I have been informed by phone call that I am now looking for a '95 Ford Taurus rear bumper skin after contact on a cold day with a light pole which resulted in much cracking (I have yet to see it.)
The car in question is exact in style and color to this:
www.car-parts.com leads to no real answers. I thought I would check with y'all.
The same green is the color of choice but open to others.
Needed in Sandusky, OH 44870. Could easily be picked up in Southern, MI, Eastern IN, Western PA or just about all of Ohio.
yamaha
UltraDork
3/13/13 2:31 p.m.
Join taurusclub.com and ask them, they'll know where random stuff is for that old of a taurus.
Here, this should be worth 1k words:
yamaha
UltraDork
3/13/13 10:10 p.m.
And to think, I just scrapped a gen2 sho back in November......
mndsm
PowerDork
3/13/13 11:06 p.m.
You appear to need more than a skin.....
Try the Cleveland westside Pull a Part. I would bet that they have several and probably cheap!
Waiting for call back on this:
http://columbus.craigslist.org/pts/3605569949.html
But, yes, West Side PaP is a good idea
Tail light was immediately sourced so we are legal. The temporary fix is mostly tape and is good enough till the proper color is found.
Sofa King wrote:
Try the Cleveland westside Pull a Part. I would bet that they have several and probably cheap!
PaP Westside proved to be the answer. They had 10 Taruses of the proper generation of which one was the right color!
Photo at PaP on St Patric's Day, with a buddy:
The bumper was not perfect but it was the right color. The imperfection was the stupidest sticker on the back of the bumper. It was 3 skulls (1 large on in the middle and two smaller at each end) connected by a vertebrae type bones. It looked like some sort of human centipede skull/bones/thing. It then looked like someone tried using a straight screwdriver as a way of trying to get the sticker off. In my garage, with a heat gun, the sticker came off easy. The scrapping was so deep and rough that in cleaning the bumper with a paper towel, the towel would get shredded. I used my Fein Multimaster to sand/smooth down the bumper.
Difficult picture of gouges and scrapes in bumper:
Back in my driveway, Installation was the reverse of removal:
$10 worth of reflective tape covered the gouges and scrapes while still looking presentable:
Bumper, tail light and trim all came to right around $75 after tax and $10 for tape makes this a less than $100 fix.
All that remains is a slight dent on the side fender near the tail light.
Glad I could help! I love that place!
It hasn't been much good lately for my current projects, but it is sure nice to go to a yard that isn't total mud this time of year!
