Front Euro Bumper Swap

[cabin]

Looks great, I love euro bumpers! Can't wait for you to get the rear on that thing.

[Japandrew73]

So are you going completely stock? as in no drop?

We will see. for now im directing my funds towards looks rather than performance. I figure, if you're gonna spend all your money on performance and have a shitty looking car, why not by a Honda civic and rice it out?

Nice. I rolled with a rear DB for almost a year, I think, before I found a rear euro bumper. You must show me how to rescue paint like that someday...

Needs a valence/lip

believe it or not, it's on the original paint! no joke.
and yes it does need a lip. if you still have your two lips for sale in about 3 weeks I'll drive up and get one. i already put a deposit down on a euro valence though so I have to get that first

[BmveE30ftw]

wow it looks amazing! are you going to change the back one soon?

[lucky7]

wow, that does look great. i thought about doing the same. but i'd rather be dumped on wide wheels before thinking about bumper swaps. your shit is CLEAN though. i envy you.

[nickpdx]

That is one shiny bumper! Looks amazing. :D

[kamotors]

great job, making the car new one piece at a time.:)

[TDE30]

Was this bumper new or used? Rechromed or anything?

[constructor]

For those who haven't been following my project thread, I have been going paycheck to paycheck ordering brand new OEM parts for the front bumper and finally installed it yesterday.

Looks great!

[TDE30]

By "OEM parts" I thought he meant hardware, etc., buying brand new euro bumpers from the dealer isn't very cheap.

[constructor]

I used a really good strategy to get all the parts. Bavauto Recycling sells the chrome center piece new on ebay for $125 shipped. I got the chrome side pieces new from a guy selling them in Britain for like $60, and I got the mounting kit, turn indicators, and trim pieces for about $150 from Blunt who gets me discounted new OEM parts. (Props to him). I did this in the smartest way possible, or at least I'd like to think so.





it was roughly $350 for all of it. It is brand new though and makes all the difference. And ya i don't need to be spending my paychecks on anything else cause i'm still with my parents so its worth it to put it towards what I love.

[TDE30]

Well fuck me then, you just have an answer for everything.

Nevermind OP.

[constructor]

Well fuck me then, you just have an answer for everything.

Nevermind OP.

I read.

OP, car is looking awesome. Can't wait to see the transformation progress.

[Japandrew73]

I read.

OP, car is looking awesome. Can't wait to see the transformation progress.

hah thanks for pointing out the obvious about how i bought all of it and thanks for the compliments everyone!:)

[Motorsports]

The car looks 10x better. Good to see you went with a euro bumper instead of plastics. Once you do the rear and the lower valence you'll be golden. where did you get the headlight wipers?

[Japandrew73]

The car looks 10x better. Good to see you went with a euro bumper instead of plastics. Once you do the rear and the lower valence you'll be golden. where did you get the headlight wipers?

From the UK. check around on ebay. they're everywhere, the trick is hand fixing them and troubleshooting the 10000000 possible problems. happy to say that mine are fully functional