Evo VIII bumper on Evo IX ?? - Page 2

xxJxx · Mar 24, 2009, 09:03 AM

looks sick...i may have to do this

Joemflsxe · Mar 24, 2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jjm4life

mine was just done. took my a year to locate a body shop willing to do it. they told me they have 10 hours in labor and 200 in materials to get it right.
i love the look, but if i had a evo9 bumper, i dont think i would have gone this route. fwiw the shop charged me a lot less than they said the should (done by a friend). he said for anyone else he wouldnt touch it for under $750

Gezzz, didn't realize this much was involved. I was under the impression it could just be cut and then sand the edges down nice and even.

jjm4life · Mar 24, 2009, 09:17 AM

^^ nah, if you look behind it its hollow. so you have to put something there to bridge the gap which needs to be strong enough to keep the bumper from sagging the middle. fiberglass wouldn't be able to bend like the stock material so that wont work. needs to be some type of plastic material.
then it needs to be sanded prepped painted.

PuRe EvOz · Mar 31, 2009, 10:14 AM

doing the same thing i have 2006 evo mr and i have a buddy that has a 2003 evo gsr and we r going to trade them out but do yall think that i should shave the nose

idriveanevo · Mar 31, 2009, 10:16 AM

i would leave it...

PuRe EvOz · Mar 31, 2009, 10:30 AM

i am aout t get mine done but do think i should shave thee nose

PuRe EvOz · Mar 31, 2009, 10:31 AM

yea tha is wat i was thinkin

evokiTaN · Mar 31, 2009, 12:11 PM

Diggin the look .. would like more info on how to get this done !! could skip the IX bumper that I orginally wanted !!

porsherules911 · Apr 1, 2009, 12:32 AM

that looks awesome

jrsevo · Apr 1, 2009, 01:24 AM

dam 750 wow i know some guys out here in cali who got it done for 250 i had a 8 bumper was thinking bout doin the same but got the 9 front instead. does look clean

murderedevo256 · Apr 1, 2009, 05:35 AM

it looks the way it should from the factory that is the reason im not wanting one over a 9 bumper. but if you want ill buy your 9 bumper from you so you can buy an 8 and do this?

ill even come get it

mrtalon20 · Apr 1, 2009, 11:19 AM

Im feeling the white evo.

eccccc · Apr 1, 2009, 07:47 PM

sorry to steal the thread, but if anyone want to sell their evo ix front bumper plus let me know thanks

edardnaekim · Apr 1, 2009, 07:54 PM

i was gonna have this done but the body shop my car was at didnt want to chance it, affraid it was going to crack and stuff, soo i ended up with the 9 front and wuv it!

Hardware · Apr 3, 2009, 08:10 PM

I think the mod looks nice, lil bit of both worlds. I'm going to have to be alone and admit that the main reason I like the 8 bumper is because of that triangle area. lol. oh well for me.