What's the cheapest way to ship a bumper?

[SNOOZE]

What's up CB7!

I recently recieved some money for a Rear Corvetter C4 bumper that I had up on sale on some Corvette forums. I want to get some advice on the cheapest way to ship this thing. I've done some research and the cheapest options are either GrayHound or USPS. My question is should I waste money buying a huge custom box, or ive heard of people using foam wrapping to ship bumpers........ Any advice would be helpful, either way imma go get some quotes on some boxes, but i wanna know if you guys know about that foam stuff and how to go about shipping a bumper.....

Thanks
Snooze!

[Mista Juice]

first.. go around to local body shops and see if you can find a box that can work.. if not, just protect the edges/corners of the bumper with cardboard and wrap the shit out of it with bubble wrap and tape..

[SNOOZE]

first.. go around to local body shops and see if you can find a box that can work.. if not, just protect the edges/corners of the bumper with cardboard and wrap the shit out of it with bubble wrap and tape..

for sure, that sounds like a good idea, its freaken huge though, its a Corvette C4 rear bumper..... hopefuly it doesnt exceed USPS shipping sizes cuz thats definetly the cheapest way to ship

[deevergote]

How far are you shipping it?

[bobbycos]

be very careful, thats fiberglass there and the USPS and fiberglass dont mix too well

[nine_deuce]

As mentioned above, protect the edges and corners. Maybe get one of those swimming water noodle things, cut it up and put it around the edges and corners, then wrap it in lots of bubble wrap and tape it up really well?

[wed3k]

not going to fit with greyhound. our c5 hatch barely fit but it was only 40 bucks

[SNOOZE]

Shipping it to AR from CA

[deevergote]

Ah, crap. I was gonna say... if it's not going too far (as many Craigslist sales are local), I'd say just drive it... but yeah, too far!

The safest method would be to crate it... but that would certainly increase shipping costs.
Are C4s really that rare in AL that someone needs to buy a bumper from CA? There are C4s rotting away all over the place around here!

[nine_deuce]

It's going from Arkansas, not Alabama.

C'mon man! haha

[SNOOZE]

my bad its from CA to AR

[deevergote]

It's going from Arkansas, not Alabama.

C'mon man! haha

Gimme a break... I just woke up.

Either way... one of those states filled with people that have never seen an ocean.

[Leung]

If the guy was willing to pay the gas to drive out, i'm saying road trip.

[Gemini]

not going to fit with greyhound. our c5 hatch barely fit but it was only 40 bucks

i shipped my old black cb bumper with a lewgend lip attached thru the Hound couples year back. I just wrapped it in shrink wrap and off it went

[stewie]

take several boxes, open all of them, and tape the top of one box to the bottom of the next box and continue until its the right length! then fill with packing peanuts and mail it away!