High quality fleetside chrome bumper 1958/1959

[beanyard]

I wondered if anyone has had a positive experience with any of the vendors that sell the reproduction chrome fleetside bumpers. I don't want to shell out the money and end up with a poor quality product.

[meter swinger]

Beanyard, I picked up rear and front bumpers from brothers a couple years ago. The stuff is driver quality chrome, not show quality like you expect from a chrome shop, but nowhere near the price either. I only buy stuff from brothers when they have a sale, which is in the spring usually. I think I paid around 150 per bumper.

[beanyard]

Meter Swinger,

I was in your neck of the woods yesterday visiting PNNL. I thought of you but couldn't remember your avatar name.

Thanks for the great info. I will check out brothers'. I wonder if all these vendors get the bumpers from the same place.

Best Regards,

Derek

[58CameoAZ]

Originally Posted by beanyard

I wondered if anyone has had a positive experience with any of the vendors that sell the reproduction chrome fleetside bumpers. I don't want to shell out the money and end up with a poor quality product.

I bought the cheaper chrome bumpers for my 58&59 from Grumpys in Phoenix when he was open and they told me when i was tightening the bolt's to
NOT Crank them down or use an impact wrench when installing them as it would
void the warranty because the bumpers were made thinner then a stock
bumper and if you cranked the bumper bolts down it would distort the metal
and actually put a ring around the bolt area and could crack the chrome.
just passing on what they told me! they are a nice bumper and look good on the trucks but no were near what a factory one can look like from a reputable
chrome platter. Just saying,
Allen

[Speedbumpauto]

I got a plain one from Brothers because I intended to cut and fill to make it fit better and put it on upside down anyway. Took it to the plating guy and his first words were"this is a re-pop." Got my education from him. Doesn't matter who you get it from they're all thin and will fold up quicker than a pair of three's in a seven card stud game but hey......it's a toy.

[torchlight]

My experience isn't with a 58/59, but I did order a bumper from LMC for my 53. They had two options - regular chrome and "premium" chrome for a higher price. I ordered the premium and when it came, it was in a Keystone wrapper - Keystone does really nice show chrome and the bumper was really nice quality. Maybe LMC offers the same option for 58/59.

[beanyard]

Thank you all. This information has been very helpful!!!

[meter swinger]

Originally Posted by beanyard

Meter Swinger,

I was in your neck of the woods yesterday visiting PNNL. I thought of you but couldn't remember your avatar name.

Thanks for the great info. I will check out brothers'. I wonder if all these vendors get the bumpers from the same place.

Best Regards,

Derek

Small nuclear world. I take you're at INL? I'm in Health Physics. Thus the "meter swinger" handle.
Sam.

[OrrieG]

Find a good used one and take it to Ogden chrome. They can straighten, remove scratches, fill holes, etc. They might even have a rep in Idaho Falls or Pocy, I know they have one in Boise, they used to wait until they had a bunch and used their own trucks for shipping to save on costs.

I got a repop for my 64 Chevelle from POL and it was quite a wrestling match to get in installed, everything was just off enough to not fit exactly. It was also noticeably lighter as others had said. Chrome was driver quality and after 5 years has held up ok.