Anyone ever try this? I was messing around with Anaheim944's car in Paint and was curious as to if anyone has actually tried doing this in real life before.

Basically it would be removing the n/a steel bumper, and fiberglassing the gigantic hole that would be left in its absence. Some sort of reinforcement would be needed to keep the bumpers functionality of course, but im sure it could be worked out. Only reason i haven't tried this is the fact that i've never worked with fiberglass before, don't know where to get it, and im guessing that it would be very costly and time consuming.

 

Fiberwerks.com http://www.fiberwerks.com/evoIIred.jpg

Pretty darn close.

 

aluminum front bumper- the valance is eurethane and if you mold fiberglass into it your going to get some cracks for sure.

 

west marine over in sausalito

 

Fiberglass is very cheap. Use it with a polyester resin system. If you go with carbon fiber, then you are talking big bucks- around $50 per yard last time I checked.

 

The euro front bumper was either aluminum or polyurethane (can't remember). It fit into the "hole" left by the USA bumper, and it filled and flowed the natural shape of the car properly. I really wish someone made aftermarket euro bumpers.

If you take your time I'm sure you can make something that looks good. Actually, if you just duct-tape a sheet of fiberglass on, I'm sure it will look better than the US bumper.

 

i think anything would look better than the U.S. bumper..

Arash, you going to be around Monday?

 

Yep, I'm around most of the time nowadays.

The US bumper has it's charm and appeal, but to most people it looks like a turd from most angles.

 

Tap Plastics also has a huge selection of fiberglass and similar materials to work with. I'd suggest them.

 

Check www.smooth-on.com. Their stuff is comparable to Tap plastics.

www.artstuf.com in San Francisco carries the stuff and more.

 

I'm sure someone familiar with making boat parts from fiberglass could make a mold from a euro bumper and reproduce it. I did price check a new euro front bumper (just the bumper) from 944online and I believe it was around $300. I'm not sure someone could build a repro any cheaper...

 

$300?? Not bad... I'll probably tap that once the 944 is officially mine.

 

But keep in mind that's just for the fiberglass bumper - doesn't include the driving lights, signal lights, trim rings or bumper mounts. If you were to buy the rest of it (new), add another $400 or so.

 

hmm.. well, i'm thinking probably around the middle of the month when i have the extra money i'll buy an extra u.s. front end and some fiberglass and play around with it for a bit. I'd hate to try it on my perfectly good bumper and be without one for a month or longer if something goes wrong with it.

 

I have a front bumper less signal lights you can have for free if you don't mind the shipping cost from CT.