Fiberglass Bumpers

[MADMAC]

I know this has come up before but does anyone know where to find '72 fiberglass front bumpers? I've seen them for '70 and '71 but not for my year.

[kc8oye]

use a 70/1 and use the holes for brake ducts or ram air ~ or even fog lights.

 

[MADMAC]

I thought about using the '70 but want the car to appear stock. (But have everything glass ) My hood is a dead giveaway but I want the car to look correct fot 1972.

[Jared Richey]

Kevin Wiles on the Coke Machine has a fiberglass 72 bumper style bumper. He just screwed peices of aluminum in the correct spot to simulate the "covered parking lights".

[kc8oye]

hey did anyone else notice that in the disney movie "CARS" the car that was voiced by Darrel Waltrip was a FGMC ??

(it reminded me of the coke machine when i saw it)

 

[Reaper]

Use a chevelle front bumper

[502ci]

I can't help you find one but I can verify they do exist...I seen them a while back when I was thinking about getting one.

 

Bill

[MADMAC]

Would a Chevelle glass bumper bolt up the same?

[Andreas]

My Monte has a Chevelle fiberglass front bumper with LED turn lights. Will be for sale, I have a new 70 front.

 

Interested?

 

 

 

[MADMAC]

Sending you a PM right now

[MADMAC]

I haven't heard back from Andreas yet, but I want to get an opinion from you guys. I have switched everything over to LED on the car now now and was just wondering... do you think the bumper Andreas was thinking about getting rid of (has LED turn signals in it.)would be too much? My '72 has the turn lamps in the grille; do you think the lights in the bumper would be overkill? Like I said in an earlier post I would like to get a smooth glass bumper that looks stock, but might have to settle for a '70 or '71 and fill the holes later. The first two years of First Gens have solid grilles with lights in the bumper, would Andreas' make my front end look too busy?

[Sam (Bones)]

you could always turn them into cold air ducts, or mount some driving/fog lights in them

[Sam (Bones)]

After all, we all know blinkers in the bumpers are for sissies.

 

you're just jealous

[502ci]

My '72 has the turn lamps in the grille; do you think the lights in the bumper would be overkill? Like I said in an earlier post I would like to get a smooth glass bumper that looks stock, but might have to settle for a '70 or '71 and fill the holes later. would Andreas' make my front end look too busy?

 

I definately would not have them as turn signals along with your factory ones...I would fill the holes or install clear driving lights in them as it was mentioned.

 

Bill

[Andreas]

You could easily fill in the holes with fiberglass & resin or use them for something else.

 

Or use the grille lights for projector fog lights?

 

Only reason I am selling the bumper, I got a new one which will have projector fog lights built in

[Chevymd350]

Quick question: are you planning on driving the car on the street? I assume you have thought about this, but removing your steel bumpers will turn any small ding or bump into a huge one. I was at the track with my Buick a few years ago, and a tire rolled off a racer's trailed and into a friend's car w/ fiberglass front bumper. The tire took out the bumper, grill, header panel, radiator, and rad support. If he had kept his steel bumper it'd have been fine! Just food for thought -- also trying to dig up pics of this incident, I know they are somewhere!

[Chevymd350]

http://www.turbobuicks.com/forums/attach...ick-11-4-05.jpg

 

Similar story, not my buddy.

[MADMAC]

My cars definitely gonna be street driven. As hard as it's been for me to find nice Monte parts in San Antonio, I figure I can risk tearing up some glass (hopefully not, but...) replacement pieces. The original stuff is getting hard to come by, and it would be cheaper to buy new fiberglass panels than hurt my original ones.

 

I'm still holding on to all my original parts just in case.

[kc8oye]

i guess i'm lucky living jsut an hour from leo.. when I mangle body parts, I can go get new ones fairly easy ~

[FerrariTruck]

I have a 70 bumper from glass tek and the holes for the turn signals still need to be cut out, which i will do, but if you didnt want to a little bondo would make it level and it would look correct for your 72,,,but if your getting a discount on the one from andreas, get it and just get a 70 grille

[MADMAC]

Bumper from Andreas came last week or so and was still in one piece. Luckily because we all know how UPS (United Postal Smashers) like to handle packages. I got it sanded down and I'm still unsure about the LED lights. Anybody reccomend a fiberglass kit? I've seen and heard you can get them anywhere but maybe somebodies got a suggestion. I've never worked with Kitty Hair (Tiger hair) but I've heard it's not too hard. Am I wrong?

[Andreas]

If you want to fill the holes,I would get epoxy fiberglass resin and fiberglass mats from your local auto store, then put ducttape on the reverse side of the holes and start fiberglassing away...