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Stainless Steel Bumpers

Guido36

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These stainless Healey 100 bumpers from Vietnam just appeared on the market. In my experience every reproduction I have come across has the wrong curvature, especially on the rear bumper. I wonder if these are any better. Stainless will appear yellower than chromed steel due to the high nickel comtent but can be chrome plated. Still this is an interesting option….

 
I put stainless bumpers on the 64 BJ8 I restored . They didn’t look yellow at all but they were high grade stainless ,they had zero magnetism when I tried a magnet on them .
The add avoids stating the grade of the stainless steel used in the manufacture of them .
The ones I used were 304 .
They were not inexpensive but when I looked at the cost of rechrome etc the stainless was a better option .
 

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They don't make them for the MG T series. Maybe later? :rolleyes2:
 
I put stainless bumpers on the 64 BJ8 I restored . They didn’t look yellow at all but they were high grade stainless ,they had zero magnetism when I tried a magnet on them .
The add avoids stating the grade of the stainless steel used in the manufacture of them .
The ones I used were 304 .
They were not inexpensive but when I looked at the cost of rechrome etc the stainless was a better option .
The ad says they are made from 304 stainless.
 
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