Narrowing a front glass bumper

[bigsteve]

I'm getting ready to hang a fiberglass bumper on my 81 malibu. I want to tuck it in. Do you guys that have done this before cut it in the middle and take a piece out of there or a little out of the ends? TIA - Steve

 

[melloelky]

hey steve,i narrowed my steel bumper not long ago and i took 3/4 of an inch off each side.i wish i had just cut it down the middle #-o .it seemed to make sence that way when i narrowed the bumper filler.its less work that way.what i've done when i replace quarter panels is,over lap the new panel on top of the remaining section of the sail panel,then make one cut through both panels,pull it apart and remove the excess part.that way the two parts fit perfectly together.i did that with my bumper filler and just welded it up.i would rather just glass the middle of a bumper than two ends.you could cut it in half,bolt it back to the car positioning each half where u want it to line up with the fender&header line, having one overlap the other and make one cut up the middle and glass both sides together from there.just an idea.keep us posted.
CR

 

[el meano]

im sorry to hijack this thread, but could you or someone else pose pics of your narowed frond bumpers? im doing an
84 to 79 nose swap on my car and have realy been toying with the idea of a narowed front bumper. sorry for the hijack, and thanks in advance
---sean

 

[bigsteve]

Hello Mello. I understand exactly what you're saying and thats how I'll do it. Thanks for the tip - Steve

 

[melloelky]

i'd love to post pictures of the process but i only have pictures of the before&after. ](*,) i'm an idiot like that.i'm suspect that my boss get rembursed by the state for me to work there sometimes.

 

[el meano]

mello,
thanks for the email, you do very good work, and i conquer: thts how i will do mine =D>

 

[78boo0]

here a picture of mine i got it off EBAY

this is the seller i got mine from (rareelco10) i hope this helps

 

[melloelky]

never mind the bumper,u got the wheels of the ground!!! \/ looks good.

 

[bigsteve]

I will take pics when I do It. May be a week or 2 before I start on it though.
Got to mount race seats and glass hood first.

 

[melloelky]

i finally got the bumper in primer!!! if i didn't french the plate before i decided to narrow it i would of narrowed it like we talked about cutting it in the middle.