Plastic front bumper question

[Jean]

Just wanted to confirm something so I thought I would ask you guys.

Do the 88+ cars with plastic bumpers have a "bumper carrier" behind the bumper and infront of the valance or do they just have the bumper , shocks and just the valance ?

[RedHoodRidah]

If you mean the bumper support then yes, the front and back.

[Mike325]

The front bumper is a skin then metal support and the shocks bolt to that.

[87' 325]

on the plastic bumper there is two bumper shocks and two sliders than just align the sides.

the sliders are attached to the valence and the fender.

The bumper shocks are similar between the aluminum bumpers and the plastics although the plastic's shocks are smaller in size.

[ANDRÜ]

The plastic piece has 2 parts. The skin, what you see, and a support of plastic inside, what you cant see.

[Jean]

Got it, I have the valance and plastic bumper shocks. These two statements go against each other


The front bumper is a skin then metal support and the shocks bolt to that.

The plastic piece has 2 parts. The skin, what you see, and a support of plastic inside, what you cant see.

[NC325iC]

the bumper is a skin and has a hard plastic/fiberglass support fram inside

[87' 325]

well the moose guy is right.

Maybe tell us why you ask sucha question and we can help further.

[T.Dot_E30]

its called a rebar, its not metal, its fiberglass.

[Jean]

I am going to call a couple recyclers and want to know exactly what to ask for.

[turbo_negro69]

did you ever hit up that pick-n-pull? sometime this month i might go again and look for e30's.

[AndrewBird]

The rebar is plastic impregnated fiberglass. Basically fiberglass strands mixed with the plastic to make it stronger/less brittle. They might as well be steel though, they're heavy as hell.

[Rocla]

The rebar is plastic impregnated fiberglass. Basically fiberglass strands mixed with the plastic to make it stronger/less brittle. They might as well be steel though, they're heavy as hell.

I'm running 88->front bumper skin and early euro bumper brackets, no rebar. I had to drill 2 holes to skin to mount it to brackets.

[Jean]

did you ever hit up that pick-n-pull? sometime this month i might go again and look for e30's.

Nope, I haven't had good luck finding bumpers at pnp :(