Bumpers back from chromers....& Q about painting inside

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Wed Oct 21, 09 1:20 pm

Pleased it worked out for you Gav

So you've just gotta bolt them on and you're done, eh?

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed Oct 21, 09 2:50 pm

He's got to polish the car first Rob and take it for an MOT

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed Oct 21, 09 5:32 pm

They've certainly made a good job of those

Shame about that great bug in the first pic,though it should polish out

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Wed Oct 21, 09 8:07 pm

RobTwin wrote:So you've just gotta bolt them on and you're done, eh?

Yup

....Done installing the bumpers, that is....

Latil, that type of bug take more than polishing to get rid of

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Oct 21, 09 9:19 pm

Gav did arsley straighten your bumpers for you and how much was the cost now-days pm if you dont want to say.

keith

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Wed Oct 21, 09 10:49 pm

A picture paints a thousand words.....this is the before pic of the only real damage. A fairly minor crease/gouge but across the 'feature' line . If I did not know where it had been I wouldn't be able to tell (actually I had difficulty finding where it had been even knowing that!). I assume they needed to weld it a bit as well as hammering it.

What they told me on the phone was 'small' US bumpers from £150+Vat each + overiders (£35 each)...larger could be a lot more. I figured mine should qualify as relatively small by US standards and I wasn't disappointed. I had a couple of other very minor bits as well. Given that chroming is expensive by nature (labour) I think this compares very favourably with other source from what I gleaned (even though it's actually one of the larger single-item expenditures I've made on this car!!!)