robrado974 1 Posted January 20, 2016 I've just got my car back from my friendly mechanic ( see my build thread) . I had a look round , in the dark , when I got home. I looked underneath, where the work was done and saw rivets on the lip of the bumper , my first thought was horror . What have you done I thought .I texted him to ask about it and he said , that's where I removed the old one from . I never noticed in nine years of owning this car , the rivets through the lip . I checked the part no on Heritage and it's right . I didn't look at the part properly when I got it , but when I looked under the car , it has a cut out for the tow hook . Still thinking, no it ain't right , I looked at pics online , sure enough , a car completely restored, showing the heat shield and rivets . But why is it on the drivers side ? There's no heat there. You would have thought it would have been behind the exhaust . Confused . Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanl82 23 Posted January 20, 2016 I thought the same when I did mine Rob. I couldn't bring myself to buy a new one as the old one had completely rotted off, and I think it was about £35 for a piece of tin that I couldn't work out its function anyway! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted January 20, 2016 It's not me then Sean lol , I didn't know weather to say anything or not , my IQ, is not bad at all and common sense levels are pretty good. But sometimes you can't see the answer that is staring you in the face . Where did you see the part for £35.00 mate ?, it's £18.00 from Heritage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanl82 23 Posted January 20, 2016 I don't know tbh mate, I may be exaggerating a bit with the price! I can't remember where it was I saw them but like I said, I simply couldn't see the use for it so was a tight arse and didn't bother! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted January 20, 2016 Agreed on the point of the part Sean . Utterly pointless ! . I think I saw it and presumed it went on the exhaust side , which would make sense . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 44 Posted January 20, 2016 Ditto... but I did replace mine from heritage and fitted it this week. I wondered if it was to offer some support around the hole of the tow eye. But it doesn't seem to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robrado974 1 Posted January 20, 2016 It's too thin for support I think . Tbh if I had known it was no use , I would not have replaced it . But it's fitted now and not really a wallet buster. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
