Rear euro bumper question

[RenaissanceMan]

Just completed the test fitment of my rear euro bumper on my 76 using the 72 mounting  brackets. I didn't see any in the parts image on realoem, but it is there a special spacer that goes in between the bracket and the bumper? I had to use shims there to keep the top bumper edge from hitting the rear valance. Thx. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by RenaissanceMan

[esty]

no special spacer that i've ever seen...is it possible the the bracket may have been pushed in earlier in their life requiring the use of spacers

 

it sounds like you found a solution..... i'd button it up and rock & roll

[02tradition]

Yes. 

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/item/02bbbzp.html

[RenaissanceMan]

1 hour ago, 02tradition said:

Yes. 

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/item/02bbbzp.html

 

Aha! That's what I need! Thanks!

[echappe]

You also need this hard rubber spacer which will bump it out another half inch

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BMW 1502 - 2002 turbo

Rubber spacer for bumper

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[robspeed]

Euro chromies really REALLY tidy up the squarie look... 

[02Les]

4 hours ago, echappe said:

You also need this hard rubber spacer which will bump it out another half inch

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BMW 1502 - 2002 turbo

Rubber spacer for bumper

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That's the spacer for the bumper corner to the fender.

[Mike Self]

The closeness of rear bumper to body worried me from the day I bought my '69--the slightest bump from another car would push a bumper guard into a tail light, or the bumper itself into the bodywork, so I spaced the rear bumper away from the body first with U channel brackets, then with 1" sections of heavy plastic plumbing pipe spaced between the bracket and the body.

 

Don't laugh--that plastic pipe is incredibly strong in compression (I've made suspension bushing pullers out of it).  You can cut the slices of plastic pipe as long or short as you want, just use appropriately long bolts.  I also cut a 3/16" thick steel plate to place between the bumper bracket and the body, to spread the impact load if the car was bumped by someone parking by feel.

 

mike

[RenaissanceMan]

34 minutes ago, mike said:

The closeness of rear bumper to body worried me from the day I bought my '69--the slightest bump from another car would push a bumper guard into a tail light, or the bumper itself into the bodywork, so I spaced the rear bumper away from the body first with U channel brackets, then with 1" sections of heavy plastic plumbing pipe spaced between the bracket and the body.

 

Don't laugh--that plastic pipe is incredibly strong in compression (I've made suspension bushing pullers out of it).  You can cut the slices of plastic pipe as long or short as you want, just use appropriately long bolts.  I also cut a 3/16" thick steel plate to place between the bumper bracket and the body, to spread the impact load if the car was bumped by someone parking by feel.

 

mike

 

great idea! yeah, I like knowing I can decide how close I want the bumper to be...

Edited April 6, 2018 by RenaissanceMan

[golf73]

If you used "modell 1973" bumper brackets, which protrude the bumper further out from the body than the "model 71" brackets (and may very well be NLA), you wouldn't need any spacers.