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Years ago I had some dingle berry scrape the front bumper on My El Camino. It looked like someone took a rough grinding wheel to the very corner of the front bumper down to the core. Again no note so I can only guess what happened. My best guess was a dingle berry pulling a steel trailer turned to sharp. It happened at a Home Depot parking lot. As usual I was in the far part of the lot far away from the door. I had to have the bumper re-chromed. The bumper place was just going to swap it out with some cheap replacement. I said hell no. Fix this one and I want that very piece of steel back. The OEM bumpers are a much higher quality of fit and thickness.
It was astonishing how much better the bumper looked after re-chrome. It had become fairly sand blasted over 160,000 miles. That was 150,000 miles ago and it is looking a little sand blasted again. You have to look REAL close to see the pits. Certainly not worth another re-chrome yet. The rear bumper has never been re-chromed.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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