Anyone ever tried putting a small bend (30 deg max) in the end of the Cabrio front bumper. Unlike most of the others mine is straight (see photo) and I'm getting a bit tired of catching my leg on it in the garage. No problem if it was mild steel but stainless can be a bit unpredictable when working. Ideally it would be heated up first but I haven't really got the means of doing that. Bumper.jpg
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Looking at my cabrio bumper it looks doable but you need the bumper off the car, a bench vice with some copper or alloy Vance jaws to protect the stainless, and I big head room on the bumper with small bit in the vice and try to make it bend where you want it to and not halfway along , you could jubilee clip the bumper to a scaffold pole to make sure it bends in the right place, but I would never try to do it on the car..4th Marlin owner
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I significantly modified the curve of rear Hunter bumpers and avoided the bend occuring at the "weak" points at the mounting holes by clamping the inner end against a plywood former of the curve I required in a large vice. With a 3 foot long piece of 4" x 2" clamped to the free end of the bumper with a G clamp and my foot against the bench the stainless bent easily with just my 7.5 stone behind it. The spring back was quite significant so the plywood former was remodelled accordingly by a large ammount initially and then by a lesser degree to give the desired shape.
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Geoff
I have access to an engineering works one mile away who have a press and would be able to press the exact bend you want at exactly the point you want it. I hope to be at Newark so could collect, have the required bend press braked into each end and then post back to you - if you would like to do it it that way?
Regards
Mike
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Originally posted by ggrum View PostThanks Mike, I also hope to be at Newark in the Marlin but I don't think I want to drive it all that way with no front bumpers. If you are there we can have a chat about it
Regards
Geoff
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Interesting topic; made me go and look at my Cabrio bumper, turns out its already bent at the end, I just hadn't thought it could be different I suppose.2000 Marlin Cabrio LWB; 2.0 L Burton Pinto in Ford Nightfire Red with Magnolia leather interior.
http://www.marlinownersclub.com/wppg...&image_id=2349
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Originally posted by ggrum View PostAnyone ever tried putting a small bend (30 deg max) in the end of the Cabrio front bumper. Unlike most of the others mine is straight (see photo) and I'm getting a bit tired of catching my leg on it in the garage. No problem if it was mild steel but stainless can be a bit unpredictable when working. Ideally it would be heated up first but I haven't really got the means of doing that. Bumper.jpg
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