Rear bumper replacement.

Malibuysi

Weekend Racer
May 6, 2009
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1
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Southern PA.
I want to replace my rear bumper with a new chrome factory replacement, but I can not
seem to find a supplier. Do anyone know what companies sell new bumpers for 81 Malibu?

Thanks for your help.
 

Ribbedroof

Top Fueler
Sep 14, 2004
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Rural Oklahoma
AFAIK, nobody makes an aftermarket "reproduction" bumper.

I work in a body shop, and believe me when I say you're 100 times better off buying a rechrome froma reputable plater or having yours straightened and replated than buying a "new" bumper. The repros/aftermarket stuff is almost always rough at the ends, and the plating is terrible (often rusts terribly in a year or two...and that's in the south/west portion of the US).

Even NOS GM stuff does not have the quality that the originals did. The chrome bumpers on brand new current production vehicles is crap compared to what a GOOD plating shop will do. Won't be cheap, but from what I see daily, the cheap stuff is going to be money wasted.
 

LS6 Tommy

MalibuRacing Junkie
May 15, 2004
15,847
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North Jersey
X2 on what Ribbedroof said. Paul's Chrome is in PA & they do some of hte nicest work I've seen. They're not cheap, but they're good.

http://paulschrome.com/

Tommy
 

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