If you want to make your car look
as clean as possible one of the things to do is to remove the large
rubber
bump stops from the bumpers. The obvious problem in
doing this with the 74-77 bumpers is the large
hole that is left exposing the nut that is used to mount the bumper to
the mount. Justin and Twyla March
discovered a way to cover up the holes:
Here is a pic of the bump stop removed.
Its not too bad (I drove
around with it
like this for 2 seasons). The caps used
were not readily availaible in Canada but
I was able to find some.....
The caps I found are from Rona (here in Canada)
They are polished stainless steel "Master plumber" caps
used for blocking holes in sinks when doing plumbing
work. The skew number is 452 and they are 1-1/2" size
caps. I was never able to find them at Home Depot.
The caps come out of the bag with a blue pastic
coating to protect the polished stainless. To install
you have to very
slightly bend in the metal tabs as
they fit a little large. Don't bend them in too much
or they fit too loose. Then just lightly tap in with
a rubber mallet and they pop right in.
Done. It takes all of minutes and they fit perfectly.
The bonus is they are stainless so like everything else
with these cars they will never rust. If you need some
contact me as I have asked that they order in more sets.
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