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Old 04-05-2019, 12:59 PM   #1
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What are these curb feelers?

I’ve heard them called candlesticks. But what are these called and what’s is their purpose?
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Old 04-05-2019, 01:00 PM   #2
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

Sorry. The chrome long tubes on front fenders
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Old 04-05-2019, 01:07 PM   #3
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

Usually used to let the driver know where his bumper is.(to avoid hitting things)
The president and other dignitaries use them to fly flags.
You see them a lot on big trucks.
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Old 04-05-2019, 01:21 PM   #4
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

Thanks. Kinda like curb feelers then.
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Old 04-05-2019, 01:28 PM   #5
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

We called them “Bud Light bars”. They help you keep from hitting some thing if you have to many bud lights!
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Old 04-05-2019, 03:53 PM   #6
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Bud light bars? I like it. Gonna keep that tradition going. The name I mean
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Old 04-05-2019, 07:36 PM   #7
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

Here's my curb feelers!
If I had put them on sooner,I would still have my whitewalls!



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Old 04-06-2019, 02:32 AM   #8
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

Can the owner get anymore "bling" on that truck?
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Old 04-06-2019, 03:09 AM   #9
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

called bumper guides.. name should make purpose obvious

common in orange plastic, plastic strip LED, and chrome with lighted top..

google buyers truck accessories catalog to see various types..
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Old 04-06-2019, 11:23 AM   #10
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

I want a picture of that beast lite up at night-must be blinding!
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Old 04-06-2019, 11:53 AM   #11
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Re: What are these curb feelers?

Ha, yes, 100% Chevy posted what I call curb feelers... reminds me of the 70s, in a bad way.

As for the bumper guards, I've heard some folks use them as an assist when plowing or driving off-road in snow. Not sure they'd assist much of anything, but, back in the 70's it made you look THAT much more like Kris Kristofferson in the Rubber Duck, and that was important...
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Old 04-06-2019, 12:12 PM   #12
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I like this one
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