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Kirban's fiberglass bumpers aren't fitting worth a poop!

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I guess most guys breeze right through putting these on but of course, not me!:mad: The rear bumper I actually got on and bolted. It fits pretty good except the bumper filler. I knew my rears needed replaced but didn't look bad with the old stock bumper. With this fiberglass piece I think your rear fillers have to be in great shape with no sagging or you will get visual problems. On mine you can see the locater tabs at the end of the fillers in the bumper area. My bumper filler sags and with no inner support they droop down enough to be seen very clearly:( I guess this should be pointed out that with the fiberglass units the inner support is missing and nothing is there to hold your fillers up:mad: Only problem with the rear. On to the front.
The front when held in place by hand fits like a glove, actually I like the fit better than factory. Only problem is I can't get it to align! Maybe it is the brackets on the bumper or my aluminum bumper brackets, at this point I don't know which:confused: Both bumper brackets when bolted to the frame sit inwards about 1/2" too far so that they will never line up with the bumper slots. I can probably take them off and have the holes stretched to move them farther apart and solve that issue. Next issue is the bumper when in the correct place to align with the the front of the car sits about 1/2" too high. For this I was thinking I may have to cut the plate on the aluminum bumper brackets that attaches the bumper off and move it up 1/2" and weld it. Lot of fit work IMO! Anyone else run into these problems?

I am told with the rear fiberglass bumper you are better off (especially if your rears sag!) to get the fiberglass rear supports because they don't have locater tabs and are more ridgid. I think even with good rear fillers when you run the fiberglass bumpers with no inner support your fillers will eventually sag because nothing is there to hold them up.

Who makes real good quality rear fiberglass bumper fillers?
 
i just put a pair of rear abs plastic fillers on and they fit perfect-i think these are better than the fiberglass because they dont crack as easily from the cold as the fiberglass,and being that i got both back fillers for $50.00-just another good find.
 
Originally posted by 49-blues
i just put a pair of rear abs plastic fillers on and they fit perfect-i think these are better than the fiberglass because they dont crack as easily from the cold as the fiberglass,and being that i got both back fillers for $50.00-just another good find.
That would be like factory fillers?
 
jesse- they are gm factory rear fillers i was told by the guy on line i bought them from-i dont remember his name but when i do i ll send you that info so you could contact him directly-he sold me both for $50.00 brand new-matt i ll send you some pics after i get the car back today from the paint shop.
 
jesse-the guy i got the rear fillers from was: joey douglas,376 pittsburg landing,summerville,sc 29483-thats all the info i have on him-maybe you know him? HTH
 
Where did you initially get the info? Maybe he has an e-mail, ad, etc... Thanks for the help!
 
Follow-up!

I posted this in the lounge but Kirban handled the situation for me with class!:


Well as some of you know I had a problem with my front Kirban fiberglass bumper. Basically it wouldn't fit. The spacing between mounting flanges was like 1 1/2" off. I sent it back to them with my original dimensions. They said they would take a look at some of the other cars they had there and the rest of the front bumpers. Sure enough the whole lot was off. The bumper had to go back to the maker to be fixed and so did all the rest! I must say I have been doing business with them since I got my first TR in 1991 and it has always been great with my order on the step like next day. Never sent anything back! This wasn't their screw-up, it was the maker of the bumpers. I waited patiently for it for over 2 weeks with just touching base over couple of days to see what they found out during their move, never getting rialed up or being negative.
Fast forward to today! I come home and their is a package on the step. I knew I wasn't expecting anything so I looked for the shipping label and it had Kirban's written on it. It took me totally by surprise but they sent me a Grand National coffee mug, t-shirt with a GN with Bye! written on the back and a credit voucher for $20.00. I still don't know what to say as I wasn't expecting it because they handled the situation very well in my opinion! Truly "fast with class"!

Hopefully they will read this!

I appreciate all your efforts and as always nothing short of amazing!
 
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