Shortening the "shocks" on the '74 bumpers should be doable. Back in my more BMW oriented days, I read that quite a few people would do this mod to the the older BMW's with the big 5mph alu. bumpers. It really changes the look. I left mine on my BMW alone, and lucky I did, because I was really tired in college one time and ran into mail truck (nobody ruled at fault, it was obvious they were going WAY too fast, so it was ruled a draw I guess?
). Well, my bumper shocks were kind of pushed over to one side, and my fender was slightly creased, and the rubber bellows on the side of the bumper was kind of scraped up a little, and a few side lenses were cracked. I spent about $30 in parts to fix it and bent the fender back myself and with some minor spraypaint blending, you could barely see where the damage was. Really minor damage. I believe the "long life" post vehicle bodies are made of aluminum, and I totally demolished this damn thing. I mean the whole side was completely destroyed, ripped open. They couldn't even open the door, and the rear bumper cover was totally ripped off.
Anyway, remember the orange wagon with the Porsche motor? The one that is all color matched orange. I think that car is pretty hot. It's very "'80's Euro tuner style" with a little "German look." I love it!
, to have them chromed and recessing them closer to the body, They stick out too much for my liking. Still have no clue if at all doable, also with the chroming, never had good luck so far....every T3 I had rechromed, started rusting through. Next time I am going to the harley shop down the street. Them guys are fanatics 
