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Title: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: proford1 on April 06, 2020, 02:49:56 PM
i have my old valance and they are painted i see some photos where they are chrome? which is correct? thanks in advance Mike
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: Bob Gaines on April 06, 2020, 03:02:18 PM
Quote from: proford1 on April 06, 2020, 02:49:56 PM
i have my old valance and they are painted i see some photos where they are chrome? which is correct? thanks in advance Mike
From the assemblyine on cars to be turned into Shelby's they were painted.
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 03:06:33 PM
Agreed always painted body color
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: proford1 on April 06, 2020, 03:28:02 PM
thanks looks like i will just bead blast these and repaint!

Mike
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 03:33:39 PM
You want to go nuts?

Little rubber cone was also painted, nuts for rubber pad are gold dichromate and unuts are phosphated. Other attaching screws and bolts are gold dichromated.
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: TLea on April 06, 2020, 05:46:28 PM
Quote from: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 03:33:39 PM
You want to go nuts?

Little rubber cone was also painted, nuts for rubber pad are gold dichromate and unuts are phosphated. Other attaching screws and bolts are gold dichromated.
They were also red primed before painting so back side should show significant amount of that
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 05:59:06 PM
Yes and those little bumpers are available
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on October 26, 2021, 11:33:01 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 03:33:39 PM
You want to go nuts?

Little rubber cone was also painted, nuts for rubber pad are gold dichromate and unuts are phosphated. Other attaching screws and bolts are gold dichromated.
So to be clear the phillips screws that hold the bottom of the bumper guard are gold? Or are they phosphated? A pair I have appeared to be phosphated before media blasting(hidden areas as they had never been off since new it appears). Gary
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: KR500 on October 26, 2021, 03:52:57 PM
Quote from: shelbymann1970 on October 26, 2021, 11:33:01 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 03:33:39 PM
You want to go nuts?

Little rubber cone was also painted, nuts for rubber pad are gold dichromate and unuts are phosphated. Other attaching screws and bolts are gold dichromated.
So to be clear the phillips screws that hold the bottom of the bumper guard are gold? Or are they phosphated? A pair I have appeared to be phosphated before media blasting(hidden areas as they had never been off since new it appears). Gary
Gold
Rodney
Title: Re: Rear bumper guards painted or chrome?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on October 27, 2021, 08:08:44 AM
Quote from: KR500 on October 26, 2021, 03:52:57 PM
Quote from: shelbymann1970 on October 26, 2021, 11:33:01 AM
Quote from: Coralsnake on April 06, 2020, 03:33:39 PM
You want to go nuts?

Little rubber cone was also painted, nuts for rubber pad are gold dichromate and unuts are phosphated. Other attaching screws and bolts are gold dichromated.
So to be clear the phillips screws that hold the bottom of the bumper guard are gold? Or are they phosphated? A pair I have appeared to be phosphated before media blasting(hidden areas as they had never been off since new it appears). Gary
Gold
Rodney
Thanks. I got a complete set I took off of an original paint valance. The back brackets were rusty. I pulled the rubber gaskets off of the clips and it was "silver" underneath so I'm thinking the rubber gasket was mounted to the c-clip then phosphated. So what finish should the backside brackets be? Taking the rubber trim nuts off revealed gold as per prior comments. but what about the studs on the rubber trim that the "gold" nuts crew on?  These are just spares I have that I'm restoring  and will be doing the same to my friends 68 GT350 vert in the near future. Gary