[s-cars] bumper

[Martin Kozaczek]

I imported 6 sets of F&R bumpers a couple years back. All sold now. It was
a huge PITA and two got damaged in shipping. Cost $4000+ to ship w/i import
duty and all that.

Mounting the front requires special front mounts and side clips and don't
expect to run an FMIC.

Rear is a bit more involved as you need to secure the mounts from the
inside of trunk or rear cargo area (avant).


On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Steve Mills <s.b.mills at gmail.com> wrote:

> Doug-
>
> Weather and wife permitting, it should get done next week or worst case
> next weekend. The biggest issue with Euro bumpers here in the US is
> shipping them from Europe. They are light, but far from small.
>
> Also, it's not all upside- they are far easier to damage than the stock
> bumpers. I had someone just tap my Euro rear bumper and it cracked all the
> paint to the point that it had to be completely stripped and repainted.
>
> I would definitely do the Euro front again, but if my rear ever gets
> trashed I may look into modifying an NA bumper to fit closer to the body as
> I did on my UrQ.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Douglas Landaeta <dlandaeta at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Looking forward to the write-up. Would like to know about availability of
> > the euro bumpers and parts - I think the front bumper for USA is not
> > available anymore.
> >
> > Sent from my mobile
> >
> > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Steve Mills <s.b.mills at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Euro bumpers are bolt on assuming you have all the parts. However, none
> > of
> > > the mounting parts interchange (side brackets or bumper mounts), 100/S4
> > and
> > > A6/S6 are different, and you may need to drill out some new holes in
> the
> > > trunk- my 95.5 S6 only had 2 of the 4 required mounting points drilled
> > from
> > > the factory.
> > >
> > > Besides the rear bumper, you'll need 4 brackets- the left and right
> side
> > > mounts are mirror images of one another, but the bumper to body shell
> > > mounts are identical. This is true for both the front and rear.
> > >
> > > I just got a set of Euro bumpers repainted to go on my 97 S6, and I'm
> > going
> > > to do a complete writeup on QuattroWorld, probably some time next week.
> > >
> > > Let me know if you have any other questions or if there's anything
> else I
> > > can do to help.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Wylie Bean <
> theringmeister at triad.rr.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey Don
> > >> It's a pretty common mod although I don't know if it's a simple
> bolt-on
> > or
> > >> whether you have to modify anything to make it fit.
> > >> Wylie Bean
> > >> theringmeister at triad.rr.com
> > >> 90 cq
> > >> 91 90q20v
> > >> 91 200q20v
> > >> 92 urS4
> > >> 08 Q7
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original message-----
> > >> From: Don Tipton <don.tipton at verizon.net>
> > >> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > >> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 13:00:41 EST
> > >> Subject: [s-cars] bumper
> > >>
> > >> does anyone know if european bumpers fit US cars?  in particular a
> 95.5
> > s6
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