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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 06:17 AM
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Chrome drop bumper

Have a 10” chrome drop bumper on my ‘97 that is bent/rusted and want to replace it with new. Cannot seem to find a new drop bumper at all. No one seems to make them. Any ideas where to look that Google isn’t turning up? Would like a 10” drop.

After all the Googling went to the local truck accessory stores and of course the guy behind the counter said “we had 2 we could not get rid of for the longest time, about 2 months ago….”

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The one I had on my pickup was made by Luverne.

Just a quick google search found this:
Luverne Heavy-Duty Rear Bumpers, Dick's Auto Parts, Middlebury, IN (dicksautoparts.com)
 
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 01:15 PM
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Damn I just saw you're in Mandan! Hello, neighbor!

Have you checked Johnson's? I saw one out there a while back.
 
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Damn I just saw you're in Mandan! Hello, neighbor!

Have you checked Johnson's? I saw one out there a while back.
Hi! My buddy is out there today checking...
 
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jtab
The one I had on my pickup was made by Luverne.

Just a quick google search found this:
Luverne Heavy-Duty Rear Bumpers, Dick's Auto Parts, Middlebury, IN (dicksautoparts.com)
Yes ...but NLA. Dick's Auto site is out of date. Luverne does not make them anymore...
 
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 01:27 PM
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I don't believe anybody is mass producing these things anymore. If you're dead set on having a chrome one, your first best option is just prowling the junkyards, second best would be to clean yours up as best you can, third (and most expensive) would be to have your current bumper rechromed.

There's a few places that are probably building them in just plain old mild steel, Ranch Hand comes to mind, but chrome isn't really the thing for most pickup owners in this day and age, so the companies quit building them.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SFaulken
I don't believe anybody is mass producing these things anymore. If you're dead set on having a chrome one, your first best option is just prowling the junkyards, second best would be to clean yours up as best you can, third (and most expensive) would be to have your current bumper rechromed.

There's a few places that are probably building them in just plain old mild steel, Ranch Hand comes to mind, but chrome isn't really the thing for most pickup owners in this day and age, so the companies quit building them.
Yep...that is the same conclusion I am coming to. FYI, mine is too bent to probably save/wouldn't looked good rechromed...


There are a couple out there in mild steel that look good. Maybe get one and have it powder coated "chrome". I think there is a pretty decent powder coat that kinda is chromish. Or silver.
 
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1992-1997 ford pickup rear bumper | Bismarck, ND (bismanonline.com)
 
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Yeah, I saw that one. Better than mine, but rougher than I want...
 
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Originally Posted by cbrown9064
Have a 10” chrome drop bumper on my ‘97 that is bent/rusted and want to replace it with new. Cannot seem to find a new drop bumper at all. No one seems to make them. Any ideas where to look that Google isn’t turning up? Would like a 10” drop.

After all the Googling went to the local truck accessory stores and of course the guy behind the counter said “we had 2 we could not get rid of for the longest time, about 2 months ago….”

ideas?
10 inch heavy leverne bumper? I think I have a surprise for you. Please message me if your still interested in these bumpers.
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Hi Dark Horse

I may still be interested, got one that is "pretty good" but not perfect.

Cannot message you as you don't have enough posts on FTE yet.

Where are you located?
 
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Originally Posted by cbrown9064
Hi Dark Horse

I may still be interested, got one that is "pretty good" but not perfect.

Cannot message you as you don't have enough posts on FTE yet.

Where are you located?
@cbrown9064 You have a PM.
 
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Hi Dark Horse

I may still be interested, got one that is "pretty good" but not perfect.

Cannot message you as you don't have enough posts on FTE yet.

Where are you located?
I'm in Lolo, MT I have brand new ones. I have a couple with shallow and deep pockets
 
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@cbrown9064 You have a PM.
It's not showing up in my inbox or I'm not in the right spot. Still learning how to navigate the site
 
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Old Jan 17, 2025 | 07:51 PM
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Yep...that is the same conclusion I am coming to. FYI, mine is too bent to probably save/wouldn't looked good rechromed...


There are a couple out there in mild steel that look good. Maybe get one and have it powder coated "chrome". I think there is a pretty decent powder coat that kinda is chromish. Or silver.
Try Ogden chrome and bumper, they're good but spendy
 
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