I"m new to the forum, but have searched and browsed quite a bit. We are restomoding a 1969 Coupe. Donna is Wimbledon white and came from San Jose, CA factory on October 8, 1968. We are trying to keep a record of the restoration on our blog here.
Both the front and rear bumper are dented and/or bent. She was hit (or hit something) on the front driver's side, pushing the bumper in and up on that side and creating a fold in the bumper. She probably was backed into something and again, there are indents and creases in the rear bumper. I don't think these can be restored.
I have read a lot about the repro bumpers being thinner and not fitting. I can get original from Anghel Restorations but that's $1500 for the pair versus $280 from NPD. I read a thread where someone from NPD claimed they had redone the tooling using better original parts as the model.
Does anyone have recent experience with NPD bumpers for 69? Do they fit? How do they compare to original?
Thanks!
Both the front and rear bumper are dented and/or bent. She was hit (or hit something) on the front driver's side, pushing the bumper in and up on that side and creating a fold in the bumper. She probably was backed into something and again, there are indents and creases in the rear bumper. I don't think these can be restored.
I have read a lot about the repro bumpers being thinner and not fitting. I can get original from Anghel Restorations but that's $1500 for the pair versus $280 from NPD. I read a thread where someone from NPD claimed they had redone the tooling using better original parts as the model.
Does anyone have recent experience with NPD bumpers for 69? Do they fit? How do they compare to original?
Thanks!