I tried to do a plastic bumper conversion today and it didnt go well.
I learned I need to take both the top and lower portion of the plastic bumpers over to the Vert from the donor car not just the bumper itself.
Then onto the rear... supposedly its a straight swap. It didnt work that way at all and Im a little confused as to why. I have an 89 vert with a 9/88 build date.
Here are the pics...the donor car had some weird plastic clips for the bumper to slide into. My vert did not at all have these.
Donor car


my Vert


Here is me mistakenly trying to make the front bumper of the donor car work on the Vert without switching over the bottom half... not the plastic clips now cut in half

now I need to buy the plastic parts.
and I ended up putting my diving boards back on to get home after 7 hours of work.
it sucked and Im pissed....
I learned I need to take both the top and lower portion of the plastic bumpers over to the Vert from the donor car not just the bumper itself.
Then onto the rear... supposedly its a straight swap. It didnt work that way at all and Im a little confused as to why. I have an 89 vert with a 9/88 build date.
Here are the pics...the donor car had some weird plastic clips for the bumper to slide into. My vert did not at all have these.
Donor car


my Vert


Here is me mistakenly trying to make the front bumper of the donor car work on the Vert without switching over the bottom half... not the plastic clips now cut in half

now I need to buy the plastic parts.
and I ended up putting my diving boards back on to get home after 7 hours of work.
it sucked and Im pissed....

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