Idrisbey
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- Eddie
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Excellent.Thanks for the advice Galaxy and Tomster, I showed the photos to my buddy and to my delight, he is in agreement with both of you. He said it is totally reparable. I will not need a new bumper cover.
The stripes were purchased from Bigworm Graphics and installed by me. (the car did not come with stripes from the factory). I will reach out to them to see if they will sell me the ones that go on the bumper only.
The real question is.....Is your nephew going to come over and wash your car once a week? Forever? ;-)
I have pulled many a bumper off and some of them fit tight and need some careful love. Some pull out of the tabs not so bad and others you need to carefully poke and prod and get a flashlight to locate the release tabs. I use a small flat blade pocket screwdriver a lot for that work. Matco and Snap On have similar angled flat blade pry tools that have been awesome for reaching into those tight spaces to trip the tabs and not scratch the exterior paint.As one who has removed both the front and rear bumper covers on my '19 GT350 for tow hooks, I'd like to elaborate on Idrisbey's question. I damaged the left rear attachment plastic hooks built into the cover when I removed it.
After removing the screws, the shop manual says something like "Carefully pull the cover away from the chassis". I'm wasn't sure how to interpret their usage of the word "Carefully". Internet research for better instructions didn't prove very valuable at that time.
So, I dove in starting on the right side. I gradually increased my pull force. After applying what felt like very high force for a plastic piece, the bumper edge finally came free with a loud raspy "Pop". Upon inspection, I saw that the bumper plastic tab simply presses into plastic and metal clips on the car. I didn't see any way to relieve the clips attaching force, which I assume is why the instructions are simply to give it a good pull.
OK, one more time. Unfortunately, on the left side, this technique broke two of the bumper's plastic tabs.
I'm still not sure what else I could do to be more "Careful". My cover now has a small gap where it protrudes from the left fender.
Anyone have suggestions on a better technique to remove the cover without damage?
Sigh. My '65 is so much easier to work on.