They are technically referred to as bumper covers. The real bumper is behind them.
-SB
Praying for the Chicago Police officers who were injured in the line of duty overnight.🙏🏻
A driver plowed into a crowd of people on the Near West Side early on May 24, 2026, injuring at least four Chicago Police officers and one bystander, according to preliminary information. The incident occurred during a large, unruly teen block party near Washburne and Throop, where police had been managing the event and towing vehicles. At approximately 2:51 a.m., the vehicle struck the crowd at Loomis Street on Roosevelt Road.
https://truthsocial.com/@ShawnQWhiteRabbit/116632939343899521
Like others, I long for the days of the big, sturdy chrome bumpers of yesteryear. Maybe not those ugly 5 mph things that they added on in the 70s, but something stout, prominent, and capable of taking a little bump without so much as a scratch. They should be functional and not covered up by some cheap (but expensive) plastic/rubber nonsense.
I had a 1970 Pontiac Catalina. Seemed that the entire front end was one big, honking hunk of thick, chrome plated bumper, just daring some idiot to challenge me. Helps that the car was a rusty old thing that expressed the message that I only had liability insurance on that thing.