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> Small front bumper tits?
JmuRiz
post Oct 19 2010, 08:17 AM
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I saw this picture on the AA site from the MUSR 11 and wonder what the owner did to get small bumper tits on the front of their car...I think it's a cool look.

Also, they seem to have an odd engine in their car, anyone that attended the MUSR have info on the car?


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post Oct 19 2010, 08:22 AM
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I think this is the Suby powered 914.
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post Oct 19 2010, 08:26 AM
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I believe the small tits came from some 75-76 cars. Not all later cars have them though.
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post Oct 19 2010, 08:41 AM
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Those are the definitely the 75-76 bumperettes. I did that to my car when I back dated the bumpers and have them on the back also. I like to call them A cups.



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post Oct 19 2010, 08:45 AM
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Hmmm, they look a little slimmer, but may be the same.
Does anyone know if the owner of that car is on this site?
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post Oct 19 2010, 09:26 AM
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QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Oct 19 2010, 07:45 AM) *

Hmmm, they look a little slimmer, but may be the same.
Does anyone know if the owner of that car is on this site?


I think it's just the angle of the car... they look about the same to me if you account for the difference in perspective.
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post Oct 19 2010, 09:44 AM
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QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Oct 19 2010, 10:45 AM) *

Hmmm, they look a little slimmer, but may be the same.
Does anyone know if the owner of that car is on this site?


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post Oct 19 2010, 10:17 AM
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You have to drill new holes in your bumper by mounting them this way, but the curvature fits much nicer IMO.

I call them A cups as well. I got the idea after seeing Elliot's black car. The bumper I bought from Gint when doing the backdate was in great shape, but if you looked at it close in the right light, you could tell where the old tits were. This way the super shiny "under tit" chrome is hidden, and the car has a relatively unique look.

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I believe the small tits came from some 75-76 cars. Not all later cars have them though.


It is my understanding that only the California spec cars needed to have tits on top of those big rubber bumpers.
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post Oct 19 2010, 10:26 AM
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I like the small ones and have often thought about changing mine over.

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You have to drill new holes in your bumper by mounting them the right way, but the curvature fits much nicer IMO.

So the 75-76 "tits" are not a direct bolt-on replacement for the previous larger ones? I had the impression they were the same.
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post Oct 19 2010, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE(BigDBass @ Oct 19 2010, 10:26 AM) *

I like the small ones and have often thought about changing mine over.

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You have to drill new holes in your bumper by mounting them the right way, but the curvature fits much nicer IMO.

So the 75-76 "tits" are not a direct bolt-on replacement for the previous larger ones? I had the impression they were the same.


Dan,

If you mount them like blitZ has his (note: mine are "sideways"), then the existing holes in the bumper will only have to be ovaled a bit....they are close, but not exact IIRC.

If you want to mount them like the ones on my car, then you have to drill new holes.

The factory tit's studs were like:

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and to mount them like on my car you need holes like:


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make sense?

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post Oct 19 2010, 10:48 AM
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Ah, thanks. Now I see.
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post Oct 19 2010, 11:17 AM
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QUOTE(Sleepin @ Oct 19 2010, 09:17 AM) *

It is my understanding that only the California spec cars needed to have tits on top of those big rubber bumpers.


ONe of my 914 books lists CA and MD as the places with the bumperettes on the 75-76 bumpers. CA I can see--very typical. MD--why?
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post Oct 19 2010, 11:35 AM
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I have a set sitting on the shelf. I was thinking of having Mark (914Rubber.com) do up some sets that will fit without modification if anyone else is interested.
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post Oct 19 2010, 11:59 AM
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I have a set sitting on the shelf. I was thinking of having Mark (914Rubber.com) do up some sets that will fit without modification if anyone else is interested.

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post Oct 19 2010, 12:18 PM
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QUOTE(ConeDodger @ Oct 19 2010, 09:35 AM) *

I have a set sitting on the shelf. I was thinking of having Mark (914Rubber.com) do up some sets that will fit without modification if anyone else is interested.

Now you're talking, I'd be all over those.

I'm not keen on drilling new holes, so a new set that fits the sideways mount w/o new holes would be awesome!
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post Oct 19 2010, 12:31 PM
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.....won't make much difference on heavy impact but nice touch (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) anyone!(you might want to try D cups....74')
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post Oct 19 2010, 12:47 PM
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My car doen't have any tits. I'm an"ass man" anyways.

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post Oct 19 2010, 12:52 PM
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.....I had forgotten about being......rear ended (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Oct 19 2010, 02:45 PM
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Thats my car and yes they are from a 75 or 76 and I had to drill new holes. Would have gone without them,but one covers a small dent.
The car is a subaru 6cyl. and this was the first big drive. Ran flawless and got over 25mpg in the mountains
Nice bumpers blitz....
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post Oct 19 2010, 08:42 PM
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If I did make these, how about with 3M 2 sided tape? You could allways remove them later if you wanted.
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