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> 916 FG Rear bumper, How is it supposed to sit?, On top of the ledge or flush with it?
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post Mar 23 2011, 07:38 PM
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Im working on the fit and finish of the rear bumper and the current bumper I have has a, er, Nasty fit...

How is it supposed to be? Flush with the little lip, or on top of it? Anyone have any good install pictures?


Thanks!

Heres where im at... Lots of fitment to do.. yay......

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post Mar 23 2011, 08:23 PM
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Flush with it. I ground down a hockey stick handle to shape of the curve of the back panel and bumper (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) and fibre glassed it to the inside of the top to hold the shape. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/assimilate.gif)
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post Mar 23 2011, 08:31 PM
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Rick, FYI - hockey sticks are a bit harder to come by in Modesto, CA than they are in Duluth, MN.
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post Mar 23 2011, 08:32 PM
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Roller hockey. Sticks available at any sporting goods store in CA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 23 2011, 08:35 PM
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Or any good skating rink. Ah, the memories of league roller hockey.....

Or hit up HD or Lowes for some slats. Strong enough when fiberglassed in.
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post Mar 23 2011, 08:40 PM
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QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Mar 23 2011, 06:32 PM) *

Roller hockey. Sticks available at any sporting goods store in CA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Geez, Doc! Can you not respect good-natured ball-busting? Either join in or sit out! My wife is from Minnesooooota, and I just can't help it.
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Right or wrong here's how mine fits......

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post Mar 23 2011, 08:50 PM
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QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Mar 23 2011, 06:32 PM) *

Roller hockey. Sticks available at any sporting goods store in CA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Geez, Doc! Can you not respect good-natured ball-busting? Either join in or sit out! My wife is from Minnesooooota, and I just can't help it.


Uhm, I am a Californian and you are implying that we have a hard time getting hockey sticks. You threw down the gauntlet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Mar 23 2011, 09:01 PM
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QUOTE(Andyrew @ Mar 23 2011, 06:38 PM) *
How is it supposed to be? Flush with the little lip, or on top of it? Anyone have any good install pictures?

Mine looks very different ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

It is flush with the lip but has a angle down and not a flat top like yours. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)




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post Mar 23 2011, 09:07 PM
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QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Mar 23 2011, 06:32 PM) *

Roller hockey. Sticks available at any sporting goods store in CA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Geez, Doc! Can you not respect good-natured ball-busting? Either join in or sit out! My wife is from Minnesooooota, and I just can't help it.


Uhm, I am a Californian and you are implying that we have a hard time getting hockey sticks. You threw down the gauntlet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)


OK, I agree. Every conceivable consumer product is available in California. Bear traps, snow shoes, hash pipes and hockey sticks. I was not busting CA balls - I was busting MN balls, and as a fellow mid-westerner, I have a right to do so. Please keep your tanned and waxed CA balls out of this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) , and let Rick with his cold, pale, and shriveled MN balls respond with what I know will be something witty and wise. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)
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post Mar 23 2011, 09:07 PM
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I put mine on top of the ledge. Right or wrong, i like the way it looks



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post Mar 23 2011, 09:10 PM
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Hover car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Looks nice Andrew!
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post Mar 23 2011, 09:21 PM
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Put it where it fits best. Just make sure you can get the tail light assembly in and out.
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post Mar 23 2011, 09:35 PM
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QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Mar 23 2011, 06:50 PM) *

QUOTE(bigkensteele @ Mar 23 2011, 10:40 PM) *

QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Mar 23 2011, 06:32 PM) *

Roller hockey. Sticks available at any sporting goods store in CA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Geez, Doc! Can you not respect good-natured ball-busting? Either join in or sit out! My wife is from Minnesooooota, and I just can't help it.


Uhm, I am a Californian and you are implying that we have a hard time getting hockey sticks. You threw down the gauntlet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)


OK, I agree. Every conceivable consumer product is available in California. Bear traps, snow shoes, hash pipes and hockey sticks. I was not busting CA balls - I was busting MN balls, and as a fellow mid-westerner, I have a right to do so. Please keep your tanned and waxed CA balls out of this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) , and let Rick with his cold, pale, and shriveled MN balls respond with what I know will be something witty and wise. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)


Throw down your gauntlet and We'll throw down our fur lined chopper mits. and My balls aren't cold. We put on long underwear in September and don't take them off until the 4th of July.
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post Mar 23 2011, 10:19 PM
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How is it supposed to be? Flush with the little lip, or on top of it? Anyone have any good install pictures?

Mine looks very different ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

It is flush with the lip but has a angle down and not a flat top like yours. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)


Hi Andy
Yours is actually the correct bumper with the correct shape and license plate recess (with the lip). I am not sure who or when the molds were changed, but the ones like yours are nearly impossible to find.
My car had a "good" one when I bought it. Later on, the car was tapped in the rear. When I picked it up from the body shop, I had the new "wrong" bumper. I didn't know the difference back then. Now, it drives me nuts....

Here is mine - it is about 3/16's below the lip. Like Ricks, it has been reinforced undernieth too


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post Mar 23 2011, 10:20 PM
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Looks nice Andrew!


Thanks for the compliment Rand, much appreciated
(sadly it does not look like that anymore, back in primer)

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post Mar 23 2011, 10:47 PM
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Not a 916 but they are suppose to the flush with that lip not on top of it.

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post Mar 24 2011, 12:04 AM
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Thanks all! I'll see what I can do to get this bumper to fit right... Its pretty damn off in every possible way (Not curved enough, doesnt line up with the body on the sides, bla bla bla..). I have a couple of ideas to fixing this bumper up.
One im going to cut it in the center and try and get the overall curve of the bumper better.
Two im going to possibly section the sides down at an angle so that it lines up with my fenders better. Take a look at the below pics, My idea is to remove the area in white. Thoughts?
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post Mar 24 2011, 07:31 AM
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Sounds like a Rennspeed bumper. They all need work. Dig in.
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) I like this thread!!! More pictures please....

I am facing the same problem. The upper lip of the FG bumper wants to sit on top of the body (ledge). This will cause some interference with the tailights.

I've got a lot of trimming to do on the upper lip if I want it flush with the ledge.

I'm also thinking about just going back to the standard front and rear bumpers as the front is presenting the same issues too. I'll take some pics on the weekend and add to the post for future reference.
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