Front fender "straightness"?

[Ricklandia]

Does anyone know if these is a lateral curve to the front fender? What I mean is, if you were to remove the front bumper, flip it upside down and lay it on a flat surface, would both end pieces be touching the ground? I have a feeling mine is bent, it just doesnt look "right"

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=15073

there are a few other angles in the my gallery.

[beandip]

Sorry , I am not sure what you are refering to . Fliping what upside down ? Are you meaning the bumper or the fender ? I know you said fender . The pictures ,although nice , are absolutly are of no help. Gary

[Ricklandia]

DOH!!!!!

You're absolutely right!!!

I was referring to the front B-U-M-P-E-R, not the front fender. Jeez, I feel like a moron. I thought it was a pretty straight forward question, and as I'm watching the number of views grow, with no response, I started to think to myself, "uh, Rick, did you completely miss something here?"

:stupid: :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

What I'm looking at is the front bumper. It looks bowed up in the middle to me, but I can't tell if the grill is bent DOWN, or the bumper is bent UP. Maybe it's both. I figured the easiest way to find out would be to remove the bumper and lay it upside down on a flat surface, but what I don't know is if it SHOULD have any bow to it, or if it should lay perfectly flat. Does that make sense? I know it's subtle, but it's buggin the snot outta me. I cant tell you how many old cars I've owned that have looked good only to have the front bumper "off", making the car look... well, second rate. Under the bumper's rubber stripping (which I realize is not original, but looks decent IMHO) there are a couple of small indentations. But otherwise it's in good condition, the chrome work is in very decent shape. I've thought about looking for a new one but good ones aren't cheap, and if it's NOT the bumper (maybe it's the mounts?) then that money is wasted.

[Ed]

I just laid my front bumper on the ground and it layed flat. One side was up by maybe 1/2 an inch but I pressed on it and the bumper looked like it was touching along it's entire length. You should check your bumper mounts and your grill. Judging by the way the grill doesn't follow the lines of the hood it may just be that. There are two holes at the bottom center of the grill support. Try raising the center see if that helps.

[dogma420]

It does look 'bowed' very slightly...nothing unusual though...bumpers are for bumping....

Any consolation, it would be very easy to fix....ie. have my fat arse sit on it, heh....or even just stand on it and jump....looks very very slight though my bumper is worse....

[Ricklandia]

hehe - thx guys. I was beginning to think it was just my warped perspective. Ed, I think you're right, a little bit of both. Hopefully I'll get a chance this weekend to see just how much. Finally got the paperwork needed to get her "officially" transfered into my ownership, and get some tags! Been over a month now, sitting in my garage, while the morons at the DMV have been jerking me around getting the title transfered over from the PO.

[yukonharry]

Those bumpers are pretty flimzey. You can tweek them pretty easy. I did mine, now it lays flat.