best looking bumper for a 986?

[9864ever]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Suggestion: if you want the OEM part post a wanted to buy thread in the classifieds here , on Pelican and Rennlist . That's a lot of exposure and you only need one . You might get lucky and find one in your color which I did , worst case you have to have it painted . I haven't checked lately but last I knew the OEM 996 GT3 front bumper cover was around $1400.00 .

Great thanks for the tips! I think OEM is the way to go, not hearing good things about that Duraflex stuff.

[JBauer]

Originally Posted by 9864ever

Great thanks for the tips! I think OEM is the way to go, not hearing good things about that Duraflex stuff.

Duraflex is 100% junk. They know their bumpers don't fit. Carid sells it and they know it wont fit. You'll be lucky if you can get a body shop to touch it. After trying to get a refund from Carid and Duraflex to no avail I threw it in the trash.

[9864ever]

Originally Posted by JBauer

Duraflex is 100% junk. They know their bumpers don't fit. Carid sells it and they know it wont fit. You'll be lucky if you can get a body shop to touch it. After trying to get a refund from Carid and Duraflex to no avail I threw it in the trash.

Wow that bad huh? I'm under the impression it might end up costing just as much as OEM with all the extra work the bodyshop needs to do.

[maytag]

Originally Posted by JBauer

Duraflex is 100% junk. They know their bumpers don't fit. Carid sells it and they know it wont fit. You'll be lucky if you can get a body shop to touch it. After trying to get a refund from Carid and Duraflex to no avail I threw it in the trash.

Jan, please remind us which bumper you ended up using with great results?

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[itsnotanova]

I have a duraflex and it fit fine for me. I did have to adjust the front middle bracket by the latch though. I'd prefer a polyurethane but good luck finding one of those. My only real complaint about the duraflex is that it doesn't flex.

[9864ever]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I have a duraflex and it fit fine for me. I did have to adjust the front middle bracket by the latch though. I'd prefer a polyurethane but good luck finding one of those. My only real complaint about the duraflex is that it doesn't flex.

Do you have any pictures? Would like to see how a real Duraflex bumper looks like.

[9864ever]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I have a duraflex and it fit fine for me. I did have to adjust the front middle bracket by the latch though. I'd prefer a polyurethane but good luck finding one of those. My only real complaint about the duraflex is that it doesn't flex.

Woody do you have the GT3 Duraflex? If so any pics with it installed? Finding an OEM one is VERY difficult!

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by 9864ever

Woody do you have the GT3 Duraflex? If so any pics with it installed? Finding an OEM one is VERY difficult!

There's some in this thread, but you're not going to be able to see any difference from a picture on a computer screen. You notice the difference when you go to install it. I had to modify the side marker light area so that the light would slide into the front mount of the light. The slot was too thick for it to slide into. I also had to adjust the front top mounting bracket slightly. Both took 10 minutes.
http://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/59449-woodys-build-thread.html

[9864ever]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

There's some in this thread, but you're not going to be able to see any difference from a picture on a computer screen. You notice the difference when you go to install it. I had to modify the side marker light area so that the light would slide into the front mount of the light. The slot was too thick for it to slide into. I also had to adjust the front top mounting bracket slightly. Both took 10 minutes.
http://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/59449-woodys-build-thread.html

Damn that does look good and if that's all you had to do to get it to fit it doesnt seem intimidating at all.
How is the fit in person where the bumper meets the hood? In the photo's it looks slightly raised on one side but then again like you said hard to tell with pictures.

[JBauer]

Originally Posted by maytag

Jan, please remind us which bumper you ended up using with great results?

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I went with this polyurethane bumper through Amazon. It takes a little tweaking on the upper corners but I didnt have a problem. Its hard to get used to how flexible it is but you will.
Now dont buy the splitter, very expensive and almost impossible to not scrape it. That said, if I had to do it over again I would buy a used 911 from bumper on Ebay. The mostly undamaged one are about the same price but thats just me. Good luck.