Stainless Steel bumpers: the finishing touch of a car

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When one is restoring his car, it is often not that hard to find a painter, new tires etc. But what about the bumper of a car? We came across some cars that were restored but the chrome was still in an awful condition. The rest of the car looked good, so that was quite a pity.

At the PostWar Headquarters we discussed this and got to talk with Roy Hesen of Bumperworld. Well, the name says it all: he is specialized in classic car bumpers. What makes this very interesting is that the ones he makes are out of Stainless Steel. When he was restoring cars with his father (he is driving a Triumph TR3A himself), he had the same problems as with the cars we saw. Dents, lots of rust and terrible looking chrome. So instead of keeping it as it is, he started to make them out of stainless steel (just like the Citroen DS and Rolls Royce grilles were) and after polishing you won’t see the difference. This became a business, as he wasn’t the only one with this problem.

The biggest problem his clients came across is that it was sometimes impossible to find an original good one for their car, that the costs for restoring one were too high or that the chrome work came off after a short period of time. One of the biggest benefits of his bumpers are, that it is a solid material, not just a thin layer of chrome. So you can always make it smooth and polish it again.

The process starts with getting a good original bumper so they can make a mold. After that they press, compose, grind and polish till the bumper is perfect. Quite a time consuming process, but it will give you the cherry on the cake.

We enjoyed learning something extra about the restoration of cars. Please let us know if you have experience with this subject

Thanks to Roy Hesen for the info. See more here: www.bumperworld.nl

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