year One SHOULD have some generic bumper bolts. Otherwise, IDK......

by 77malibu77 Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:44 pm

lol guess ill just try ace hardware first

by 74Malibu383 Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:47 pm

Are you talking about the ones that you can see on the outside of the bumper? They're pretty much just carriage bolts right? Any hardware store would carry them.

by 77malibu77 Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:59 pm

74Malibu383 wrote:Are you talking about the ones that you can see on the outside of the bumper? They're pretty much just carriage bolts right? Any hardware store would carry them.

yeah those bolts. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mopar9999.com/fcstore2008/images/1bboltmoparbig.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mopar9999.com/fcstore2008/shop/category.aspx%3Fcatid%3D64&usg=__LJdAO4JxGoFsWQTBT3AYd8PirpQ=&h=246&w=308&sz=22&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=hag7RUTFNmrNQM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbumper%2Bbolts%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D599%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=133&vpy=182&dur=94&hovh=172&hovw=216&tx=99&ty=83&oei=60FbTILdE4G88gbTyvH9AQ&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

by maliburacinfreak Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:10 pm

77malibu77 wrote:got the front bumper fillers in and i had to do alot of cutting on the side fillers because its a gmc sprint bumper and the ends are more rounded off.

i owned a 77 sprint and a 76 elky at the same time. im damn sure they had the same bumpers

by 77malibu77 Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:22 pm

maliburacinfreak wrote:
77malibu77 wrote:got the front bumper fillers in and i had to do alot of cutting on the side fillers because its a gmc sprint bumper and the ends are more rounded off.
i owned a 77 sprint and a 76 elky at the same time. im damn sure they had the same bumpers

lol sorry my el camino is a el camino classic. they had the bigger heavier bumpers