Front facia replacement with GT2?

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Apr 5, 2020 | 12:25 PM
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My car recently had the frontend atacked by a road cone at about 50 mph. Ripped the lip off and its mounting tabs. So when insurance goes to replace it I would like them to put a GT2 version on. I will take care of the ducting and remounting the radiators later. Will it fit? Who sells a aftermarket urethane version? My experience with insurance is they look at the OEM part costs $3k or something and they no problem with a aftermarket "upgrade" that costs $2k.

Any input welcome.
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Apr 5, 2020 | 05:16 PM
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Quote: My car recently had the frontend atacked by a road cone at about 50 mph. Ripped the lip off and its mounting tabs. So when insurance goes to replace it I would like them to put a GT2 version on. I will take care of the ducting and remounting the radiators later. Will it fit? Who sells a aftermarket urethane version? My experience with insurance is they look at the OEM part costs $3k or something and they no problem with a aftermarket "upgrade" that costs $2k.

Any input welcome.
I bought the NR Auto poly urethane one - build quality is good, as you note, I have elected to deal with the ducting myself, who knows when I'll get it on given everything.

I hope you said a prayer for the cone...

Here's a pic of how it would look on my M5; I have to scrub all the casting wax off with Clorox. They were good to deal with.




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