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Old 05-04-2008, 06:02 PM
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A while back I asked, what company would be best and most said Getty Design and stay away from Better Bodies. Better Bodies offered the rear bumper that I wanted due to no cut outs for the exhaust so I went with them and couldn't be happier. The fit was very close with just some small modifications and it fit fine. I received it painted last week from the body shop and installed it yesterday, looks great.

Now the front bumper from Getty was another story. A friend and I went to test fit it and it wasn't ever close, the center front portion where it would bolt to was hitting and it wouldn't allow the bumper to lay flush with the fender and hood. As you can see from the pictures below.

The only thing I see I can do is cut the center section out to allow it to fit snug against the fender/hood. That would leave me with another problem, how would I mount the center section?

I ordered this bumper last November and due to the car was up for the winter I just got around to installing it.

I did leave an email for Getty so I'll wait to see if they respond.

That line should be up against the hood and fenders right?




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Old 05-04-2008, 07:34 PM
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I think I understand the problem you're having. I ran into a similar issue when I was installing Ruf bumpers on my old SC. I think you'll end up having to cut along the red line in the attached pic and re-glassing the mounting flange. This will allow the bumper to move back and line up better with the fenders.
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Old 05-04-2008, 07:45 PM
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Scott, your right on. If I don't get any help from Getty that's what I'm planning to do. I will cut just what I need to make it fit and then pop rivet the same piece back on. I also ordered a C2 turbo smile/strip which will hide any work I'll have to do.
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Old 06-01-2008, 08:28 PM
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Update... Better Bodies came through as promised. I received the bumper a few days ago and got a chance to test fit it and couldn't be happier. The bumper is just held on with small C-clamps to test fit and for the pictures.

I got all the lights installed too but then the day with south when I dropped the left front driving light and broke it So if anyone has the lens for sale please let me know

I'll get the bumper off to the body shop this week.

I should of just got the front bumper from them in the first place and would of been done with this conversion.

Thanks again Robert and Armando at Better Bodies.




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