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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:03 pm    Post subject: Rubber bumper overriders Reply with quote

Does anyone else consistenly mark their legs or pants with black soot anytime they brush up against the black rubber bumper overriders?

Wouldnt it be nice if they were plastic/vinyl coated or even spray painted.

Would give them a solid, new apperance, instead of the chalky pant scuffing quality?

Do you guys have any tips or solutions on that? I wonder how show cars deal with it?

I'm sure there is a bottled product like armor-all that gets back their sheen but would it keep it from marking your pants or legs up?


Heres a pair on ebay right now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Black-Rubber-Bumper...enameZWDVW

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't have bumper over-riders on my Thing... Don't tell Ralph Nader!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are nice to protect the car, not me ;)

I've gone outside countless time watching the neighbor play bumper cars trying to get out of parallel parking lol.

One neighbor literally bumped my car 3-4 times as I was watching and he knew I was watching. He had a shitty 90s toyota camry or something. As he pulled out he honked and smiled with silver teeth.

No hablo espanol.

I'm thinking of putting orange cones on top of the rubber overrides or something similar. Or barbed and greased steel hooks ;)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Woreign wrote:
Don't tell Ralph Nader!


Send him over to Europe... Twisted Evil he might learn something.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't noticed an issue so much with the rubber over-rides...I have these nice shin cutters attached to mine. Everytime I wash the car, never fails I end up with sliced shins! Got to get a new exhaust system... Confused
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anybody know where I can find a set of these? I missed the ones on ebay Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thing Shop

German Motor Works

Google them
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been looking for a set of these as well. Too bad I don't have any money left.

I just did a thorough search of both the Thing Shop and Thingsforthings.com (a.k.a. German Motor Works) web sites and couldn't find them. This isn't the first time I tried searching both sites. I know that often these shops will have parts in stock that aren't listed on their web sites - and vice versa - so a phone call may help.

The Thing Shop: 1-800-898-4464

German Motor Works: 714-534-1841
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really want to add a set of these to my Thing Shop tube bumpers. Since I don't care about stock, I've been looking around at other makes of car to see if I can find something somewhere else. So far, no luck, but I've seen bumpers similar to this on delivery trucks.

I suppose if I can't find a set I could have one made - it's just a block of rubber with a screw set in it - right?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Freakcity; try spraying them down with Meguiar's vinyl and rubber treatment.. let it soak in overnight. If they aren't crazed and checked up really bad, this seems to help out.
Ian; they seem to be tapered rubber blocks with about a 20 guage steel backing which is molded into the rubber backing. 2 - 8mm ? bolts mount through the steel plate and then to the bumper. The problem is that if the nuts that are used to hold them on to the bumber tend to snap off the studs (bolts) on removal. I have drilled out the studs and re-tapped the blocks and put new studs in. It works for the "look" test, but I have no idea on the "bump" test. I too have looked at delivery truck rubber bumpers and loading dock rubber stops, etc... good luck
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if I can make one of these work:

http://loadingdocksupply.com/extruded_dock_bumpers

6" of the D-4 may look good.

It's tough to Google for it, but I found this search comes up with reasonable candidates:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rubber+block+truck+bumper&btnG=Search
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know about those but I was looking at these http://s-bgroup.com/rubberproducts/rubber-docks.html and using some of these to fill the bolt holes http://s-bgroup.com/rubberproducts/stemBumpers.asp

I know they wouldn't be the same but! Or we could all get together and have this place fab some to spec. with some stainless bolts? http://www.rubbercal.com/Sheet_Rubber_Fab.html
I just don't know what they would charge to set up make them.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They aren't exactly square either. Mine measure approx. 6" W x 5" H at the bumper and taper to 4.5" W x 4" H. They stick out 4.5"
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the idea of truck bumpers. Anyone live near the company? or a distributor?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ian Epperson wrote:
I wonder if I can make one of these work:

http://loadingdocksupply.com/extruded_dock_bumpers

6" of the D-4 may look good.

It's tough to Google for it, but I found this search comes up with reasonable candidates:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rubber+block+truck+bumper&btnG=Search


Hey Ian , Horse trailers use that extruded rubber on their rear bumpers. you can find it here http://www.qtrailer.com/catalog/hardware.pdf
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Another idea is to use A jounce bumper off a big 1 ton or larger pick up truck. When trucks are lifted or air bag suspensions are added, often times this part is discarded . the fords are black and chevy's are yellow and kinda torpedo looking . I forgot what Dodge looks like. Both have studs impregnated in the rubber and any shop that does the above mentioned work has enough lying around to chock a horse.
Just a thought. John
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

surfarii wrote:
Another idea is to use A jounce bumper off a big 1 ton or larger pick up truck. When trucks are lifted or air bag suspensions are added, often times this part is discarded . the fords are black and chevy's are yellow and kinda torpedo looking . I forgot what Dodge looks like. Both have studs impregnated in the rubber and any shop that does the above mentioned work has enough lying around to chock a horse.
Just a thought. John


Just a NICE thought! I couldn't find any product called a "jounce bumper", I think it's usually called a "bump stop". Here's a great page of urethane stops:
http://www.suspension.com/Bumpstop.htm

#9.9104 caught my eye:
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4-1/2" Tall, 4-1/2" Length,
2-1/2" Wide. 2 per set.
$78.00

According to the page, all bump stops are available in black or red.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, leave it to the guy with the huge, tricked out Raby engine to pick out the biggest, baddest, most expensive bump stops on the planet! Laughing

Actually these are perfect. Good call Ian and Surfari. I'm in for a set of these in black. All I need now is $78.00! Actually I'll need another set for the front too! Doh! Time to start selling off all my extra Thing parts.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey now, it's only $10 more than the rusty ones that were sold on eBay! Very Happy They are no longer listed on The Thing Shop or the German Motor Works websites.

I've been skipping over the $300 (each!) stops I've seen Shocked

I was also looking into making these myself. You can get urethane mix, make a mold, paint the metal bits with urethane bond, set it up, try to get the bubbles out and have a part. However, the mix itself is pretty expensive and each stop would probably take a quart. Since I've no experience with it, the first few ones would probably come out crappy. I don't think I could make it for less than $80 a set.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ian Epperson wrote:
They are no longer listed on The Thing Shop or the German Motor Works websites.


Now they are listed at the Thing Shop under "newly listed" -
http://www.thethingshop.com/NewProduct.asp

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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$50 each - that's $200 for a full set.


Hmmm...
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Yeah, leave it to the guy with the huge, tricked out Raby engine to pick out the biggest, baddest, most expensive bump stops on the planet! Laughing
= $160 total.

Razz

For a $40 difference, I'd get the Thing Shop ones - they're MUCH more likely to fit without work. I'm getting pretty tired of fabricating stuff to fit on my car.
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