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I am considering changing my rear bumper to an aftermarket.
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Plus the lack of the bumperettes is nice and will set the car apart even more!
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with excellent fit and finish, using a hand laid process with "Fiber Reinforced Plastic" and only the finest quality flex resin, that give our parts the look, feel and flexibility of factory poly parts.
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with excellent fit and finish, using a hand laid process with "Fiber Reinforced Plastic" and only the finest quality flex resin, that give our parts the look, feel and flexibility of factory poly parts.
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I am considering changing my rear bumper to an aftermarket.
Not sure about the construction or look. I do not like the bumper pads on stock 996.
Your thoughts?
This is current stock bumper:
Changing to this:
with excellent fit and finish, using a hand laid process with "Fiber Reinforced Plastic" and only the finest quality flex resin, that give our parts the look, feel and flexibility of factory poly parts.
Normally I would say no, since most aftermarket bumpers don't match the design of these cars well, IMO. But you already have aftermarket things going on for the wing and deck, so it might work. That said, I don't think it would be a huge improvement, the stock one looks good.
I agree with jleblanc, that normally aftermarket body panels are not very well designed, and don't really enhance the Porsche's lines. However, your car is clearly about being more personalized, and the shape of the particular rear bumper you suggest seems nicely thought out, and appears to be a nice subtle modification.
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That deck and wing are factory on window sticker as $3500 optional Carrera wing, also on porsche authenticity certificate.
In addition those are factory stainless steel quad tips $1100 on window sticker.
no aftermarket body parts, that is why I really don't want to pull the trigger on
aftermarket.
I did not realize that that was an OEM that would accommodate the left/right exhaust.
I would definitely prefer a factory if I could locate one.
thanks for imput.
The alternative you show in the picture is in my opinion junk. I tried one on my track car. They are floppy and have no structure. Came folded into thirds and stuffed in a box. Had to locate and drill all mounting holes and trim to fit.
cool, I didn't know a factory lid had the split-into-thirds look like that. All the more reason not to put an aftermarket bumper on it, if the rest is OEM, it looks great as-is
Your car looks great as it is. The change you are looking at would be different; don't know that it would be better. But there is almost certainly something else that would be more fun to spend that money on (WGI, NJMP, Palmer, LRP, etc........)
I say do it. If you think it looks good, well that's all that matters in the end. Plus the lack of the bumperettes is nice and will set the car apart even more!
