Rear fiberglass fender

[Corvettekid85]

the rear fender on my 75 is cracked from all the years sitting in my backyard. mainly from heat/cold because i live in washington and you never know what the weathers going to be like. i was going to see if anyone had any ideas on were i could purchase one of these pieces. and also how much it sould cost. thanks. Ckid

 

[bill81vette]

Get a hold of ACI In Toledo Ohio....they make ALL the fiberglass panels for the industry....If you buy it from a corvette vendor,they bought it from ACI....

 

[JohnZ]

View attachment 4112the rear fender on my 75 is cracked from all the years sitting in my backyard. mainly from heat/cold because i live in washington and you never know what the weathers going to be like. i was going to see if anyone had any ideas on were i could purchase one of these pieces. and also how much it sould cost. thanks. Ckid

That's called the "rear fascia" or "rear bumper cover", not a fender. The original part was made of urethane, and what you see is typical of how they deteriorated over the years.

Several suppliers reproduce them in fiberglass, which is your only choice for a replacement. ACI is one, and there are others as well; someone will chime in with the names.

 

[Corvettekid85]

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Hey thanks for the website! i was looking at the Rear Bumper for the 75 but there is no price? can anyone look at the website and figure out how much it is? thanks. Ckid

 

[lars]

The stock rear bumper facia was urethane - not fiberglass. ACI offers a Flexible Rear Bumper facia very similar to the original, and the 1975 versions are available with or without the "corvette" letter indentations. Both versions retail for $399.99. 1-piece fiberglass (hard) rear bumper facias are typically available for about $350. The stock GM rear urethane facias are no longer available from any source that I'm familiar with. You can still get the front GM urethane bumper facias for 1975 - they run about $700.

Lars

 

[terry82]

letting it sit does the bumper no good, get out there and drive that car.

 

[6 Shooter]

WOW - That's some serious neglect...

the rear fender on my 75 is cracked from all the years sitting in my backyard.

Later . . . . . .
6 Shooter

 

[bill81vette]

A friend of mine has a '74 and found his rear cover on the floor in a pile of dust,for no reason whatsoever.....
apparently these bumpers are coming to the end of there life span.....:eyerole:eyerole

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

The urethane bumper covers first appeared in '73 (front only) and I imagine were never intended to last almost 40 years. I have an original GM piece on the front of mine and it too is sadly coming to the end of it's days. I tiptoe past it and say nice words but the plastic has gotten very brittle and has some cracks showing.

The larger rear covers that appeared first as a two piece in '74 and a one piece in '75 are even more susceptible to hardening and it's pretty rare these days to see one still intact.

Allowing the car to sit probably extended the life somewhat, but the inevitable has arrived.

 

[VetteV8]

My '81 has just been professionally painted, and both Urethane covers have been removed, and I have handled them:
No brittleness whatsoever!
They are very flexible indeed, with 3 large dimples in the top of the front cover, which I understand are called the "Californian wave"
My car came last year from CA, where it has always been.

Perhaps that extreme cold has such a destructive effect on these covers, as the one's from the heat, are still flexible; I just watched 3 of these, all from CA.

Cor