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who supplies the best fitting bumpers now a days?

the latest stainless steel one from minispares with the rounded edges was a perfect fit to my shell, maybe no good for a purist resto though.

Has anyone tried to remove the rounded edges ?

Recently introduced by Minispares, from website:

Minispares Genuine bumper that fits perfectly as per original ROVER bumpers.
Better than the last genuine bumpers produced for Rover - BEWARE - most others on the market made in stainless are poor imports and poor fitting--Although many look the correct shape they will only fit the front with manipulation, but are very difficult to fit on the rear as they are kinked.
This has rolled over ends for safety critical homologation(1996)and also allows extra clearance on fitment to the sportspack arches. Made in stainless steel to a chrome like finish it still requires washing and cleaning very regularly owing to the areas where they are fitted. Fitted with fixing bolts but no nuts.
Better than the last Genuine stainless steel originals these are to the quality Pianoforte reached when first supplying Rover with the open ended bumper DPB10165 which replaced the steel chromed version.
Pianoforte then had tooling problems making GENUINE bumpers difficult to fit so Minispares have come to the rescue again taking 2 years to get it perfect in looks and fitting with the curled end edges made less dangerous than the originals.
Please note car parts are made in automotive 430 stainless which is magnetic as opposed to pure stainless which is not magnetic
http://www.minispares.com/product/Class ... |Back%20to

I really want corners bars and overiders on my bumpers .Nobody seems to have bumper , corner bars and overiders as a set other than Minisport and I get burnt every time I use them .
Where is best quality for those and what about drilling holes in bumpers , never tried it but sounds like it could be a costly mess if you get it wrong .
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It is possible to drill a standard bumper to fit the over riders, but great care must be taken when drilling as you quite rightly say.
If you have an old MK 1 bumper hanging about make a card template of the end sections where the bolt hole is and transfer it onto the new bumper and drill away.
The dimensions of the later bumpers isn't the same as the early originals so the over riders may not sit in exactly the same place as the originals, but it isn't very noticeable.

Here's one I did last year for an associate.

Crikey , thought that was my car for split second .
Just goes to show the bumpes suit the blue .
That belongs to Endaf I believe ?

I recently bought the Minispares MS25 Mk1 bumper kit with overiders and corner bars, which is a nice set that fits well.

I also filed off the rounded-over ends on the bumpers to make them look more like the originals - easy enough to do as they are stainless so no corrosion issues

MS25 set has been out of stock for months unfortunately .