I notice that the bumper on a 240 has undergone changes from 1970-1973 due to us laws and such. Did the US bumper/front or rear ever come without the verticle pieces or was that a asian market thing only? I really like the look of it and on my rear bumper the PO removed them and it looks great but he left them on the front. If I remove them what kind of holes will their be to fill? Can I do It with a set of chrome carriage bolts? any info is apreciated...thanks in advance

Euro bumpers didn't have the guards and they come up on ebay every now and then. A SS round headed bolt will work as you mentioned and I've seen several cars and it looks fine.

You could also look into something like this:

http://www.boltdepot.com/product.aspx?cc=25&cs=82&cm=77&cd=1642

I do not remember the size that I used, but this is the style that I have on my car to fill those holes.

Just did this, I have the front and rear bumpers all rechromed as well as the over riders. Well the rear over rider trim I could not find. So I bought 4 bumper bolts and rounded the square edges a little so as not to mess up the bumpers and they look great. They line up close enough to look like they actually mount the bumpers. Cleans up the lines on the car also. I used 3/8ths in bolts. HTH, Richard.

I may have some over riders for sale. I need to look at the condition of them from mine and see if they are worth selling. I'm pulling them off front and rear, as well as the optional bar that goes all the way across