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Old 10-08-2021, 12:12 PM
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Long story short: husband's car had an unfortunate incident with a pot hole the size of a crater. Body shop can't figure out which bumper/spoiler they need to order to fix it. Anyone here that can look at it and point me in a direction? I've attached a picture of the car before... and the piece we need now. What I know as of right now is that it's fiberglass, snapped off from the three mounting bolts there in the center. It appears to be independently mounted, so not broken off of the bumper assembly, nor the two sides of the spoiler that typically wrap around... they're in there separately and not damaged. It's an '07, but at some point was modified with LEDs, CarPlay, and a bunch of other stuff. None of the bumpers I'm seeing are quite right, nor do I find any that have that front piece mounted on its own. My husband has been inconsolable ever since, and I'd like to make it all better for him.


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If it’s a fiberglass piece, it’s not a factory Porsche part, so a bit harder to identify which aftermarket vendor. It looks similar to those Duraflex 997 GT2 replica front bumpers that you find on EBay. Fiberglass will just break off like that if hit again in the future. Maybe better to replace the whole front bumper with a real factory GT3 front bumper made out of Polyurethane which will flex upon impact instead of breaking into pieces.
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After a fairly extensive image search while on a call that I wasn't interested in... I came up empty. It's close to the Duraflex, but not quite right.
Old 10-08-2021, 02:09 PM
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If it's fiberglass, it can be repaired and repainted, you may want to go see a specialist in glassfiber bodies, and if no auto, check marine places too. Either that or replace the entire aftermarket front end.

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It looks like a Misha bumper. They are a bodyshop after all, they can fix it.



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Old 10-08-2021, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DesmoSD
It looks like a Misha bumper. They are a bodyshop after all, they can fix it.

That looks like the one. Good work!



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