Cemoto

I've had good luck with the company "bumper plugs" and have their product installed my two blue cars. They make a nice product and provide great service. But, when it came time to get a pair for my basic black car the delivered cost was $36. That seemed like a lot for a couple of black plastic plugs.

My silver car needs a pair as well but it is a "paint to sample" silver. There are many different shades of silver and bumper plugs could not offer me non-standard shade.

So I knew I would need to see my paint guy to do the silver ones, and the black car will be getting a nose repaint after the end of next year.....

I also was hoping for a flatter profile rather than button head style which had been supplied to me earlier when I got the ones for the blue cars.

So after some research I found these. Believe it or not it was not easy. There are many different styles and the parts stores didn't have the right ones. Too wide a head, too narrow a stem, etc. Once I found the right terminology, results improved.

These are nylon, not as soft as plastic. I'm going to micro polish a pair for the black car and have a pair painted to match the silver. When the nose gets painted, I'll have a pair done at that time as well.

I hope someone can benefit from my research.

Regards,

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P-daddy

Nice Al! Thanks for sharing the info with us.

pirahna

Those look like the inner fender liner plugs on my GMC truck. I had to replace one of them recently and went to the local auto parts store. They probably had a couple of dozen different sizes in stock. I had the same thought that they could be used for a bumper.

Cemoto

That could be. The fender liner retainers I found had a pebble grain finish. These are smooth. Once I found these I stopped looking any further.

What I was finding at the parts store was some which had a flat spot in the center of the head, too narrow a stem, or a mold seam on it.

Regards,

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Opo

Thanks for sharing Al , make sure you post pictures of the final product 👍🏼

hchc

Would these work for header washer plug as well? Thanks for sharing

G-MASSA

Same approach here for one of my black cars. I found assorted plugs at a local auto parts store. These may have had a slight grain or pebble finish but I chucked them up in a drill and polished them smooth. Primer, paint, spin polish and voila! Easy project.

1990-964

Another place to find chassis plugs like this is at Lowe's. They are very inexpensive, under $1/pair. I've used them to plug the holes left after removing my basket handle brake light, worked great.