Re: US Bumpers goin on a diet.

["Randy B" <sirocco@telocity.com>]

Ahhh, so you need a duplicate of the Euro bumper u-chanel and mounts.
I am going to use do the same setup for my Z-1 kit (for Mars) as well so I
will start investigating into getting this done for both of us.
The euro's are both on the car now so I will need to dis-mount them, remove
the skins and take them to a local machine shop (unless you know of one) to
get them duplicated. Give me a call when you get ready to do this and I'll
help ya out. :)

Randy


> 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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