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Elastomeric bumpers
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:33 am
by Rapidus Maximus
Hey everyone! Long time reader first time poster on The Nest. Is there any visual difference between elastomeric and steel rear bumpers besides being colored or not? I have never seen a true color keyed Road Runner in person but I've seen enough pictures to know that the front rubber bumpers can be distinguished by a "beak." Wondering if the stylists played with the back too.
Thanks for reading!
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:57 pm
by 1bluegtx
No they are the same as chrome ones only they have a coating of rubber over the steel and of course painted.[img][img]
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:24 am
by Rapidus Maximus
Oh I see, thanks for the quick reply but that brings up another question; why are the front elastomeric bumper and the front steel bumper shaped differently? Is the front rubber bumper similar to the rear where it is a steel bumper coated or is it a complete rubber piece?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:32 pm
by 1bluegtx
The front bumper is actually two pieces, the rubber coated steel piece which is basically the same as a chrome one,then there is a rubber piece (sometimes called an eyebrow) that bolts to the top of the steel piece.You can see this if you look close at the picture.
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brian
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:43 pm
by 1972RM23
Thanks for the pictures ...I always wondered about the rear bumper being coated.
Question could you have ordered the front bumper painted and rear just standard chrome?
Steve
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:39 pm
by 1bluegtx
Found these build codes on another web site:
A21 Elastomeric Colored Front Bumper Package
A22 Elastomeric Colored Front & Rear Bumper Package
So i guess you could get just the front colored bumper if you wanted.
BRIAN
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:11 pm
by landon1
I think there have even been quite a few postings on ebay for the front rubber eyebrow-very expensive if I remember right. I've seen quite a few cars that only have the front bumper painted-don't know why though. I painted mine because I can't afford to rechrome them right now. Hopefully I will be able to chrome them after I graduate from college, because I would like to restore my car again, but take my time and make it look a little bit better.
Re: Elastomeric bumpers
Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 1:47 am
by dangina
I dunno I like the preferthe painted look
Re: Elastomeric bumpers
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:25 pm
by Higer46
dangina wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 1:47 am
I dunno I like the preferthe painted look
That looks way better to me as well. We'll be working on buddy's RoadRunner right after we finished installing the new brake kit,
maxxis truck tires and a couple of led light bars on the current Ram project. We'll definitely have the bumper painted.
Re: Elastomeric bumpers
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:28 pm
by 71_bronze_gtx
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Front bumper assembly from factory service manual.
Don't think I've ever seen a '71 Plymouth B-body with elastomeric bumper.
Re: Elastomeric bumpers
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:56 am
by mclean03
I know tommythechryco.ca has elastomeric bumpers.