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Johnny_Haywire
Joined: 29 Oct 2014 Posts: 136 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:25 am Post subject: Repairing cracked shock mount on rear bumper |
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Hey guys,
Have any of you had a broken mount for the rear bumper welded up?
The driver's side on my 1981 N/A rear bumper is cracked and pretty much all of the pieces are gone aside from the captive nut. I'm going to take it to a local welding shop on Monday to see what they quote, but I have a feeling it's not going to be cheap or easy to re-create the stock set-up.
I was also thinking to have them weld on an "L" bracket to the back of the bumper instead of re-doing the stock set up and then fabbing up a set of custom mounts on my own.
The other option is of course getting another bumper second-hand and repainting, but was just wondering if anyone here had ever repaired their broken mounts before.
Here are a few pics:
_________________ 1981 924 N/A 5-speed |
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jason c
Joined: 13 Jan 2014 Posts: 1018 Location: Nwi
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Its just aluminum, it can be welded. It shouldn't be too expensive. US bumpers are cheap. Either way you go your likely to have to paint. The paint will likely get burned & bubble from the heat of welding. It is imperative That aluminium has to be extremely clean to weld. Most of the time of repairing is the cleaning & prep. |
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Johnny_Haywire
Joined: 29 Oct 2014 Posts: 136 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the insight, Jason. I'll do as much prep work on it as I can before I bring it in for the estimate. _________________ 1981 924 N/A 5-speed |
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