In a message dated 3/9/2010 11:40:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
parillamilt@AOL.COM writes:

So, can  these bumpers be fixed by a body shop that is familiar with
fiberglass? Could  the weak looking bumper mounting points be fixed? I've seen
aftermarket  bumpers, but they have no appeal to me. While examining the
bumper/bracket  set-up, I came up with an idea. See if you guys think this will
work. I was  thinking of having a bodyshop weld a steel bar/bracket between
the two bumper  supports and then use the bracket as a new mounting point for
the fiberglass  bumper. Maybe use 3 to 4 ss carriage bolts to mount it with
maybe some rubber  sandwiched in between.  ----Milt

of course.    i fix them all the time with fiberglass  matting and resin.
you can fix them yourself..its not  hard.   remove the bumper, wash the
back of it clean, and do all the  repairs from behind.

and yes...you have the same idea that i already did to my wolfsburg  van -
between the 2 bumper brackets, i had a steel C channel angle iron  welded to
them....and from the bumper brackets out to the endcaps too.

this is all concealed behind the fiberglass bumper..    so  basically i
have a steel angle iron rear bumper, that goes under the fiberglass  one.

looks stock, and a hell of a lot better than those FUGLY steel tube bumpers
 you see various vendors selling.