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Old 06-02-2005, 12:00 AM
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Question OEM or Mazda Speed

I am not sure what to do. I have to have my front bumper replaced. OEM is approximately $510 + Paint. I think I want a Mazda Speed FBS instead of going for the stock look, but I don't know if it will look good without the rest of the kit. I have a couple of questions for you guys:

1. Will the Mazda Speed FBS look okay by itself?

2. Fiberglass or urethane? I looked at Extremedimensions.com and they have a fiberglass one for $299 and a urethane one for $525.

3. Also, VISRacing has a FBS which is fiberglass. It is called the Magnum FBS. Is the qaulity of that comparable to Extremedimensions.

4. Someone else recommended Rotaryextreme. What are your thoughts on them?


Opinions are greatly appreciated. All of this is making me upset. I have no clue what do choose or do. This is very confusing to me.
Old 06-02-2005, 03:33 AM
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OEM Mazdaspeed or Urethane... Stay away from fiberglass! good luck.
Old 06-02-2005, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by flipstream
OEM Mazdaspeed or Urethane... Stay away from fiberglass! good luck.
What are the consequences of choosing fiberglass? Will I have problems down the road?
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fiberglass is known to crack very easily. you'd be taking a risk. the urethane is definitely worth the extra pennies.
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fiberglass is ****. If you scrape on the ground onc.e.. oooPs, there goes ur bumper (as it will crack). On ebay, they are selling front urethane pieces for $325 for the MS bumper. I dont' know how good they are, but their feedback is pretty good. Just stay away from fiberglass and do yourself a favor and just start searching on Yahoo for like 30min. It'll be worth it.
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also, what color is your 8? If anything, you can just get a front bumper from one of the forum members here for like $150 or $100 or sometimes free.. and spend the rest of the cash on the front air dam or appearance package pieces.
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