I'm in the process of working on the body and had to remove the bumper and rubber end bits. Those big rubber bits have untreated steel that hold them to the car.

Ive searched and can't find anything about what these end rubber bits are called, and if I can just buy the metal bracket that goes inside of them that then screws onto the car, the rubber part is in excellent condition, the metal bracket barely held it against the car.

I need to replace all the brackets for all four corners, they're all rotted out, and did a nice job of taking some body with them.

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1982 300TD 300,??? miles, daily driver turned donor
1982 300TD, 184,000 miles, daily driver

You can get the bracket at the dealer I guess - but try asking fastlane - perhaps they can help. Make sure you get the correct bits for the type of bumper you've got. The Euro ones are shorter than some of the American ones for example...

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I've tried fastlane and the other stores online, can't seem to get a part number. Anybody got a part number?

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1982 300TD 300,??? miles, daily driver turned donor
1982 300TD, 184,000 miles, daily driver

I can get you a part number for a euro one - but that might not help. What have you got on your car?

If you don't know post a picture please.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

The attachments may help.

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That is beautiful. Many thanks guys!

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1982 300TD 300,??? miles, daily driver turned donor
1982 300TD, 184,000 miles, daily driver

You're welcome, that's from the epc, http://www.startekinfo.com/StarTek/ It's free to Americans.

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Have you checked any junkyards? Not sure if they would have them but it would save you some money.

In Michigan there isn't going to be a single used bracket that isn't rusted to hell. I figure that I'll get new ones and then treat them myself with either rust bullet or rustoleum. Rust from the brackets is one of the big things that put rot holes into the sides of the car that I'm now in the process of patching, I'd like to keep the same thing from happening again if possible.

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1982 300TD 300,??? miles, daily driver turned donor
1982 300TD, 184,000 miles, daily driver

I convinced a CA member to send me some out of a yard out there, and did exactly this, painted and sealed them.

I also spaced out the bracket further from the bumper, It looked no different, but I got it 1/4 an inch away from the fender with some rubber spacers to hopefully stop the chronic rust right there.

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