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1970 Front bumper


Schulte425

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I'm looking to purchase a new front bumper, but my Monte came with bumper guards.  It seems like all the new bumpers don't have holes for the guards. I don't wanna drill into a new bumper, does anyone know if theirs a place that sell a new bumpers with the holes already drilled in?

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The Bumper Guards were an option & not standard equipment, so don't believe that any Bumpers were pre drilled.   I replaced my rear Bumper and had to drill out the Bumper for my rear Bumper Guards.  Not that big of a deal really.

 

Doug

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James,

 

Been there, done that.  As Doug says, it's fairly easy, even easier on the front because you only have to locate and drill one hole for each guard.  I installed re-chromed guards on my stock '70 bumpers and then re-installed the front guards on a new front bumper later using exactly the same procedure. Of course, I had the mount the new front bumper first.  If you want to drill the hole before you mount the new bumper, you can locate the hole using relative measurements from your original bumper. The hardest part is convincing yourself to drill into a brand new shiny bumper.  :eek:

 

Basically, with the new bumper already mounted, you just partially attach the front guards with the lower bolt in the hole provided on the bottom edge of all front bumpers, align them vertically with a carpenter's square or level and mark the bumper on both sides of the guard.  The horizontal location of the hole will be exactly in the middle of those two marks (see photos below).

 

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The vertical location of the hole is easy if you first make a cardboard template by tracing the inside edge of the guard and marking the location of the upper mounting hole on the template, then hold the template on the bumper at the horizontal location and transfer the vertical dimension onto the bumper (see photos below).

 

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After drilling the hole, it may need to be de-burred and the edges should be protected from rusting with durable paint before final assembly.  Good luck.

 

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