B210 Bumpers

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North American B210s have "park bench" safety bumpers capable of 5 mph collision without damage. Other countries use a stylish chrome small bumper.





Worldwide Style


Front

H5000 -7701 H7400 7702- H5800 L16


with upper overrider bar H7510 A14T twin carb H7512 *A14T.GX 7702-


overriders 7702-, except DX


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PB210/GB211.early (no overrider)



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GB211.from_7702 H58 (with overrider)

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H50 Front bumpers stays -- All years A12/A14 JAPAN (H58 is for L14/L16)

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Rear

Some countries used a narrow license plate cutout (e.g. Japan) and other countries used wide plate cutout (e.g. Australia)


BUMPER ASSY-REAR COUPE 85010-H5500 -7701 85010-H7405 7702- SEDAN 85010-H5000 -7701 85010-H7405 7702-



Sedan Narrow Plate

85011-H5000 -7701 [4-hole, no provision for overriders] 85011-H7400 7702- [6-hole]


Malaysia | Japan

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PB210 sedan

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Fitted to Sunny Truck

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85011-H5000

Used in Japan market until January 1977 [4-hole, no provision for overriders]


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REAR BUMPER -7701 Post 491921 1 85011-H5000 BUMPER-rear S-all 2 85204-H5000 STAY-bumper rear (R.H.) 3 85205-H5000 STAY-bumper rear (L.H.) 4 62663-27700 BOLT-special (M6) 4 5 01221-00021 NUT-flange (M6) 4 6 01221-00031 NUT-flange (M8) 2



Sedan Wide Plate

Sedan bumper is a plain steel one-piece type. non-Japan

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World Bumper doesn't quite cover holes on North America rear body

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Coupe

Coupe bumper has holes for rear reflectors. Japan Coupe uses wide plate version.

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Japan KB210.A12 carriage bolts Japan KB210.A14 rubber overriders


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fixing stay to bumper QUANTITY 4 EACH 4 62663-27700 BOLT-special M6 4Coupe 5 08915-53610 WASHER-plain 4 Coupe 6 08915-13610 WASHER-lock 4 Coupe 7 08911-10610 NUT 4 Coupe


fixing stay to body [not shown diagram] 01221-00031 NUT 62685-73000 RUBBER-WASHER



A14T

85010-H7516 7702- OPTION K.A14T 3-piece bumper with rubber and metal overriders



Wagon

Wagon uses 3-piece bumper (straight bar with bolt-on ends). Has no plate cutout as the number plate mounts above the bumper.

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Brackets

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North America

USA and Canada market. For 1974, USA models got large bumpers to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards regulation 215(b). The mandate that created the "park-bench" bumpers were not about safety, but part of the Cost Saving Act. The idea was to reduce the cost of repair of minor accidents (below 5 mph) and so benefit the consumer. For more details, see FMVSS 215.


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Front North America

  • 1974 non-chrome, no rubber overriders, black sight shield
  • 1975 different color, rubber overriders, black sight shield
  • 1976 chrome beam with rubber ends, rubber overriders, Coupe has body color-keyed rear sight shield.
  • 1977-1978. The external appearance of the bumpers has been improved


1974 - no overriders

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1975 - non-chrome with overriders (grille in 2nd photo is 1978)

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1976 - Chrome beam with many bolts

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1977 - Chrome beam bumper with fewer bolts

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1978 black grille

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Front sight-shield covers the gap between body and bumper

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Rear North America

1975 Sedan Rear

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1976 Sedan Rear

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Rear panel

A rear panel is used in USA instead of a beaver panel.


  • 1974-1975: body color-keyed
  • 1976-1978 Sedan: body color-keyed
  • 1976-1978 Coupe: black



Retrofitting Worldwide Bumpers

You will need make up new custom brackets to mount the worldwide bumpers (120Y or JDM B210) onto a North American B210.

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SEDAN REAR: When fitting the smaller bumpers there's two holes, from where the 5mph bumper shocks/brackets mount. And the new bumper covers the top half of them. So a new beaver panel is not really needed.

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USA: large holes. Worldwide: small holes

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COUPE REAR: A new beaver plate should be fabricated.


North America bumper removed

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round reflectors to plug the holes

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Fabricate a mesh panel

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FRONT:

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NOTE: 1200 bumpers don't quite fit the B210. They need to be bent a little bit, and are narrower.


Barracuda sells B210 bumper in steel about $300


The wide-cutout bumper has just happens to line up perfectly the with lower valence on a North America B210, but the JDM bumper has a smaller plate cut-out, about the size of a US license plate. the JDM bumper makes for a cleaner install, but the wide-cutout bumper may be cheaper and easier to obtain out of Australia.


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