Moved tubular bumpers closer to car

[wetminkey]

Fiat Spider bumpers in 2018: WORTHLESS! Even in a parking lot! See "Squashed,...getting fixed" in Fiat Related,...
Just a reverse into the vehicle directly behind (Jeep), and acceleration into the rear of the vehicle parked in the next row (van).
All other vehicles are set too high for the Spider's bumpers to be effective. It dives under everything!
God forbid any Spider ran into my Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4 FRANKENTRUCK,...they'd be decapitated!
Todd.

[rjkoop]

Someone sent me a message asking about what to do if the bumpers won't push in even after drilling holes for the oil to escape. Can't find it or figure out how to reply(don't see it in my PMs) so I thought I'd reply here.

Here's the message I got in my gmail...
hi. i know you posted a while back about the bumper tuck, but i just
decided to give it a shot on my '80 spider. i drilled a hole in both
shocks (nothing came out). passenger side went in easily. drivers side will
not budge at all, not even a 1/16 of an inch. i've used a sledge hammer,
steel post in parking lot, lots of rust penetrating lubrication but no
luck. it is driving me up a wall and i do not want to take out the tank.
any suggestions would be much appreciated.

thanks
...

Yep. I didn't have this issue. Only thing I could think of is using heat on the outer tube and try again. From what I remember I used a wooden block on the end of the bumper tube and a small sledge hammer. And it moved in fairly easily for me.


Richard