On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Geo wrote:

> FWIW -- I've had one of Ken's rear bumpers on my Westy for 10+ years
> and it still looks great.  The holes line up with the trim just fine
> -- they should, I drilled them myself.
>
> Re-chroming is an option but in my experience the cost varies quite a
> bit from one locale to the next.  Locally I think that bumper would
> cost about $150 to rechrome but many areas of the country seem to have
> much higher costs for this.

Is that for triple chrome?  I think a quality triple chrome job was
about $300 in SLC w/ the bumper extra, so w/ a $150 AM bumper the cost
would have been about $450 + shipping.
So I went for the $390 triple chromed bumper & kept my OG one for a
spare.  After I got the new one, I pounded out the dent in the og one,
& it was almost good as new.  Could have saved the whole deal.

It is amazing what they can do to restore old bumpers, I have spent on
$ton on getting split window bumpers redone & powder coated, & they
can straighten anything if you give em enough $$.

YMMV,

Tom

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> Geo
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> On 3/16/10, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Chris, chrome bumpers for the Vanagon are one of those parts that has
>> always been a pain for everyone involved...