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Old 03-05-2009 | 04:56 PM
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Has anyone had experiance with GT Racings fiberglass. I am thinking about going to their one piece rear bumper.
Old 03-05-2009 | 05:09 PM
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There was just a group buy and I put one on my 924S. Some mods are required but fairly easy.

I removed my bumper shocks and bolted directly to the frame.
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Old 03-05-2009 | 06:03 PM
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Are you good with bodywork? If not you may want to find someone that is to install it. There's usually a lot of cutting and fitting.
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Not a body man and thought I would give this a try, so the vendor selection process is probably worth the effort if one is better then the other.

I have also contacted MaShaw and their version is a little more money. If anyone has a preference between the two brands I would appreciate your opinion.
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I bought the AIR part and it is a close fit with minor modifications. A friend purchased the GT and had to do considerable work to it. I recommend the AIR.
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Where can I get some information on the AIR bumper?
Old 03-05-2009 | 09:29 PM
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Funny;

AIR used to be just terrible, and GT was quite good. I recently purchased a GT 292R front bumper and no-lamp nose for my 944, and they are really rather poor. The nose panel was horrid! I've got dozens and dozens of hours of fooling with them just to make them fit, let alone look really nice. Pretty dissappointing, especially if I go and biff them the first time out. In the end, it almost wasnt worth it.

I think in the end that all of these guys are pretty poor judges of when their molds are worn out. They don't use their own products, which is a problem.

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Mine is on.
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Originally Posted by cornerhans
Has anyone had experiance with GT Racings fiberglass. I am thinking about going to their one piece rear bumper.
Everything I got from them fit like crap and required a ton of work to get right. Whenever I buy from Getty or MA Shaw the fit and finish is excellent.
Old 03-05-2009 | 09:55 PM
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I got a front bumber from GT and had a horrible time fitting it, after many hours and tries and I gave up and sent it to the shop to let them finish it.
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+1 for Getty. No piece is perfect, but at least it starts out better than the others.
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My front valance is from GT Racing and it required a LOT of fitting by the bodyshop to fit properly. My rear 1 piece wing/engine cover is from MA Shaw. The same body shop simply painted it, no fitting required. The GT racing stuff is fine if you want it for a race car or you are good a f/g, otherwise, it's cheaper to buy Getty/MA Shaw.
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My GT Racing rear FG bumper fit fine. No problems, no cutting, no modifying.
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I went with bumpers and decklid from TRE. Every piece required some bit of modification to work, but nothing terrible. Nothing too bad, but certainly could've been better.
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very very noce work steve
cant wait to see her finished


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