I think the internals are rotting away. I'd chisel out what you can, then fiberglass or bondo the rest and paint it.
I've got a very good condition front bumper for your car, but it's located in the Boston area.. bs Sent from my iPad On May 27, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Jon Kligerman <[email protected]> wrote: > Alfisti: > > I have a 1982 Spider and it has rubber bumpers front and back. > > The car is in good overall condition, including, I though, the bumpers. I > noticed that one end of the rear bumpers seemed to be pulling away and upon a > close look the bottom rear of the bumper, that is the side facing the body, is > split and the inside seems coming out. The material seems to be very hard > sheets and it is almost as if the bumper is rotting from the inside out. The > car has not been hit, I should not be as a result of damage. > > I know that Bondo has a rubber bumper repair product, which I was going to > use, before I noticed the extent of the splitting. I could probably try and > clamp the bumper back together, it might mean removing some of the hard > 'sheets' from inside, but if I am correct that it is rotting, I'm not sure > what what should be done. I don't think you can get a new replacement any > longer. > > Does this make sense to any one and has anyone seen this in their car? Does > anyone know if there any way of repairing what I have? Does anyone know if > there Is there anything I might do to retard further deterioration? > > Thanks very much! > > Jon Kligerman > 1982 Spider Veloce > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
