retrofitting Early bumpers to a square light care....

[Guest Anonymous]

I'm hoping to put a smaller rear bumper on my 74. preferably pre-73.. What all needs to be done? What bits and pieces are needed? I basically just want a very clean look. Most of the holes were filled by the previous owner. In need of suggestions!

[Guest Anonymous]

you have to cut a triangle out of your nose thats relatively small. then you need to drill out the two holes where the bumper bolts in, you can see they were welded up at the factory. thats the front. the rear you have to use a hole saw, or i cut two rectangles, so you can access the mounting holes for the rear bracket. an array of vynil spacers from bmw help with spacing out from the body, i had mine pushed in too far at first. there are an assortment of over riders, the "cleanest" i think is the euro style joint covers or clips. you can get em from dave varco. . . if you have $ you can get the whole set of bumpers from him in perfect chrome. otherwise collect all the pieces and put em on, its pretty easy. and its a huge weight and style improvement. . .

[Guest Anonymous]

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[Guest Anonymous]

at it. . . seal all your new cuts too, the rear will take on water if you dont

[Guest Anonymous]

I'm not going to use the earlier front bumpers.. just go bumperless with the early bumper on the rear. Hopefully it will look good

[Guest Anonymous]

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[Guest Anonymous]

are really good looking on the 02. At the Bay Area 02 meet in Palo Alto this year( May, 2003), a few of us checked -out many retrofitted square lights and they all looked great. I may have some pics i can post later. Good luck- the guys will help you through the transformation.

[Guest Anonymous]

soon. Love the way your car looks with the small bumpers!