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Offline Lbs

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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2016 - 01:37:03 PM »
Here are the exact bumpers I used.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/70-71-72-Cuda-Barracuda-Rear-Bumper-Guards-Bumperettes-NEW-PAIR-/151976323498?hash=item23627ea9aa:g:y7MAAOSw14xWOkkt&vxp=mtr
Good luck, and be exact as it just barely covers the old hole......


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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2016 - 05:46:09 PM »
Here are the exact bumpers I used.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/70-71-72-Cuda-Barracuda-Rear-Bumper-Guards-Bumperettes-NEW-PAIR-/151976323498?hash=item23627ea9aa:g:y7MAAOSw14xWOkkt&vxp=mtr
Good luck, and be exact as it just barely covers the old hole......


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n a 70-71 Cuda originally the bumperette had a plastic filler behind it that extended into the hole in the valance..... And just like the Challenger the early bumper brackets mount the bumper much closer to the body...  Front and rear..

On both Challenger & Cuda the rear valance cutout for the bumper guards is the same from 70-74, mounting brackets changed, the outer skin did not....



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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2016 - 05:53:39 PM »
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n a 70-71 Cuda originally the bumperette had a plastic filler behind it that extended into the hole in the valance..... And just like the Challenger the early bumper brackets mount the bumper much closer to the body...  Front and rear..

On both Challenger & Cuda the rear valance cutout for the bumper guards is the same from 70-74, mounting brackets changed, the outer skin did not....

The license plate brackets were changed so the plate wouldn't be so far under the bumper I believe.

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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2016 - 06:12:14 PM »
The license plate brackets were changed so the plate wouldn't be so far under the bumper I believe.

Yeah, they added a bracket where there wasn't one originally, but the skin didn't change and more importantly the area around the bumper guards did' change....
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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2016 - 08:59:52 PM »
Yeah, they added a bracket where there wasn't one originally, but the skin didn't change and more importantly the area around the bumper guards did' change....
:2thumbs: Just have to take the license plate bracket off and install plastic inserts in the valance holes to screw the license plate to.
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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2016 - 09:54:28 PM »
nice yellow Cuda!
time for a black Go-Wing?
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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2016 - 11:36:02 PM »
Thanks.......I'd like to get a look at yours on here sometime too, :smiley. O, and no black go wing for me, haha, keeping it simple. :cheers


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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2016 - 12:29:06 PM »
:2thumbs: Just have to take the license plate bracket off and install plastic inserts in the valance holes to screw the license plate to.
To add to this. Even though they added an extra bracket. The existing (mine is a 74) still has early style plate mounting holes punched in the valance. Just remove spot welds and you are good to go.

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Re: Bumperettes
« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2016 - 03:45:45 PM »
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To add to this. Even though they added an extra bracket. The existing (mine is a 74) still has early style plate mounting holes punched in the valance. Just remove spot welds and you are good to go.

Mike

Luckily (not so much) I need to buy a new valence eventually anyway. The person who had it before me I'm guessing backed into a pole and put a nice dent in the current valence.