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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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Thanks to my wife parking face first into a parking spot I now have a 6 inch crack under my left foglight. So it looks like I need a new front bumper. I want to do something a little different and after looking around the ones from Prior Designs, Kerscher, Reiger are a little too over the top for my tastes. OEM M-Tech or M5 is, well, OEM, not quite the modded look I am thinking of. The Ericsson is nice, but a little too much like the M3's front bumper for me. Unfortunately Trinity doesn't carry the CF HM-style front anymore, so I am considering this one:

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This also meet my other requirement, I want to keep my foglights
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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looks like hamann....

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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by airf20power
looks like hamann....

Yeah, that was kind of the idea - like I said: I want to keep my fogs, also it would be nice to not have to add a lip to make the bumper look more complete. And very few of the replicas can fit a lip.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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I knew this problem, my lovely wife make sound-parking with the rims.
No chance to get nice rim for the Clubman,
I hope with 550 she dont do this.

Thomas
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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Id say stay OEM or if u want the hamann get the hamann and not a replica! Most people regret getting replica bumpers etc when they come to fitting...
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by kadafi39
Id say stay OEM or if u want the hamann get the hamann and not a replica! Most people regret getting replica bumpers etc when they come to fitting...

Yeah, if I could find real Hamman, and there's price. Sorry, if you pay $3k for a front bumper before it's even shipped you're an idiot. Not to mention, the wife kind of proved that the bumper needs to be at least slightly disposable and look good.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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Nasty and volgar! Get the M5 front!
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:17 AM
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are you looking to replace the front bumper only? i think it would look weird with stock sides and rear.
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by pjinca
Thanks to my wife parking face first into a parking spot I now have a 6 inch crack under my left foglight. So it looks like I need a new front bumper. I want to do something a little different and after looking around the ones from Prior Designs, Kerscher, Reiger are a little too over the top for my tastes. OEM M-Tech or M5 is, well, OEM, not quite the modded look I am thinking of. The Ericsson is nice, but a little too much like the M3's front bumper for me. Unfortunately Trinity doesn't carry the CF HM-style front anymore, so I am considering this one:

HM-Style front

This also meet my other requirement, I want to keep my foglights

These are made or sold from VIS Racing. They are local in Industry CA. Call them direct man

http://www.visracing.com/newcatalog/contact-us.html
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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We're direct with VIS. Call me up John.
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