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Old 07-03-2013, 05:08 PM   #11
67ChevyRedneck
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Re: Front bumper quality?

I put repro bumpers on my C10 in 2006. They still look new. Truck sits outside 24/7. I did coat the back with rust encapsulator like ciff mentioned. About once I year I put a coat of mother's chrome polish on them.

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Originally Posted by domeier View Post
This one was put on in 2000, it's been outdoors ever since. I hit a guy in a 90's Silverado a couple years ago. I got him in the right front grill/blinker with the tip of my right rear bumper, and it peeled into his fender like jello - I looked hard, and I couldn't find even a scratch on my bumper. Whoops, sorry dude!

I've always assumed my bumpers are repos. What should I look at to find out? Can you tell from the photo?
The front is hard to tell, but on the back, remove the bolts for the license plate bracket. On some of the repos the holes aren't as square as they should be, and the casting around the bracket isn't as smooth as an original.
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