can anyone tell me if this is legit? i got into an accident just yesterday and i need a bumper, since its 2 inches lower am i going to have problems with speed bumps? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AIT-M...ht_9282wt_1165

Also, is it going to look stupid with no side skirts?

 

Looks like my bumper. I bought mine for $170 off a private seller. It was never installed. Keep in mind the bumper is going to need to be custom fitted to the car. (different areas need to be filled and others board sanded to get the bumper looking good.) These bumpers are not perfect when pulled from their molds. This being said you can expect to pay hundreds to get it mounted and painted. Heres a pic of my 8 from this past Saturday for its final fit before gel coat and paint. I'll have the car back Friday so I will post some pics of the finished product.

 

My 8 has no skirts I will take some pics from the side. I'm not a fan I may just go with an aeroflares. I'm not sure though I may leave it as is. I really need to see the car complete before I decide.

 

I may remove the eyelids. What do you all think?

 

Great choice my friend got the same bumper for my BB waiting for the shop to throw on my veilside skirts and rear!!
Are u gonna keep the fogs on I'm tryna keep mine but I have no place to mount them

 

In all honesty yea it's gonna look really bad without sides it looks really uneven in my opinion I had the front on for a month without sides and it made me sick

 

That was actually the reason I stopped at the shop on Saturday. They wanted to know what to do with the foglights. I had them place them in the middle cut out of the bumper. You will not even see them unless they are on because the black screen will be in front of the fog lights. The shop needs to glass tabs onto the bumber so they have something to ancor the fog lights to. I didn't want to interfere with the oil coolers.

 

Time will tell. I am not purchasing anything until I get the car back and see what it looks like. I may go with sideskirts, I may go with aeroflares, or I may leave the car as is. Honestly, I spoke with the shop owner this past Saturday and the general consensus at his shop was to leave the sides as is. The shop owner said the front bumper of the car flows well into the sides and rear of the car as is. This guy works on cars day in and day out so I value his opininion. He has a 1951 Porsche speedster that is in his shop being customized as we speak. Most parts this guy fabricated himself. Honesty this guy is an artist as far as I'm concerned. As a side note the other consensus at his shop was to remove the eyelids. This I am not sure about either.

 

You can actually see the Porsche to the left of my car in the new pic I posted. I would love to have that car. Its street value is estimated at over $200,000. It has a Louis Vuitton interior. Simply beautiful car.

 

Well I got the car back. The shop did a bang up job at matching the paint. It honestly looks factory. It does suck living in NJ and being forced to mount a front license plate. But thats out of my control. It looks good regardless. What do you all think?

 

I did keep my foglights. The shop mounted the factory foglights to the cross member support which runs hoizonally behing the bumper. You can't see them in the pics I have posted. Its really hard to see them unless they are on. They are directly to the right and left of my crappy NJ license plate. Looks bad *** at night.