Rays Stallion big or small bumper?

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by darren, Jun 16, 2009.

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Rays new Stallion,big or small bumper look???

  1. Big bumpers/original

    29 vote(s)
    38.2%

  2. Small bumpers/controversial

    47 vote(s)
    61.8%
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  1. JHodges

    JHodges thumper

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    :idea: comet bumpers:idea:
     
    JHodges, Jun 16, 2009
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  2. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    If you just absolutely MUST keep the big ones, at least slide them in. If it were mine, it would get small bumpers.
     
    Jamie Miles, Jun 16, 2009
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  3. Maviboy

    Maviboy ForOnlyRealDrivers

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    Thats what they did on my 74 Grabber I use to have,looked pretty good. Man I miss that car,5.0 5-speed:chirp:
     
    Maviboy, Jun 17, 2009
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  4. Alan Duke

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    Original Stallion = stock (Big bumpers)

    Stallion Clone = small bumpers

    JMHO

    By the way, there is a place here in Houston that quoted me $275 to straighten and rechrome per bumper. Does anyone know if this is about the going rate?
     
    Alan Duke, Jun 17, 2009
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  5. mean_maverick

    mean_maverick Senior Member

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    i like a Stallion with big bumpers. to me, it's not a Stallion w/o them. no tuck or anything, just big and original
     
    mean_maverick, Jun 17, 2009
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    Big ,big,big and original, if it was a fake Stallion or "clone" fine than do small bumpers, ..... but real original Stallion then keep the park benches.
     
    comrick317, Jun 17, 2009
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    I normally would say to swap to small bumpers on most later cars, but Stallions are tough to find, and this one is really nice example of a survivor. It makes me lean toward leaving it alone.
     
    CaptainComet, Jun 17, 2009
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    I agree with all of this. Keep them big and original. You already have plenty of small bumper cars! :yup:
     
    Rando76, Jun 17, 2009
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  9. sierra grabber

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    I vote small but if you stay big my comets front is near perfect (the back has a tow ball hole and little bend "yechh"), and i plan to convert it.....;)
     
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  10. Jean Doll

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    I'd say keep the big bumpers. The Stallions were only offered for one year, so the number of them left are very few. For that reason I would keep the car original. If you absolutley must do a small bumper swap, keep the original parts so you could swap it back around if you needed to.
     
    Jean Doll, Jun 17, 2009
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  11. DaMadman

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    I think if you are going to leave the rest of the car pretty much original then leave the big bumpers on it. If you are going to modify other things (major things like the engine and tranny) then mod the bumpers too
     
    DaMadman, Jun 17, 2009
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    jean does have a real good point so if you must do small keep all the other parts to put it back to big or you could run small bumpers for 6 monts then switch to the big bumpers for 6 months J/K.
     
    HOMERMAV, Jun 17, 2009
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  13. Matterick

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    put on the small ones and keep all the big bumper stuff just incase.
    its not like it hurts the value when it has small bumpers on it (y)

    Compare Dan Starnes Stallion to when it still had the big bumpers... (y)
     
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    Matterick, Jun 17, 2009
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    Plus....it is a WHITE Stallion!! How rare is that!!
     
    Craig Selvey, Jun 17, 2009
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    Rare? Ugly, that's for sure!!!! :rofl2:
     
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