Repro Endura bumper fit?

[Mark_C]

The roll in mine where it overlaps the edge of the grill is only evident in the very center of the bumper and maybe 4 inches on either side of the center. You have to be standing right in front of the car looking down to notice it, so it's not really visible in that picture.

The bumper I got had a tear in it in the front right edge, about 4 inches in fron the end. This tear was right down the the steel core, the rubber had also separated at the two jack notches, and at the very right end on the inside of the bumper due to rust on the core. Otherwise it was in pretty good shape. I picked up a tube of Dynatron Flexible Body Part Epoxy Repair at my local NAPA. It's a 2 part epoxy that comes in a pair of 6 Oz squeeze tubes. Each tube is about the size of a Permatex gasket maker tube, and it comes with a bunch of little plastic cups, some tongue depressor style stiring sticks and a couple of little squares of plastic screening. The stuff costs about 20 bucks for the kit, but it worked out really well. It mixes up into a thick black liquid that flows out really well and actually dries to a smooth glossy finish if you get it on quick enough and leave it alone while it dries. Sands easily with 100 grit or rougher for rough forming, and smooths out really well when wet sanded with 400 grit. It seems to be slightly softer, when sanding, than the original rubber material, but you'll only notice that when sanding. I opened up the rust splits on the rear of the bumper as much as I dared and let this stuff flow into the slits and it sealed them up very well.

Didn't take pictures of the process while I was working on the bumper though.

[camarojoe]

The more I read this thread, the better I like my chrome bumper! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] How much are a set of endura brackets worth anyhow?

[Unreal]

Joe, I don't really know, because I've never seen a pair for sale. You might "find" a pair in a box of brackets, and get them for $10. On the other hand, if a pair ever came up on ebay, my guess would be $100-150.

I paid $200 for my bumper. It had no classic rusty core problems, but was damaged at the lift points. I looked closely at Frank's COPO at the reunion, thinking I would repair mine to look as good as his. But due to the missing eurethane on mine, I decided to enlarge the notch a little, rather than try to re-form it. I doubt anyone but the most expert would notice, and they'd have to lie on their back to see.

[scuncio]

Man, there's an original Endura jack hook on Ebay for over $200 now, so who knows how much a set of Endura brackets would fetch....