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> Patrick Motorsports Fiberglass bumpers, What's the fit like out the box?
john77
post Dec 5 2020, 04:06 PM
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They seem to be on the pricier end, but I'm very happy with the fit/quality of the FG front valance I recently got from Patrick Motorsport so I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on a set of their FG bumpers too.

Anyone here have their FG bumpers / have thoughts on the quality and fit straight out the box?

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post Dec 6 2020, 01:01 PM
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Who is making the FG bumpers ? There has been several fabricators doing these, two which are in So Cal
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post Dec 6 2020, 03:40 PM
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James Patrick has fiberglass bumpers on his personal car. When I saw it I couldn’t tell the difference. Of course the paint job which also had the blacked out rubber top look would cost $$$ to have duplicated. I definitely would have gone this route if I had known how good it looked.
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post Dec 6 2020, 04:07 PM
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These are fiberglass bumpers with top painted black.
The idea is to mimic a non-appearance group early car (no chrome, no vinyl)
with maximum period correct performance options.......please forgive the sixteen inch wheels.
Don't know what brand the bumpers are, but do know they're not AIR.
AIR items are sturdy compared to these. These came with no brackets, AIR parts
have brackets but a bit crude.


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post Dec 6 2020, 06:43 PM
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Thanks. Those look great.

I can't imagine they'd be too hard to replicate (famous last words). Maybe masking and spraying the bumper top with some type of rubberized bedliner?

I remember Dave from TRE telling me about a customer who'd done something similar to this with fiberglass bumpers, except they'd vinyl wrapped the main section in chrome vinyl to make it look like a regular steel bumper.



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These are fiberglass bumpers with top painted black.
The idea is to mimic a non-appearance group early car (no chrome, no vinyl)
with maximum period correct performance options.......please forgive the sixteen inch wheels.
Don't know what brand the bumpers are, but do know they're not AIR.
AIR items are sturdy compared to these. These came with no brackets, AIR parts
have brackets but a bit crude.

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post Dec 6 2020, 07:04 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I saw this -6 that currentkk look y offered by Autokennel. The bumpers are FG and look great !


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post Dec 6 2020, 11:57 PM
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I remember Dave from TRE telling me about a customer who'd done something similar to this with fiberglass bumpers, except they'd vinyl wrapped the main section in chrome vinyl to make it look like a regular steel bumper.


PMB did up a set in chrome wrap for one of our local guys. Looked absolutely amazing, unless you were looking for it, you wouldn't have known they were not stock steel. Dont recall what they started with but i think they were QRS parts. @Eric_Shea probably has pictures.
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