Early front bumper rubber strips

[Honolulu]

I got around to cleaning up a spare front bumper and the rubber strips. The strips are only held to the bumper by their outboard ends passing through a hole, then crimped (for lack of a better word). There seem to have been some rivets (?) which held a formed metal strip along the center of the rubber strips... anyone who has been in there will know what I'm referring to.

Questions: how is the chromed bumper section attached to the hidden metal strip and rubber? I see the remains of what seem to be rusted-off rivets and corresponding holes in the chromed section. Does this suggest the metal strip was first riveted to the chromed section, and in that case how was the rubber attached? The parts fiche doesn't offer any help. Would sheet metal screws through the bumper, metal strip and into the rubber be my best recourse?

This is an extra bumper, and when I know it's re-assemble-able, I'll sell it or the rather pitted one that's presently on my car.

TIA
Charlie

 

[Breiti]

The rivets are the right use.
To remove the rubber, just dismount the override , bent if thre "crimp" on the other end, then you can just pull off the rubber from the override till the outer end.

Tip mount back thre rubber, start the other way.
Bent the rubber in a180 degrees loop, that will "open" the rubber more and he just slip over the metal stripe.

A little bit soap water help.

Breiti

 

[jmackro]

The rivets are the right use.

Pop rivets work well for this application.

Tip mount back thre rubber, start the other way. Bent the rubber in a180 degrees loop, that will "open" the rubber more and he just slip over the metal stripe.

It's kind of slick the way the rubber will re-attach itself to the metal strip when you manipulate it as Brieti describes. But doing the rear bumper is a little tricky, since you need to start in the center and then stuff the outer ends of the rubber into the notch in the metal bumper. The fronts are easier, as you can start at the outer ends, and hook the rubber onto the metal strip toward the center.