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snakoil
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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: Euro rear bumper fitment issue |
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I got an euro rear bumper this winter with the mounts.
Took me a while to prepare it and paint it but finally got to mount it last night
I got shocked as the bumper bolts line up perfectly with the mounts but I have a gap between bumper and rear quarter panel.
All the pictures I saw were flush but mine has about 1/2 inch of space.
I verified and it doesn't seem to be because the inner side of the bumper is blocked by anything.
Is it possible I got a 944 bumper shipped by mistake and these ones are different?
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morghen
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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944 bumper is wider.
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Grenadiers
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:22 am Post subject: |
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Here's mine from a few years ago. Think I had a gap too.
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ideola
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:41 am Post subject: |
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My Euro-spec 931 (came with Euro bumpers, not a converted US model):
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Grenadiers
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I think the US bodies are not designed, gappage wise, for Euro bumpers. The fronts are gappy too on US models with Euro bumpers.
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Rasta Monsta
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Christ that car is bad ass. R888? I wanna drive.
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ideola
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Rasta, please come to the Motor City, you're welcome to drive anything in the garage 
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Rasta Monsta
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Be right there!
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jason c
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| ideola wrote: | | Rasta, please come to the Motor City, you're welcome to drive anything in the garage |
Is this offer open to everyone?  |
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ideola
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Absolutely! Any toofah enthusiast that comes into town is welcome to stop by and take a spin  Just ask Gerben
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jason c
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| ideola wrote: | | Absolutely! Any toofah enthusiast that comes into town is welcome to stop by and take a spin Just ask Gerben |
Very generous! I'd love to check out the CGT sometime, I'd feel too guilty driving it though. |
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ideola
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I let Gerben chase me. He drove the 937, I drove my 2010 Camaro RS (now sold). He had never experienced a turbocharged toofah until that drive
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ideola
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| Rasta Monsta wrote: | Be right there!
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LOL!
This is more our speed out Ann Arbor way:
Concours D'Elegance of America is next weekend. Pre-concours get together at Ideola's Garage, with a short parade over to the Porsche Corral at the Inn at St. John's. Just sayin'.
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jason c
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| ideola wrote: | | I let Gerben chase me. He drove the 937, I drove my 2010 Camaro RS (now sold). He had never experienced a turbocharged toofah until that drive |
I can't say I would be as eager to hand over the keys. What a great first 924T experience for him. |
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snakoil
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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my gapping is similar to what we see in Grenadiers picture
I was hopping for a fitment similar to ideola.
I guess I'll get working on the bondo this winter!
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