Rubber Bumper to Chrome Bumper Conversion

[Tom_Odom]

Can some one inlighten me on what is required to convert a 74.5 MGB to chrome bumpers and lowering to the proper hight?
Thanks,
Tom

 

[jlaird]

Hay Tom, is that thing painted now??

 

[SimonA]

Tom,

I did this conversion to my '77 V8 roadster. Contact me at sdaustin at shaw dot ca and I can fill you in. Pics available.

Cheers
Simon

 

[Tom_Odom]

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Hay Tom, is that thing painted now??

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Yeah Jack, It's painted, repainted, painted again and now cleared. Looks OK for who did it.
Tom

 

[R6MGS]

I know others will disagree and thats fine, but I feel that if your car came with RB's you should stick with RB's...If you really want a CB car then buy one, price difference between a CB and RB MGB is not really enough to warant a swap. Of course it's your car, and the fun of owning such a car is that it's different from anything else - so do as you please. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

 

[darrenb]

my car is a 75 supposed to be rb, but came sans bumpers, so for me, its cheaper to do the conversion than buy two new rubber bumpers (at the price i see in teh victoria british), i check ebay every day ofr rubber bumpers, but alas, always come up short.....

 

[Tom_Odom]

R6MGS, I understand what you are saying and if I was in the market for an MGB I would be looking for one with Chrome bumpers. I am not or was not an MG person but I bought this car at a fairly good price. It was in good enough shape, (well, solid and all there) that I thought I could put a little money and a lot of time into and have a nice car. It was kind of mustard in color which I have changed to Red. It had rough black interior and I am thinking about installing Biscuit. It had rubber bumpers that I am not really fond of, So I am looking to put chrome ones on.
This is a great place for really good information and I really like to hear everyone ideas.
Thanks,
Tom

 

[Tom_Odom]

Darrenb, If you are still in the market for some. I have some and I am sure Tony has a truck load for sale and his are cheaper than shipping would be for most that you would order.

Did you sell your hardtop?
Tom

 

[Steve_S]

There are other reasons to do a swap other than aesthetics. Swapping to chrome bumpers saves a ton of weight from the car in the most critical place... outside the wheelbase! Losing this weight combined with lowering the ride height should transform the handling abilities of the car.

 

[jlaird]

I'm not sure completely but I don't think Tony has any rubber bumpers in his stash of stuff.

You all know he departs tomorrow for Korea till about the 22 of the month. He will get new parts but used ones are out of the question. I just can't see his wife doing that. hehe.

 

[tony barnhill]

I do have several rubber bumpers in my stash....$50 each plus shipping..all they'll need is a little cleaning & possibly a coat of satin black spray paint.

 

[jlaird]

Really, you must have had them hidden. Or maybe I just am not into rubber bumpers. Foiled again.

 

[tony barnhill]

Sitting over under all those MGB fenders standing next to the stack of Midget doors.

 

[jlaird]

Oh my gosh, guess why I did not dig under there. hehe.

 

[DrEntropy]

I say go with the chrome ones. Lower the car to where it was designed to be and plan to build an engine with closer to 100 HP than 75. Lighter, 'stiffer' and quicker.

My two cents.

 

[tony barnhill]

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You all know he departs tomorrow for Korea till about the 22 of the month.

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Thursday am early, Jack...but tomorrow is my last day in the garage - Wednesday is getting everything packed & organized for the trip - flling the cars & trucks that Jerri'll drive while I'm gone & making sure there's no problem with them (her Mercedes has a slow leak on the right rear tire) - running by the ATM, getting haircut, etc....

Oh, I've got lots of chrome bumper parts & pieces also.

 

[jlaird]

And you must see for your self, he has stacks and stacks of parts and then boxes of the same.

If anyone wants anything I'll run up and steal it. Oh wait he had to put in a security system. hehe.

How did the paint turn out for the TD Tony? They get it right this time?

 

[tony barnhill]

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How did the paint turn out for the TD Tony?

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I was up in Kentucky all day picking up some used parts - going down early tomorrow morn...hope its right so they can get everything painted while I'm gone.

 

[jlaird]

Hope it is correct as well, some progress while you are TDY would be nice.

 

[darrenb]

hey tony, i would am definatley interested in the rubber bumpers, how do i go about ordering them from you, i need one of each...lol
and yes i sold the hard top.... soprt of, i screwed up and diddnt update my email address for payments on paypal, now i have sent the guy an email askign him to cancel payment and resend to correct place, i may lose the sale, and probably get a negative feedback, but oh well, sh#$ happens