Rear Bumper Solution

[Justice777]

I noticed a 1970-ish Camaro with front split bumpers and thought they might work on rear of the Fiat. Found a set of f.g. ones sold for race cars and held in place to scribe my closely matching contour and ground / sanded to my scribed line. Made simple clips to attach and love the results. Will paint the same flat gunmetal gray as wheels.







Well these now cost more than I pd a year ago ($45). I'm sure could be done with the steel ones too. The f.g. ones + clips and fasteners probably weigh 6 oz. - 8 oz.

[Nanonevol]

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[DieselSpider]

I noticed a 1970-ish Camaro with front split bumpers and thought they might work on rear of the Fiat. Found a set of f.g. ones sold for race cars and held in place to scribe my closely matching contour and ground / sanded to my scribed line. Made simple clips to attach and love the results. Will paint the same flat gunmetal gray as wheels.

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Well these now cost more than I pd a year ago ($45). I'm sure could be done with the steel ones too. The f.g. ones + clips and fasteners probably weigh 6 oz. - 8 oz.

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Looks pretty but offers little to no protection in even a minor traffic bump.

[TheBender]

Looks good. Did you take any pictures of the clips and how you mounted them?

[Justice777]

Not yet but I certainly will. 3 attachment points for each bumper. The inside most is simply a 1/8 drilled hole in that horizontal lip and a fastener from underside of bumper through a 5/8" tall rubber bushing (actually made 2 bushings out of the top of the "T" from a small engine pull start rubber T handle).
The middle and outside attachments are simple 1/8" X 1" alum. bar stock, bent to an "L" shape with middle attachment fastened to the outside screw hole at the stock bumper mount hole. Bumper then marked and drilled to attach to that clip from underside. Outside attachment is 1/8" hole drilled about 1/4" below body seam to attach "L" clip / bracket. Bumper then marked and drilled to attach to that clip from underside. The 2 "L" clips per side were bent to match angle on car and inside of bumper.
The 1/8" holes in underside of the clips are threaded so I can use stainless button head screws. They aren't visible unless you look underneath.

[Justice777]

True. These are made for race cars and just for looks.

[Justice777]

I noticed a 1970-ish Camaro with front split bumpers and thought they might work on rear of the Fiat. Found a set of f.g. ones sold for race cars and held in place to scribe my closely matching contour and ground / sanded to my scribed line. Made simple clips to attach and love the results. Will paint the same flat gunmetal gray as wheels.







Well these now cost more than I pd a year ago ($45). I'm sure could be done with the steel ones too. The f.g. ones + clips and fasteners probably weigh 6 oz. - 8 oz.

[Slartibartfaster]

Thanks for posting this! I've been thinking of ordering these (real or fiberglass) as a possible solution but I couldn't gague if they were even close to the right size/layout to work.

Two questions
-How much material did you remove to make them fit? How would they have fit as they came?
- Did you try placing them on the front of the car as well? I'm wondering if they could work for front and back solutions.

[Justice777]

Looks good. Did you take any pictures of the clips and how you mounted them?

Hey Bender - Here you go. Painted bumpers, ended up using Rustoleum flat metallic gray which matched wheels very close. I'm happy with results. I tapped holes where bumpers attach to brackets so that next time at hardware store I can replace my misc. junk bin fasteners with button head cap screws.

[TheBender]

Thanks. Looks great!

[Justice777]

Thanks for posting this! I've been thinking of ordering these (real or fiberglass) as a possible solution but I couldn't gague if they were even close to the right size/layout to work.

Two questions
-How much material did you remove to make them fit? How would they have fit as they came?
- Did you try placing them on the front of the car as well? I'm wondering if they could work for front and back solutions.

Finished pictures above.
Not much - 1/8" - 1/4". They might have looked ok at a glance as they came but it took very little effort to make them match profile. I don't think would work on front as profile is much rounder there.
Good luck with your car and this mod. should you decide to try it.

[grasshopper]

That looks great ! Good job ! Can you please tell me where you can buy those ? Is there a solution for the front bumper as well ?
Thanks.