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Old 02-21-2018, 11:03 AM
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Would anyone or has anyone consider adding chrome bumpers?
 
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Old 02-21-2018, 11:18 AM
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Would anyone or has anyone consider adding chrome bumpers?
Maybe running boards with a spare tire in them on one side, leather straps over the hood, a hamper on the rear and finish it of with a jump seat in the trunk area?
 
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I guess it was a dumb question lol
 
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Originally Posted by Hilander
I guess it was a dumb question lol
Ya think ??????????????

I'm still looking for a Continental Kit for mine
With that, my dog will no longer be squatting for a poo.
 
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Old 02-21-2018, 03:18 PM
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I’m getting a lot of sarcastic replies, please be kind
 
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I’m getting a lot of sarcastic replies, please be kind
I WAS being kind
 
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Old 02-21-2018, 04:16 PM
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I was referring to earlier replies
 
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Originally Posted by Hilander
I was referring to earlier replies
Only twp people replied to your post and you say you are not replying to ala_xfire reply, so you must mean moi.
I just added some options for you to consider, and it was not me who said;
I guess it was a dumb question lol
 
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I was pmd earlier chill I worries
 
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No worries
 
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These guys are true aesthetic purest. But , how would you even try to accomplish a feat like that? What would you use?
 
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Originally Posted by onehundred80
maybe running boards with a spare tire in them on one side, leather straps over the hood, a hamper on the rear and finish it of with a jump seat in the trunk area?
"rolling on the floor laughing my a** off"
 
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Old 02-21-2018, 06:29 PM
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These guys are true aesthetic purest. But , how would you even try to accomplish a feat like that? What would you use?
Vinyl Wrap, how so tacky...........
 
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Old 02-23-2018, 10:43 AM
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Chrome bumpers - that would 'date' it to pre- 1973

Not only NO, but hell NO !

It would look like a cousin to the Datsun 240Z, and that's just NOT right................
 
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I remember back in my younger days, several of us guys were in a discussion and one called the other an "*** hole", then realizing it might have been a mistake, said "I meant that is the nicest way".
 
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No.
Why? Because those chrome bumpers would be hidden behind the front and rear fascias, you’d never see them! There are actual metal bumper components behind the fascias but some of the bumper pieces are special high density foam.
How are you going to chrome foam? Good luck!

The bumpers on any car are behind the front and rear fascias, the only vehicles that have actual bumpers without typical fascia coverings are pickup trucks. Many are still chrome, some are just painted, they have no urethane “fascia” covering.

This question does sound like you are being purposely obtuse.

I’m going to assume you mean a chrome finish on some part of the front and rear fascias. As they say, aesthetic taste is subjective so you may want to think this through a little more.

That said it could be done to some extent. Some companies make Chrome Wrap material. I’ve seen it used in part on cars and also seen pictures of whole cars wrapped in Chrome.
It could work, aesthetically, I suppose. Possibly. In a perfect world.

You can get Chrome bumpers for late model Challengers to make them look more like the original 1970-1974 Challengers that had actual chrome bumpers.
They are aftermarket items, they are made of plastic that looks just like chrome. It is vacuum metalizing process used to “chrome” plastic parts and widely used on many plastic pieces on cars nowadays. They attach by simply sticking (with adhesive) on to the front and rear fascias
You could potentially modify Challenger bumpers to have chrome bumpers on a Crossfire, it certainly will not be easy, or cheap, though there may be a glimmer of hope.

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Thank you . I wanted to give it more of a classic British race car of past. Also to protect the car .
 
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Originally Posted by Hilander
Thank you . I wanted to give it more of a classic British race car of past. Also to protect the car .
I understand what you were looking for. I always wonder how I could make the X-fire look more like my old 67' Triumph Gt-6. A modern rendition of a classic sports car. It could probably be pulled off. But it would be a helluva task. The grill, headlights and taillights are pretty dull on the Crossfire for being such an awesome looking car. I give you credit for seeing the car for what it could be, a retro of a retro modern vehicle.
 
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Old 02-25-2018, 11:52 PM
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Sounds like a good way to reduce the selling price by a couple or three thousand dollars when you come to sell it. Glad your thinking of saving the next owners money like that. That's if they see it as you see it and not a trashed up car.
 
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