RE: US Bumpers goin on a diet.

["BHonnold" <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

Nice web page :-)

Good point about the factory skins Randy, however I am installing the
lightened bumpers behind a Zender Z-1 body kit so I don't have to worry
about re-mounting them.

BcH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy B [mailto:sirocco@telocity.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:46 PM
> To: BHonnold; List
> Subject: Re: US Bumpers goin on a diet.
>
>
> Brian,
> I just got done trying this (literaly, I saw your post and went to the
> garage and started drilling/cutting).
> DON'T DO IT YET!!!
>
> Check out the following images.
> (Damn I love having a digital camera and my own website, now if I
> could just
> figure out how to design a webpage, he he)
>
> <http://www.myscirocco.org/litebumper1.jpg>
> <http://www.myscirocco.org/litebumper2jpg>
> <http://www.myscirocco.org/litebumper3jpg>
> <http://www.myscirocco.org/litebumper4jpg>
> <http://www.myscirocco.org/litebumper5jpg>
> <http://www.myscirocco.org/litebumper6jpg>
>
> Sorry I just realized they are pretty large so they may take a
> little while
> to load.
>
> For those with slow connections or little patience I will describe the
> problem.
> If you drill out the spot welds and separate the inner and outer u-chanel,
> you will not be able to re-mount the bumper skin.
> Solution!:
> Instead of drilling out the spot welds, use a sabre saw and cut the outer
> u-chanel off (around) of the inner u-chanel.
> As soon as I pull another junk yard bumper I will do this again with more
> pics to describe WTF (? he he) I am talking about :)
>
> HTH,
>
> Randy
>
>
> > Ok well I took teh US bumpers and weighed em, after draining
> all the fluid
> > out of the bumper stops, they weigh 35lbs each.  That just won't do and
> > neither will paying $500 for a euro set.
> >
> > So, the big metal skin part gets it's spot welds drilled tomorrow.
> >
> > Could one of you guys with MkI euro bumpers that aren't on the
> car measure
> > the distance on the bump stop, from where it mounts to the
> bumper, back to
> > the front mount hole?  Even the US bump stops drained weigh to much to
> think
> > about using.
> >
> > Randy B, didn't you mention that you might have some copies of the Euro
> > stops made up?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Brian H
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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