General 1997 "B" with the New Front bumper

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General 1997 "B" with the New Front bumper

vicegr

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Hello everybody. :)

Recently i bought my own 1997 barchetta and i am truly exited. i simply love this car.

unfortunately i had a minor accident that broke my front bumper. Now the insurance will pay for a new one but i wanted to install the 2004 model bumper.

my question is, will it fit? and if yes will it be looking good?

if anyone done this already i would be glad to see some photos.

thanks in advance
 
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Yes you can. But it needs different mounting brackets. IMHO it makes the car look like it has a double chin and the original with the spoiler and lip looks a lot better...
 
i see...

Will it be aligned with the side skirts and the old rear bumper or will it look weird?
 
I think it fits (read somewhere thats its a S* to line up) but the car might look a bit odd as they changed the rear bumper at the same time. Don't know the exact mechanics of fitting but Fiat offered me new style front / rear bumpers as replacements when mine got damaged. I'd stick with the original.

Here are some pics of a 2004 model..have a look. Garage want £20k for the car!

I'd check with the insurers. Barchetta bumpers are Ferking expensive and I doubt they'd pay to fit non-standard (ie wrong type) to yours.
 

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I thought that b was lovely! worked fine with the mk2 bumper though I must admit i didn't look to see what they had done to the rear end.
xS
 
i think i will leave the back from mk1 too. Do you know if i need a special mounting bracket as well.

i don't wanna find out the last moment that something is missing... :rolleyes:
 
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Bad News...

Here In Greece the new front bumper costs 530 euro while the old one costs 616 euro. FIAT said that in order to install the mk2 bumper i need a special metal thing which name i cannot even pronounce in Greek.

That thing costs extra 200 euro plus plus plus some accesorries...and the total price becomes 1050 euro.


NO WAY!!!!!

im so dissapointed :cry:
 
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or drive to Germany / Holland and get one from barchettaparts

taking a little holidaytrip driving might be more fun then the postage on the bumpers shipped from barchettaparts
 
@vicegr : looks like we have same problem, so i am thinking to visit some "tuning guys" and they will create similar bumper from for about 300-400€ with painting and montage. (when i save some money)

i know that some their designs are ugly as hell...
http://www.kbdesign.hr/
 
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