Someone posted that the rear bumper chunk new is like $500 and the side
pieces about half that each.  I patched the wallowed out mounting holes with
kevlar and glass and epoxy and wouldn't hesitate fixing a crunched bumper
for the difference in the costs!  Regardless of which reinforcing material
you use, use a quality epoxy resin rather than that crap polyester that auto
stores sell.  Gougeon Bros. epoxy is awesome . They are in Bay City MI.  I'm
sure they have a website and a dealer near you.  This stuff is the Redline
GL-4 of the resin industry.

dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel
-----Original Message-----
From: JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: 91 Vanagon bumper

>In a message dated 2/16/00 8:09:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>paradigm@ALLEGRAPRINTING.COM writes:
>
><< . Is there suppose to be "real" metal bumper under this fiberglass? And
>does anyone know where I can get a replacement besides the junk
> yard? >>
>
>good luck finding one in a junkyard....(ie, not a snowball's chance in
hell)
>and no, there is nothing under the fiberglass "moulding" (you can hardly
call
>that a bumper)
>your only option is to fix it yourself, with fiberglass matting/resin, then
>repaint.  ive done this before, with pretty nice results.
>if i were you, i'd weld an steel angle iron between the two bumper
brackets,
>right behind the bumper to reinforce it in the event you decide to back
into
>another pole.. :<)
>
>chris