Well, I'm biting the bullet and started the process to convert my 1980 Spitfire's rubber bumpers to chrome bumpers over the winter.
I pulled the front bumper cover off and removed the foam plastic bumper material from the middle and from in front of the two pivot support brackets. When I compared the pivot support brackets to that of a 77 Spit, it appears that I have a 4 inch wide by 1 in deep vertical channel welded to the pivot support bracket. The channel serves as the mounting bracket for the foam plastic "dagmars". When I tried to trial-fit the chrome bumper to the car, it didn't fit. It now appears that I have to grind down some of the metal that supports the vertical channel in order to mount the US-style over-riders. Am I correct? Has anyone done this conversion already? Also, Rimmer Brothers sells smaller "under-riders" to hide the pivot support brackets. Am I correct in that the entire vertical channel has to be removed in order to mount the smaller, UK-style under-riders? Dan Parrott 1980 Triumph Spitfire "PJ" Savannah, Ga _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
