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05-11-2021, 03:23 PM
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Hood Rubber Bumper Install
'68 Firebird
Have new rubber bumpers to install towards the front hood area. Nothing was there initially so wondering proper way to install? See attached picture. |
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#2
05-11-2021, 04:16 PM
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I don't know where that bumper goes or even if it's for a 1st Gen Bird.
Check out page 101 of the Ames Catalog for the two hood bumper types: https://secure.amesperf.com/catalogs/F26.pdf Here's mine: Last edited by JimFB400HO; 05-11-2021 at 04:22 PM. |
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#3
05-11-2021, 04:22 PM
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Push it in. Wd40 may help or silicone spray.
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#4
05-11-2021, 09:44 PM
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I kept wondering where I had seen one of that type. Apparently that's a Camaro hood bumper.
So, I searched and found one over on the Camaro site: https://www.camaros.net/threads/hood...-issue.461495/ Last edited by JimFB400HO; 05-11-2021 at 10:08 PM. |
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#5
05-12-2021, 11:41 AM
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This was in OER packaging. I had a bag of OER parts that I got with a bunch of firebird parts. I went to Classic Industries and looked up the part number. Says for both Camaro and Firebird among others. The ones in the Ames catalog look more like what I need and obvious how to install.
https://www.classicindustries.com/product/k900.html |
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#6
05-12-2021, 01:16 PM
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I can understand a guy walking by my Firebird at a cruise night saying that the car is just like a Camaro. I cannot say the same for a parts vendor and their main manufacturers. I must have thrown away an old catalog from a major vendor that described one of their parts for "your Z28 Firebird".
I like Ames because they are Pontiac focused. Last edited by JimFB400HO; 05-12-2021 at 01:22 PM. |
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#7
05-16-2021, 05:13 PM
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The one you’re showing is for a Camaro rear. Your “hood bumper” goes where that 5/16” stud is sticking up. It’s a 5/16” screw with a large slotted head on top with a rubber cap stretched over it and a jamb nut on the bottom. Firebird uses a triangular wedge shape front and rear. Send me your email or cell and I’ll send you a picture if you want. I’m talking 69 so not sure if 68 is the same.
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