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front bumper 200 1988

posted by  scorch on  Wed May 4 12:42 CST 2005
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My wife got in a little fender bender, and caused a little bit of damage to the front bumper. Not much to be concerned about, but it knocked it back and up by just a little bit so now that trim piece won't fit in the clips. What am I likely going to have to do to fix this? Will the bumper itself be bent, or its mounting hardware? It seems to be made of plastic which wouldn't seem to be able to bend much, but I don't know if maybe it is reinforced with metal so that I'd have to replace it. I've got several pick-n-pulls to choose from, so I probably won't have any problems replacing parts. But which parts am I most likely going to have to replace?








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    front bumper 200 1988

    posted by  harvey/ga on  Wed May 4 16:24 CST 2005
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    I would take off the bumper first and check out the damage.
    You'relooking at the car frame, the bumper itself, and, inbeween, the shock absorbers the bumper mounts to. The shock absorber on the side where your car took the hit may be collapsed or distorted.
    These shock absorbers don't pull back or bend back in place very easily in my own sad experience, so if one of these guys is messed up, that's what I'd be looking for at the pick and pull.








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    front bumper 200 1988

    posted by  CliveAlive on  Wed May 4 13:13 CST 2005
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    If the bumpers looks OK then probably the bumper shocks if as you say, the bumper is pushed in. You could pull it out but the integrity of the shock will have been compromised.

    Replacement is fairly easy. Make sure you get 86 or later shocks as the bolt pattern changed from shock to bumper. Guess how I know?







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