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Big Block
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Durham, N.C.
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Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Looking for good quality reproduction chrome front bumper. (Is there such a thing?) I have purchased them in the past and they are total junk. If you tighten the bolts the bumpers bend and crack the chrome around the bolt holes. They get rust pits if they sit out in the weather for any length of time. Help! I know there's only a couple of manufacturers of repo bumpers so which ones are the best?
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Interested too - in particular the smoothie front bumper with no license plate mounting hole provision.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Read what gmcpauls has to say about his best bumpers....I ordered one and it was key parts, ordered a second one from summit and saved a bunch of money on the same part. Don't tighten the bolts down real tight and use a large diameter washer between the bracket and the bumper to smooth out the load, double nut the bolts to keep it tight.
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Big Block
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Good tips - thanks!
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I got mine at Classic Parts for my 56 about 3 years ago & they are still good.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
72 ftom classic parts, decent, but 3 yrs now and there is some fine rust showing thru. Parked inside, only 500 miles on it. Triple chrome, maybe needs to be made in USA.
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Big Block
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
That has been my experience with these repo bumpers. If left outside they tend to get small rust pits in the surface. Sad the don't make proper fittings quality reproduction parts. I would gladly pay more for OEM quality reproduction parts. I just put a Truck Shop 71-72 repo grill in my truck. It looks good, fitment wasn't a problem. But assembly was a nightmare. The plastic clips that attach the inner grill to the outer grill are a pain. I actually ended up using the originals clips from my old grill. The aluminium is to thin and the shoulder on the plastic clips is to short to go through the plastic grill and push through the aluminium grill shell. The original clips work great. The one's supplied in their installation kit are a joke. They would make a Preacher cuss. Why can't they make and sell reproduction parts that actually fit like the originals. Why wouldn't they make clips that actually work. I used maybe 3 of the clips supplied with their installation kit. The rest wouldn't work.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I just sent mine to Keystone in Minnesota for show quality replating , 600.00 for the pair and 12 week turn around
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I just sent 2 to Knoxville custom Chrome ,I've sent them a bunch of pieces in the last few months and it is $600.00 with 2-3 months wait . The pieces they've already done are top quality .
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Subscribed...Interested as well!
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
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I don't want to get into a pissing match so I won't name the vendor here. I've gotten burned by their junk twice now. The worst part of this entire truck project has been dealing with the garbage reproduction parts available. I think that's why the NOS stuff is rare and so expensive. Ok, rant over.....
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I used classic industries, 1 1/2 years in and they still looking pretty good. If you get the bumper brackets paint them. They are rusting but bumper is fine.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Subscribed. I need both front and rear.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I was happy with the ones from Classic Chevy Parts ,price was good ,chrome was good quality for a 1971 ,i think any bumper will kink by the bolt holes if tighten them too much ,i did watch not to do that when put them on .
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
Ill speak to the quality plating of Brothers Trucks bumpers. When my long bed was bagged I would drag it constantly.
Bent it pretty good, but the chrome still looks pretty damn good. I plan to bend it back and run it ha.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I have bought two front bumpers from truckandcarshops, both fit good, one i just installed on my 72 chevy,fit real nice, the other one I installed on my sons 70 GMC about 10 years ago and it still looks great...
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Big Block
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I saved two original GM white painted bumpers that I removed from a New Mexico truck years ago. They were in great condition. I've been saving them for my Blazer. I will have them rechromed. The Truck Shop bumper I just installed on the front my 71 short bed required washers to get it to fit right. I used the same bolts that were removed from the factory front bumper. Shoulder on the bolts wouldn't let the bumper tighten up properly. Washers between the bumper and the brackets were the solution. Truly sad you can't get exact fit reproduction parts.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I bought mine from Wes at Classic Heartbeat and they are as nice as a factory one that was re-chromed.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
How about the oer brand that classic industries sell?
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
I just received another "reconditioned" bumper from Rock Auto.
Beautiful finish. I noticed the box had LKQ on it.
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
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Re: Who sells the best quality reproduction chrome bumpers?
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What is the significance of LKQ?
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