New to 8's so forgive my ignorance. I absolutely love everything about this front end. I'd like to have it purchased and painted by spring but I know nothing about it. Just help me mang lol.

 

oem series 2 front end ?

 

lol I think you're right, now would the 09 bumper bolt of to the 05? or is there a difference between the rad supports? If it's going to get too deep into swapping headlights, fenders, hood etc. then scratch that idea

 

makes me want to trade mine in, that front bumper ***** on the series 1

 

As far as I know, you will need the Bumper, Fenders and the signals on the new fenders(may need rewiring). You can go to Mazdatrix's website for more details.

 

Headlights...rewiring work as well.

 

Subscribing in case someone with deep pockets wants to do a DIY

 

There probably wont be a DIY when autoexe makes a basic replica of the S2 bumper for the S1.

 

The conversion is fairly expensive as well. If someone really wanted the look of the S2 then they would be better off selling their car and purchasing the newer model. Or try to find someone to swap with.

 

I doubt I'll be getting that deep into it, maybe further down the road but I've only had it for 2 weeks lol. I'll just look into front lips and front grill kits, all I want is to give it a more aggressive appearance when I get suspension. The chin spoiler on mazdatrix kinda tingles me.

 

RE-A makes a kit that resembles the r3 front. IMHO i had a 09 sport and vomited at the sight of the front bumper.... blegh i hate the smiley face.

oh you should prob search, i wont but expect to be flamed for not searching, this is generic knowlage and one would hope to know what the front of their car looks, especially enough to notice the headlight difference.

http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/commodit...7e73&scd=10881

 

Does anyone know if the autoexe one comes with the fog light assembly or u have to buy it separately?

 

assuming you have to buy it separately, the only 8's ive seen with it never seem to have the fogs.

I LOVE THAT BUMPER BTW

Feed>autoexe>mazdaspeed>vertex

in that order of love

 

I like the mazdaspeed front and sides but just can't come up with why I would spend that much on body pieces when I rather improve performance and handling. Wish I could because the car looks fly as ever with the mazdaspeed kit. Kinda wish more people sold parts in this area on this forum. There's some things I would buy used.

 

[quote=brilliantblackrx8;4166026]Though you cant have a s1 bumper compatible with a s2, they are different around the fenders and lights. A s1 style bumper that fits on a s2 is what i think you mean.

wanted to do this before my 09 went byebye.

pretty easy to mod a s1 bumper to a s2, though its still gonna be 900-1k+ even when using a replica bumper.

 

Yea, for the price of that I would just go with the mazdaspeed front bumper... I'm hoping I get enough back in income taxes to buy some parts.

 

You must mean a replica MS bumber because the Carbon Motion piece is cheap. Not sure you will get them to ship to the US though.

 

The MS bumper sells for $1200 andsome change > the carbon motion bumper for $1000.

 

Well, I don't know what 1000 in Malyasia people money is lmao. So you're most likely onto something. I just looked at the carbon page again and saw that it wasn't US currency.

 

That is $1000 RM (Ringgits) which is $319 USD.

You can use Google for a quick check on the differences in currency. For instance I searched, "1000 RM to USD", which resulted in, "1000 Malaysian ringgits = 319.0300 US dollars".

 

Yea that's hella cheap. I'll have to check the site out a little deeper, they look like they got some nice kits on there.

 

I like this one

http://www.carboninmotion.com/produc...m?productid=36

 

Did they say $1000 RM or $1000 USD to ship?

 

personally id buy one in the states (oem)and make it fit yourself, though id get the non r3 version, i really hate the r3 bumper.

Maybe look through the threads for people changing their S2 front bumpers to aftermarket and ask if they would sell their oem.

 

^ somone open a group buy now! I want that bumper!