Option VE5 for both front and rear bumper bar rubbing strip and VF8 for front bumper bar rubbing strip. Starting with HJ, VE8 was only standard on top specification Holden (Premier & LS) and on Statesman. VE8 optional on all other HJ sedan, wagon and coupe. VF8 optional on ute and van and Kingswood ute.
HX GTS got the rubber strip as standard, plus LE. HX Premier and Statesmans carried over as per HJ. Options carried over as per HJ.
By the time HZ came around the only place the rubber strip was actually optional was on ute/van plus Kingswood ute/van as Kingswood SL (sedan/wagon) also got the rubber strip standard. VF8 was deleted as part of the Kingswood delete option A9K on sedan and wagon so these got the naked bar too.