>My grandfather, a good old Yankee, was faced with cheap chrome bumpers on a
>dune buggy he had restored a few years ago...Anyway, he had good success by
>prepping and painting the back of the bumpers with gloss black paint and
>pulling them off once a year for fresh paint. Of course, they were waxed
>religiously and never rusted, as far as I could remember...So try painting
>the back of your bumpers. It could keep the rust-through down.
>
>Michael S. Lishego
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/3706/
>
>
>>In a message dated 98-05-06 15:50:57 EDT, Lawrie@britcars.com writes:
>>
>><< So, competition drives Moss to keep selling the inferior product. And
>we,
>> being aware of that, should indeed follow your suggestion and try to
>> re-chrome original parts as often as possible if we really want "Show"
>> quality. >>
>>
>>I will say that here in Texas, those cheap chrome bumpers do hold up
fairly
>>well (I've had two).
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