LUMMA Style Front Bumper
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='875756' date='May 11 2009, 09:44 PM
I was told by someone that this material expands and contracts according to temperature. It needs professional installation and requires a lot of work fir good fitment. Not a DIY for sure.
Is ABS plastic that expensive that aftermarket bumpers cannot be made of? Is paint going stick to this bumper or will it peel or crack after a couple of years?
If this bumper is made of tried and true material, I would give it a shot. But somebody has to prove it to me.
Is ABS plastic that expensive that aftermarket bumpers cannot be made of? Is paint going stick to this bumper or will it peel or crack after a couple of years?
If this bumper is made of tried and true material, I would give it a shot. But somebody has to prove it to me.
As for your ABS plastic concerns, it is actually more expensive to do projects like polypropelyne molding. ABS plastic will soon be an outdated form of production. Many OEM manufacturers have been taking route with polypropelyne. So what does this got to do with your concern? Well one of Flexiplex's compunds is polypropelyne =).
As for proof, I'll let nerwyll take over in that department when he shows us before and after shots of his bumper a few months from now =)...
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Originally Posted by NeRwEEzy' post='878849' date='May 14 2009, 07:20 PM
good seeing you yesterday Jo, see you tomorrow 
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='878850' date='May 14 2009, 07:22 PM
so tomorrow the big install day?
well like Jo said, in a couple months.....
ok but seriously not tomorrow yet hahaha
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Originally Posted by retrodrive' post='881783' date='May 18 2009, 01:04 AM
Isn't NeRwEEzy's car the same color as the one that was posted already? I am looking forward to some hi-rez images but I wish somebody installed it on a white car...that would look great!
my e60 is actually a silver gray. the bumper was first test-fitted on Joe's e60, which has a full carbon fiber front