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Old 06-05-2004, 02:14 PM
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i may have found a line on a euro bumper and am curious, what would be required to fit it to my car? i assume its not just a bolt on mod.
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951 or N/A? Front or rear?
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951 euro front bumper is an exact fit for the us front 951 bumper. You will just need to find something to do with the sidemarkers.

I don't know about the N/A front though.

The rear bumpers are all interchangeable as far as I know.
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Rear bumper bolts right up as long as you have the brackets.
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its an na, and im looking at front and rear
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I parted out a 83 euro recently. The front bumper and back bumper are both bolt on operations. The front bumper on this car, the bumper shocks appeared to have been shorten though. But the back bumper was the same shocks as the us cars.
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I have a rear euro bumper and xsboost90 has a front euro bumper on his 89 944NA. I know in my case I had to have shorter bumper mounts. The US mounts were too long even when fully compressed. My bumper was from a euro 924 so that may have made a difference. Tifo also has one and I'm pretty sure he used the shorter euro bumper shocks.
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i can sell you some custom solid mounts, or stockers when i put mine on.
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Originally posted by 944pete
I have a rear euro bumper and xsboost90 has a front euro bumper on his 89 944NA. I know in my case I had to have shorter bumper mounts. The US mounts were too long even when fully compressed. My bumper was from a euro 924 so that may have made a difference. Tifo also has one and I'm pretty sure he used the shorter euro bumper shocks.
I dont think my euro rear bumper has shocks, mines from a euro 951.
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The one Tifo has is the one that I sold him. Like I said before, I think you have to have shorter ones on the front.
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Originally posted by Marc Gelefsky
I dont think my euro rear bumper has shocks, mines from a euro 951.
The rear euro bumper is supposed to have shocks. They are shorter, smaller, and lighter. I don't have the part# handy, but they exist. (Thanks for the stuff Todd!).

The shocks are hard to find, so us poor US guys that work hard to source a euro rear bumper may have to make due with brackets instead.



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