Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

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Re: Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

Postby bear2230 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:20 pm

Dave, just come over and pick the bar up and give it a test fit. Take it home for a week or so and have a play. Bumper bars are a piece of piss to get off.
If it fits easily great, if its a real pain in the arse just bring it back.
The buyers aren't exactly fighting over it.

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Re: Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

Postby KevGoat » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:30 pm

bear2230 wrote:Dave, just come over and pick the bar up and give it a test fit.


This is a great offer.

I had an NB8A, but mine had the factory front lip and side skirts. This makes a huge difference to the appearance. Without the front lip, I'd go the NB8B bumper and light conversion rather than modifying the NB8A bumper, especially at the price Bear is offering.

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Re: Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

Postby Okibi » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:20 pm

The inner liners on the guards are also different.

I ran a later NB bumper with the earlier lights for years, I wasn't fussed about the slight gap on the inside.

Airflow to radiator is fine.
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.

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Re: Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

Postby vscalais » Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:06 am

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bear2230 wrote:Dave, just come over and pick the bar up and give it a test fit. Take it home for a week or so and have a play. Bumper bars are a piece of piss to get off.
If it fits easily great, if its a real pain in the arse just bring it back.
The buyers aren't exactly fighting over it.

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Re: Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

Postby vscalais » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:49 pm

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Re: Cutting NB8A front bumper to fit foglight kit

Postby bear2230 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:03 pm

Bump up the Bump
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