I have this annoying problem with the bumper cover on my 82 Z28
Apparently it's common
Can anyone help?


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1982 Z28 Camaro
305ci LG4, Muncie 4-Speed, Holley Carburettor (CFM Unknown), 2.5" Stainless steel exhaust all the way through.
Fibreglass hood.
Boston 4x6" CX7e 2-ways, 6x9" Nippon America (no-name?) 3-ways
Other stuff I haven't figured out yet.

 

I almost wish mine had a dent instead of the 12,000 paint chips that it has.

... sorry, I can't help.

 

Mine has them, but not near so bad. Maybe thats just because its not black. If you find a fix. Id like to know too. (have a feeling the fix is a new cover)

 

my friends 85 t/a had that problem....now ill admit the car had to get painted so i dont think it would be very wise to do to a nice looking car but we took the cover off..and just basicly made two board like braces for behind it...then took a heat gun to make it (bumper cover) more flexable pushed the dents out so they looked flat then when we installed the boards/brace (well we screwd up a bit and one was bowed out a bit but we sanded it down)...just make a triangular bit of wood and find a way to install it (remember they are slanted back at a angle too)
Snuffit
p.s. his car needed paint badly so yeah please dont screw up a nice car...if all else fails new bumper covers work well

[This message has been edited by Snuffit (edited October 24, 2001).]

 

My 85 standard bird has the same problem.Again not to that degree. The block idea seems a good quick fix

 

Go the quick fix or what I would do.
I would use the heat trick but then I would use fiberglass on the backside.

 

i had a small one on my first car, a '92 Firebird...even though it was a V6, thats the only car that ive owned that i actually miss...bought it in '98 with 40,000 miles, had every available option except Ttops, and was red with black int.
after owning it for 3 months, the bolts that held up the EGR thing broke, and when i called a Pontiac parts department, they said that was too strange, so they looked up my VIN and found out it was completely totalled before....so after one threat of a lawsuit the used car dealership i bought it from, gave me every penny back and looked for another 3rd gen for me
sorry for the long sob story

 

My 89 IROC has one small one.. the one on my 92 RS didn't, but it had a crack and about 942 chips in it.

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My 85/88 SC has two huge dents like gibs,I'm gonna do the heat treatment and make aluminium,wood,or plastic support for the back side.