Cars from the late-1970s and -1980s are becoming more popular builds among enthusiasts, and that's why we thought the time was right to take on a late second-gen Camaro as a project car. This era of ...

Chrome bumpers made a quick exit from the automotive scene in the late '80s. In their place are elaborate, but flimsy, plastic covers hiding stamped-steel impact beams with a wide swath of Styrofoam ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) and plastics recycler Ultra-Poly Corp. have successfully tested a process to collect and recycle car bumper covers made of plastic. According to a case ...

The less work involved in recycling, the better. That’s the thinking behind Mazda’s automated bumper-recycling process. The newly-developed technology is simple enough: Feed a bumper from any vehicle ...

Plastic bumpers dominate modern cars because they’re light, cheap, and flexible—and that flexibility is exactly why hot water can work. Most bumpers are made from thermoplastics like polypropylene or ...

Los Angeles, CA-- (SBWIRE) -- 05/17/2019-- Plastic Bumpers is usually a metal bar or beam, attached the vehicle's front-most and rear-most ends, designed to absorb impact in a collision. The main ...

While pulling into our driveway this past winter, I hit one of those huge snow banks that had turned into rock-hard ice. I know, what’s wrong with my eyes, right? I took out a piece of the plastic ...