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Hey all,
So I got this 1981 F-150 Stepside, unfortunately some kid rear-ended me the other day and bent my rear bumper all out of whack. Insurance adjuster says I need to find a replacement to determine the value, but I can't find anything like it anywhere. All the ones online have some weird styles that just don't look as classic. I think it might have been a custom job done before I got it.
Anyone have any ideas as to where I might find one similar? If you can't tell from the photo, it's chromed, and it's a very heavy gauge steel.
So I got this 1981 F-150 Stepside, unfortunately some kid rear-ended me the other day and bent my rear bumper all out of whack. Insurance adjuster says I need to find a replacement to determine the value, but I can't find anything like it anywhere. All the ones online have some weird styles that just don't look as classic. I think it might have been a custom job done before I got it.
Anyone have any ideas as to where I might find one similar? If you can't tell from the photo, it's chromed, and it's a very heavy gauge steel.
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I'm no flareside expert, but if it's heavy gauge, I doubt it's factory. Contact a fabricator and see what it'll cost to get one made and chromed and present them with the estimate.
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Stepside is a registered trademark of General Motors Corp., one will have better luck using the Ford nomenclature (Flareside, as stated by Chump) when looking for parts specific to this model.
This is because the Ford parts books don't list models with names such as Flareside, they list numeric values in parenthesis instead. In your case, your Body Type is 83.
Personally, I think the Stepside name fits just fine and is a great name and I even use it myself as I refuse to dedicate the brain cells in remembering which is a Flareside and which is a Styleside.
But that's not a good idea when looking for specific parts for this thing.
That being said, I tried to look up the part number & availability of a chrome rear bumper for your truck.
The book says:
E0TZ-17906-E CHROME BUMPER (REAR) Fits 1980 F100 Body Type 83 Obsolete, no dealers or obsolete parts vendors have any.*
Alternatively, it lists:
E2TZ-17906-C BLACK HI-GLOSS BUMPER (REAR) Fits 1982 F100 Body Type 83 Obsolete, no dealers or obsolete parts vendors have any.*
* It could also be the part numbers were later superseded (replaced) but I don't have that book so I can't tell for certain.
My personal suspicion is misprints in the book, I can't imagine there being any substantial differences in rear bumpers 1980-1986 F100/350 Flareside body (Stepside).
(Did F250s & F350s even COME with that kind of box? Maybe not.)
Add to that, the book doesn't list ANY others for ANY other years of this style truck, those two are IT for the rear stepside bumpers.
You might talk to a local bumper shop and ask about getting it straightened & re-chromed.
This is because the Ford parts books don't list models with names such as Flareside, they list numeric values in parenthesis instead. In your case, your Body Type is 83.
Personally, I think the Stepside name fits just fine and is a great name and I even use it myself as I refuse to dedicate the brain cells in remembering which is a Flareside and which is a Styleside.
But that's not a good idea when looking for specific parts for this thing.
That being said, I tried to look up the part number & availability of a chrome rear bumper for your truck.
The book says:
E0TZ-17906-E CHROME BUMPER (REAR) Fits 1980 F100 Body Type 83 Obsolete, no dealers or obsolete parts vendors have any.*
Alternatively, it lists:
E2TZ-17906-C BLACK HI-GLOSS BUMPER (REAR) Fits 1982 F100 Body Type 83 Obsolete, no dealers or obsolete parts vendors have any.*
* It could also be the part numbers were later superseded (replaced) but I don't have that book so I can't tell for certain.
My personal suspicion is misprints in the book, I can't imagine there being any substantial differences in rear bumpers 1980-1986 F100/350 Flareside body (Stepside).
(Did F250s & F350s even COME with that kind of box? Maybe not.)
Add to that, the book doesn't list ANY others for ANY other years of this style truck, those two are IT for the rear stepside bumpers.
You might talk to a local bumper shop and ask about getting it straightened & re-chromed.
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From: West Valley City
Hey all,
So I got this 1981 F-150 Stepside, unfortunately some kid rear-ended me the other day and bent my rear bumper all out of whack. Insurance adjuster says I need to find a replacement to determine the value, but I can't find anything like it anywhere. All the ones online have some weird styles that just don't look as classic. I think it might have been a custom job done before I got it.
Anyone have any ideas as to where I might find one similar? If you can't tell from the photo, it's chromed, and it's a very heavy gauge steel.
So I got this 1981 F-150 Stepside, unfortunately some kid rear-ended me the other day and bent my rear bumper all out of whack. Insurance adjuster says I need to find a replacement to determine the value, but I can't find anything like it anywhere. All the ones online have some weird styles that just don't look as classic. I think it might have been a custom job done before I got it.
Anyone have any ideas as to where I might find one similar? If you can't tell from the photo, it's chromed, and it's a very heavy gauge steel.
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From: Danbury NC
You may not wont to go this way with getting your bumper but if u have a pull-A-Part in your town or close by u may find one !! good luck with it parts or getting hard'er to find by the day I sold the bumper you are look for a few weeks ago it come stock on my 85 F150 
I have found 6 trucks at pull-A-Part in Winston Salem NC they sill have most parts but I do not know If they sill have the bumpers on them as of today
4125 N Patterson Ave
Winston-Salem, NC 27105-2250
(336) 661-1110
I have found 6 trucks at pull-A-Part in Winston Salem NC they sill have most parts but I do not know If they sill have the bumpers on them as of today
4125 N Patterson Ave
Winston-Salem, NC 27105-2250
(336) 661-1110
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You have the standard factory bumper on your Flareside, which maybe be hard to find since the Flaresides were not as popular as the standard Fords. My Flareside has a regular chrome step bumper, guess the PO changed it out. The step bumper looks ok, but I like the look of the factory unit better. I plan to change out if I ever locate one. Good luck on your search
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Im always a bit worried about getting hit like that. All those flareside parts can be hard to come by. Guess I should consider myself lucky it takes that little bit extra to slow down and cant ever short-stop someone.
These guys will fix and re-plate just about anything chrome on a vehicle, but I shudder to think of the cost.
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These guys will fix and re-plate just about anything chrome on a vehicle, but I shudder to think of the cost.
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Fits 1980-1983 F-100, and 1980/1986 F-150.
Alternatively, it lists:
E2TZ-17906-C BLACK HI-GLOSS BUMPER (REAR) Fits 1982 F100 Body Type 83
E2TZ-17906-C BLACK HI-GLOSS BUMPER (REAR) Fits 1982 F100 Body Type 83
(Did F250s & F350s even COME with that kind of box? Maybe not.)
Add to that, the book doesn't list ANY others for ANY other years of this style truck, those two are IT for the rear stepside bumpers.
You might talk to a local bumper shop and ask about getting it straightened & re-chromed.
You might talk to a local bumper shop and ask about getting it straightened & re-chromed.
The standard Rear Bumper on these was no rear bumper at all.
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From: Loganville, Ga
I found this some time back. It's the ONLY reproduction I have found.
1978-87 Ford Stepside Pickup Rear Chrome Bumper
Also, my bumper has some very heavy gauge angle steel behind it. I pitty the little beer can car that rearends me.
1978-87 Ford Stepside Pickup Rear Chrome Bumper
Also, my bumper has some very heavy gauge angle steel behind it. I pitty the little beer can car that rearends me.
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