[Healeys] Product comparison

[Rich C]

Just make sure the curvature of the rear bumper matches the curvature of the 
body when viewed straight down from above. That's the most glaring fault of 
all.

Rich Chrysler


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From: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:09 AM
To: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <rrengineer at dslextreme.com>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Product comparison

> Mike,
>
> I don't know, but why don't you email AH Spares and ask them.  Maybe 
> they'll
> send you a photo so you can see for yourself.
>
> Sounds to me like a move in the right direction, a one piece pressing 
> *with
> the thickness of the original*.  One would think that with all this effort
> they'd get the shape correct too, or why bother.
>
> Oh... and AH Spares is not Moss, and it's most likely because of the poor
> quality of the Moss bumpers that AH Spares has invested in new tooling.
>
> Curt
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:24 AM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
> rrengineer at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but will the bumper have the nice crisp lines along the center
>> indentation like the original.  The Moss repros that I bought do not. 
>> I'm
>> not happy with them and would buy a repro replacement if they could get 
>> it
>> to look right with a close to original thickness.
>> Mike MacLean
>> 56 BN2
>> 60 AN5
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Curt/Nancy Arndt 
>> <cnaarndt at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dave,
>>>
>>> I have done business with AH spares for years and they are good folks. 
>>> I
>>> recently got an email from them describing how they have retooled to
>>> produce
>>> the 100 bumper in one piece and from the original gauge metal.
>>>
>>> They stated that they had already done the same for the six cylinder 
>>> cars.
>>> Sounds good to me and I'd like to hear from anyone with feed back on 
>>> these
>>> new items.
>>>
>>> Curt
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, David Masucci <drmasucci at comcast.net
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>> > This is a hard question to ask as the people that make the two 
>>> > products
>>> > that I am comparing are on this list. At least one is. I am sure that
>>> both
>>> > of their products are high quality. But one may be better than the
>>> other. I
>>> > have been looking into the bumbers sourced by AH-Spares, and the 
>>> > bumpers
>>> > sourced by Autofarm.net. Both parts are made in the UK, but I 
>>> > understand
>>> are
>>> > not the same part.
>>> >
>>> > If anyone has a constructive comment as to what may be the best choice
>>> > based on closest to original, please contact me directly.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Dave
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