Bumper shock?

[Tiggie]

My recently acquired '88 Colony Park has a squished in front bumper on one side. From reading this, I should be able to just pull it out and use something to just fix that now-ruined shock in place? Do they sell replacements anywhere?

Sometimes the pop out, sometimes not. I did use an 89 on my 88. The diameter of the later one is smaller but you can shim it with some sheet metal and it works fine.

[DerekTheGreat]

What is the membrane made of? It has got to withstand around 450 degrees!

With most powder coat stuff you can get away with 350F if you extend the bake time, 325F even, in some cases.. If the part sees about 17 to 20 minutes at temperature, it's usually good. If looking semi gloss black and want UV resistance, try Akzo-Nobel's QN201U, good stuff right there. But yeah, doubt the membrane can handle anything over 200.