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Bob Goetz      POA Site Supporter Mr. Real Rod From:Belle Plaine MN USA |
posted 05-11-2002 11:27 AM
    
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Bob Goetz POA Site Supporter Mr. Real Rod From:Belle Plaine MN USA |
posted 05-11-2002 12:11 PM
Thanks for posting photos for me Mike, these rear bumpers are made from Billit Aluminum and cut on a CNC machine and bolt into the stock bumper holes with or without a hitch, they weigh about 1 pound more than the stock bumpers. Also as you can see in the photo more of the frame is exposed, the braket that bolts to the car for the new bumpers will wrap around the corner of the frame and be powder coated black to make all of that area that shine's disapear. They can be used with the stock rear pan or for a custom look I am having a new rear pan made that will only have holes large enough for the bumpers to come threw with the addtion of a recessed liecenes plate area that will use a Billit liecense plate frame with a light. The bumpers as you see them are in a un-polished and un-plated form the finshed pieces will be chrome plated. I am picking up the first set from the Chrome Plater on Wendsday and at that point I can lock down a price. Let me know what you Prowler people think and if you feel I should make a front set the same way. Thanks Bob |
PROWLEN Prowler Junkie From:Wa. USA |
posted 05-11-2002 12:54 PM
Nice job Bob! They look great and will look even better chromed! Even painted black or body color would look great too. Obvious question is, are there matching front bumpers available for us die-hards who like front bumpers? Thanks! ------------------ PROWLEN.... John (-: |
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Todd Cameron unregistered Admin Use |
posted 05-11-2002 01:09 PM
Bob, they look great!!! ------------------ |
Marty Usher     POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:San Antonio, Texas, United States |
posted 05-11-2002 02:02 PM
Bob bring them with you to Louisville. Who knows - you might go home without bumpers.  Marty ------------------  Driving my Dream |
BeWare           POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Acworth , Georgia , USA |
posted 05-11-2002 02:20 PM
Sorry Bob, but I like the stock bumpers better for the rear especially painted to match. Plus I don't like the fact you lose the backup lights. JMO If you made them for the front where would you put the turn signals? ------------------
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Bob Goetz POA Site Supporter Mr. Real Rod From:Belle Plaine MN USA |
posted 05-11-2002 02:37 PM
Prowlen, that is what I am wondering if enough people would want the fronts? I already have about half of the programing done to make them at the machine shop. The cost for the first set of anything is high but if I can sell enough of them and spread the cost out its not so bad. The material to make the front is almost 5 times the amount for the rears because of the shape. Now I am putting a rough guess together here on the cost of the rears but I think it will come in around $1600.00 a set but it could be more it could be less. With that in mind I feel fronts would run around $2000.00. I know some people may feel it is to much and some may not care. I made these rears because I wanted them and by the time I make the rear pan that I want on my car this first set of rears with a pan will cost me close to, hold your breath $7000.00. Keep in mind that the cost to make these is high but I had them do them so I could mass produce them if I had only wanted to make one set and spent some time in the shop working on them myself I could have done them for half that amount. So my question is knowing that the first set of fronts will cost me around $5000 are there enough people willing to pay $2000? And yes Marty I am trying to wrap it all up to have them on my car for next week along with a few other items that people attending will get to see first. |
WildCat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:North Louisville, Indiana, USA |
posted 05-11-2002 03:09 PM
Bob, I like the look, don't think I would be interested but if I was, back up light would be a problem for me and instead of making a complete rear pan how about a filler panel to fill the opening of the stock pan and include a back up light under the center of the bumper...Just my thoughts It is good to have people willing to do R&D to make special parts for our Cats...Thanks Bob for the effort ------------------
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JRL POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Devon, Pa. USA |
posted 05-11-2002 03:59 PM
Bob, glad to finally see a picture after talking to you about them. I agree with the guys. I like them a lot but, 1: they need a new rear pan to go with them, and 2: as I was concerned earlier, I would need back up lights. States that have a state inspection need to have back up lights. You can BS around having no front bumpers, but the lights are a different story and you can't get around that. Perhaps when you mold the new pan you can incorporate the light(or lights)somewhere in the pan. Let me know Jim |
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JRL POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Devon, Pa. USA |
posted 05-11-2002 04:02 PM
Bob, After looking at it some more you could make the pan a little lower in the middle under the plate and have a backup light centered under the rear plate.I do like the bumper. Just a thought. Jim |
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Bob Goetz POA Site Supporter Mr. Real Rod From:Belle Plaine MN USA |
posted 05-11-2002 06:52 PM
Regarding back up lights, part of the underside of the bumpers has been milled out leaving a cavity to put a light under each bumper, I am just looking for the right light to fit and should have it figuered out by CHD. As far as turn signals for the front I would just use my current relocation kit for behind the grill. I tryed a couple of ways to fill in the stock panel ( using a wire mesh, a fiberglas filler ), because I need to make the hole so much smaller the only way it seemed to look o.k. using the stock pan was to just fill under the bumper. When I return from CHD I will post a few photos using just a filler. |
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Voodoo Prowler Junkie From:Chatham, NJ |
posted 05-11-2002 09:40 PM
Bob, I do like the look but I just don't have the money to put out for awhile. As the the backup light, I helped a friend put together a kit car together a couple of years ago and it didn't have a spot for backup lights because he had a custom rear made to fit a bigger axle and tires. What we did was use two lights on the sides of the plate. We built a plate that was bigger then the state plate and bolted on behind it. The lights were bolted to that on the sides. It worked pretty well. It didn't give the whole spread of light because it was centered in the rear but it still put off a lot of light. More then enough to see when backing up. The light set we used was by American Racing Products (ACP). Nice euro-style holders. Just a tip if you were looking for another way to mount them so that the bumpers would keep the smooth look that they have in the pictures. Good luck and once again they look GREAT!!! Hopefully I'll get some money together to get a set. Voodoo |
CJ POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Rochester Hills, MI USA |
posted 05-12-2002 08:02 PM
Just out of curiousity.....have they been crash-tested?  |
whealy POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Carmel, IN USA |
posted 05-12-2002 08:09 PM
I’m with CJ on this one. Crash testing may not be practical, but these look like they would act like blades in an accident due to how thin they are. I don’t know if they fulfill the safety part of the bumper job. But they sure to look cool! |
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Bob Goetz POA Site Supporter Mr. Real Rod From:Belle Plaine MN USA |
posted 05-13-2002 06:52 AM
Hopefully there will be no crash test in the near future ( unless someone wants to volunteer ) but with as solid as these are compared to the stock ones I feel the person doing the rear ending would get the short end of the deal instead of your Kat. |
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