[Peter Serio]

It's a real shame, that brand new reproduction parts have "built-in" defects. I know those '67 GTO rear bumpers have been hard to find for a long time. & most original cores are so rusted & damaged that it's impossible to get them redone. But the person in-charge of making the new ones should have never let those defects pass by quality control. They should have been pulled prior to chroming & either re-worked or scrapped.

[Cammer-6]

Originally Posted by Peter Serio

It's a real shame, that brand new reproduction parts have "built-in" defects. I know those '67 GTO rear bumpers have been hard to find for a long time. & most original cores are so rusted & damaged that it's impossible to get them redone. But the person in-charge of making the new ones should have never let those defects pass by quality control. They should have been pulled prior to chroming & either re-worked or scrapped.

I know its a long shot but I would be willing to try one of these before its sent back and see if it can be pressed straight.Youve got a 50-50 shot at the chrome staying intact.

[Jerry H.]

Originally Posted by Peter Serio

It's a real shame, that brand new reproduction parts have "built-in" defects. I know those '67 GTO rear bumpers have been hard to find for a long time. & most original cores are so rusted & damaged that it's impossible to get them redone. But the person in-charge of making the new ones should have never let those defects pass by quality control. They should have been pulled prior to chroming & either re-worked or scrapped.

The problem with ALL of the reproduction bumpers is the middle step, or polishing of the bumper before the actual plating. The companies that are doing these bumpers are also doing factory bumpers for brand new 2007-8 model vehicles. When the vendor sends one back and complains of bad workmanship, they don't understand because the bumper for the older car is as good of quality as the one they are producing for the new vechiles and they are getting no complaints from the new car manufactures.

You simply can't expect to pay $300 or less for a show quality bumper. The metal itself may be great, and the chrome may be great, but the polishing in between leaves flaws that they great chrome just exaggerates. For those needing a 'show' quality bumper you will always have to pay 'show' quality prices to have them polished and plated by perfectionists. As we know, this costs money. I've known many folks that couldn't find a good core to actually buy a new reproduction and then spend another $600 to $1000 to get a show quality bumper. The results were outstanding. It seems you will always get what you pay for.

[gto65lvr]

I have a 67 Gto rear dyna bumper and it fit pretty nice I did have to do a minor tweak to it so the rear body line was not bowed looking as much but overall happy. My car is very nice but not a "show" car. I am pleased for 300 ish bucks

Now my bumpers for my 65 convert are another story they are not rusty or bent but I need a good plater that will not only accept my bumpers and do a class act job but also send me my actual bumpers back. That is the problem I am having too many stories out there

I have super cores as well as my back tail panel pieces virtually no pits and to send them out of my hands scares the crap out of me hoping I will actually get my pieces back and not someone elses.

HELP