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Can somone give me some input on there experiences with the aftermarket GTO bumpers as far as fitment and quality. Im looking for a 67 rear bumper. Its not going to be a concourse car by any means but i dont want something thats going to look silly or take a ton of man hours to get it to fit right. Are these worth the $100 I would save by not having a core rechromed. Im in no hurry so the wait wouldnt be an issue. I was also thinking of going glass and having it painted with this new chrome spray system I have read about.

[shawn's67GTO]

I was kicking around the same thoughts myself and from what i hear the aftermarket bumpers "like you say" dont fit as well plus the quality of the chrome is not very good..
If your core is good and waiting 6-12 weeks to have it rechromed isn't a problem I'd have yours rechromed if you were only going to save a $100 buying an aftermarket bumper.........my 2 cents

shawn

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Thanks, I was looking at one at a swapmeet yesterday, the finish looked good but ive heard horror stories about how they fit and they were flimsy. The guy wanted $200 for it, I had both my kids with me and it wouldnt fit in the car so I was going to get it today but he said it would be $275 today. No need to do business with people like that anyways. I have few nice cores I can rechrome.

[6t7goat]

I bought a front and a rear for my current 67 and was Happy with the parts for the price. Not for a concourse car but absolutley fine for a driver or local show car. they are a litle lighter than originals but that just makes them easiser to tweek when installing. I had zezo issues fitting mine. I will post some pictures later tonight so you can see what they look like.

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Originally Posted by 6t7goat

I bought a front and a rear for my current 67 and was Happy with the parts for the price. Not for a concourse car but absolutley fine for a driver or local show car. they are a litle lighter than originals but that just makes them easiser to tweek when installing. I had zezo issues fitting mine. I will post some pictures later tonight so you can see what they look like.

Thanks, id appreciate it.

[shawn's67GTO]

If you got to see the bumper and the finish looked good it may have been worth wild to buy it for $200..TriCity plating charges around $500 to rechrome rear bumpers and i think its a lifetime warranty to the original buyer.But its a $300 difference in price.

And I thought as each day went by things got cheaper at swapmeets? Maybe I'm wrong..wouldn't be the first time.. but it sounds like this guy was a jerk.....good luck

Shawn

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Originally Posted by shawn's67GTO

And I thought as each day went by things got cheaper at swapmeets? Maybe I'm wrong..wouldn't be the first time.. but it sounds like this guy was a jerk.....good luck

Shawn

Yes thats usually the case, this guy was just being an ahole. Maybe it was a good deal but his basic attitude rubbed me the wrong way as if he thought he was another one of these Pontiac Gods.

[6t7goat]

Here are a couple of pictures. Hope it helps.

[shineybike]

I bought a rear bumper for my '68 from Ames. It fit and looked fine for my non-show car. The only issue was the original bolts didn't quite fit thru the holes. The square carriage part on the bolts were slightly to big. I had the square part on the bolts shaved off at a machine shop. Tried to find slightly smaller bolts, but they were to small, with to much play in the holes.