10-27-2016, 08:02 PM | #1 |
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I want to purchase new US made stainless steel bumpers. Is there more than one manufacturer of these things leading to a difference in quality from one retailer to another?
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400 Series SS will rust over time. Cheaper is not necessarily better.
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10-27-2016, 09:24 PM | #3 |
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The bumper I bought from Little Dearborn is top quality, & looks great.
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I bought stainless from Hershey at a cheap price and learned my lesson. Cheaper is not better and cheaper is not more bang for your buck. Buy quality and pay the price. The ones I bought have rusted after five years. Wayne
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__________________________________ I still see S/S bumpers in all the major catalogs - not sure if they are all "Made in USA", which seems to be a point in your query. |
10-28-2016, 02:13 PM | #7 |
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The one I bought from Little Dearborn is magnetic, so it must be chrome plated.
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10-29-2016, 06:06 AM | #10 |
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Charlie brings up a good point. Original bumpers were made from spring steel so as not to bend during a minor mishap.
S/S does not have the temper or strength as ferrous steel but they are easier to maintain.
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10-29-2016, 06:48 AM | #11 |
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Not necessarily! 400 series can be mildly magnetic also. For total non-magnetic, you would need i8/8, 300 series (302, 304, 308, 316 etc) Also chrome has a blueish cast, while stainless has a yellowish cast.
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Stainless steel bumpers? Are there reproduction stainless types being sold? Always knew the bumpers of 1928-29 & 1930-31 Ford A Models to be nickel or chrome plated steel. Then again . . . there probably is Asian made stuff of various materials.
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10-30-2016, 11:41 AM | #14 |
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I don't know where they were made, but I bought a front bumper set from Mac's 10 years ago and they have held up great and still look like new. I have not "tested" them-and hope I don't need to in the future.
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10-30-2016, 01:27 PM | #15 |
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Little Dearborn makes their chrome plated bumpers in Minnesota. I went on a shop tour that plates them in St Paul about 5 or 6 years ago. I guess they could have changed where they are made, but I don't think so. They are steel, not SS and nickel plated first then chrome plated. I am not sure if the steel the bumpers are made from is spring steel or not, but I suspect it is.
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10-30-2016, 01:45 PM | #16 |
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Originally all bumpers were chrome plated, none were nickel.
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10-31-2016, 11:05 AM | #17 |
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A lot has been said of the SS bumpers are not as springy as chromed steel bumpers like the originals, but I would venture to say none of the chromed steel repo bumpers are spring steel either.
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The reproduction brackets that I am aware of are also mild steel, or 300 series stainless for rodders. |
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