Remember somewhere around the place seeing beam Bug bumper brackets that had large cutouts in them, very obviously from factory presumably to reduce weight.
Anyone know anything about 'em ???
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Are you just thinking of the 75-76 C section style brackets?
They were just used on the indicator bumper cars.
If you wanna use them you'll have to redrill the mounting holes like I did, the bumper may already have the mounting holes for them though.
Yeah, they look like the ones Joel... the cutouts are smaller than I remember tho !!!
Were they front only, or front and rear ???
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Front and rear.
I think they came up with those cos the bumper mounts on the body changed thanks to the US getting those huge shock absorber dodgem car bumpers.
The mounting holes were all different so they came up with these new ones.
There is a huge weight difference between these the and older ones.
I'd measure the difference but a certain STIdub owner has my spare set 😉
OK, cool - cheers Joel.
Oh and thanks for info on that certain STIdub owner... will hit him up to get a look at 'em myself !!!
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you talking to me? 😂 take jezzi for a drive out my way tomorrow, pfft yeah right, & ill pull the brackets off so you can compare weights, and discuss that lump of ghia i have sitting here, might use you as slave labour for the day though lol
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Heh, yeah - Jezzi not driving anywhere for a bit - engine is out for the off season check over.
Might be worth a day tho... as well as ghia plans, also got a spot of ally welding needs doing !!!
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anyone want to guess what the weight difference is... we weighed them.... 😀
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Those ones say Made in Mexico on the sticker don't they?
The German front ones I've got are bit heavier,
Joel wrote:Front and rear.
I think they came up with those cos the bumper mounts on the body changed thanks to the US getting those huge shock absorber dodgem car bumpers.
The mounting holes were all different so they came up with these new ones.
There is a huge weight difference between these the and older ones.
I'd measure the difference but a certain STIdub owner has my spare set 😉
those german ones are probably just as strong as the flat ones, maybe even stronger due to the folding and indents..
they used those on the front of beetles here instead of the shock absorber type which are NLA...
the shock absorber type only pushed in...
You couldn't pull them back out??
would have been cheaper to use gas type shocks??? IMHO
I don't think You can buy the "D" shaped rubber grommets either as they were not used in the USA naturally...
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normal brackets, 1.6KG EACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! later indicator bumper types... 0.6! insane difference hey? other stuff has been weighed too, oem german non indicator bumper, compared to a repoop indicator type.. 2kg difference. drop 8-9kg of weight with factory stuff changed... yes that means running a front bumper on they rear but you get the idea, apparently off season is diet time for race cars👍
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68AutoBug wrote:I don't think You can buy the "D" shaped rubber grommets either as they were not used in the USA naturally...
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Plenty of places sell them, I got those ones on mine new from Al at Stokers, genuine German ones.
All of Europe and here used them from 74.
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They also use a different bumper seal, they are very hard to get in Australia I found a place in Holland that had them and Birdman picked them up for me when he was in Holland.
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They also use a different bumper seal, they are very hard to get in Australia I found a place in Holland that had them and Birdman picked them up for me when he was in Holland.
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Hi Steve
that's what I meant by "D" shaped bumper grommets... lol..
hard to find.... someone was looking for some a while back and I couldn't find them anywhere... on the internet..
or UK magazines
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Hi Lee
It was probably me that was looking for them, Birdman picked some up for me at this place in Holland
http://www.paruzzi.com/
The triangle shaped ones on Joels car were only used on the front of 74 & 75 1303s
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So... anyone got any of the brackets they're willing to part with ???
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What about just using some plate alum? I was thinking of doing some glass bumpers, with alum brackets when I have time at home.....
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Nah BiX... way I read it the Improved Production rules don't allow ally bumper brackets or glass bumpers.
Besides - I want to keep the strength as much as possible !!!
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an old trick I heard off, was take a body shell or bumper, strip it, then spray with salt water. let stand for a few days to weeks. remove rust...... isntant weight reduction and all you did was fix up an old rusty part.
hey any idea about how you got your 15 inch wheels over the 944T brakes? all people I speak to, say it can't be done......
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