Bumper grommets

Todd - mine doesn't have any in the back either 

maybe it is normal then...

next time the bumper is off - just slide your own on.  1960's beetle ones fit the bill perfectly

Available at West Coast Metric (and virtually a dozen other places). Inexpensive.

Agreed.. but can also make you a bit peeved when dropping $20k+ on a car and it doesn't have those $5 grommets.

 I went to Steele rubber products and got some 50 chevy bumper groments  same one all around .  look and work fine.. Most Builders don't pay attecon to details

Mine has them only on the front as well; you're not alone.

Mine (2005) only has them in the front.

Sounds like it is normal then

 The back looks better with the gromets

Wonder why they don't install them on the back as standard operating procedure. The parts are not different or expensive and they would add a finishing touch.

 They are trying to cut cost just like most busnesses in the US. But i do agree it doesn't look as good without them.

 

Probably because in 12 years of visiting this site, this is the first time anybody's mentioned it. Kirk's in this to make a living, and everybody knows (or should know) he's not building for the high-end market. $10 is $10, and that's more money in either his (or the buyer's) pocket.

Leave it to me to be a trend setter lol

Sorry Guys, I bought mine in 2012,and Kirk must have liked me I have the grommets both front and back on my speedster!!!! 

With VS what you get in your car is sort of like a crapshoot. Mine came with an adjustable springplate on one side, a regular one on the other and no front anti-sway bar. I've heard of other VS's that came with the stock VW front anti-sway bar. I had to buy a pair of adjustable springplates (luckily the ones I got matched the one already in the car so I had to just install the one) and a Bugpack heavy duty front ant-sway bar and install those mysel. Later I decided to add a camber compensator in the back.

my 2006 vintage speedster which i bought used 2 years ago didn't have rear bumper grommets. The rear bumper was installed upside down which i discovered when i installed the bumper guards.

 

Joel

 

 I get the feeling it's whoever is in the shop on the day it goes together.. and if they real give a rats a$$ at the time 

For all you turkeys that don't have the rear grommets  , may I suggest buying a couple ,and then without removing the bumper to install them simply cut the bottom part of the grommet, toward the center , slip grommet around steel bar and then using some silicone caulking( clear) put a dab between the grommet and body of car ,tape with BLUE masking tape overnight , and get moving on to the next project.     ps. go easy on the silicone you don't need much!!!  

Kirk just sent me some.  Literally a 1.50 piece of rubber.  There is no lip on them or anything that fills the hole they are just a flat oval shape piece of rubber and he said they use contact cement

Be careful using contact cement ( Used for formica installation ) as it can and will raise hell with the paint if it gets on the wrong area!!!!!