RUF Front Bumper

[Xdream]

After months of research and feedback from all members, I decided to go with the RUF design front bumper for my 02 Cab. Here's how it look afterward.

[Loren]

:thumbup:

[SPR]

sweet. So did you have to fab your own radiator openings as I see pop rivits???

[Xdream]

The kit came with 3 air scoops. I only fab a sheet of ABS in front of the hood to cover all the pipes and hoses.

[navin in KC]

How much did it cost and how much were you charged to paint it?

[Xdream]

The RUF kit was bought from Weissach (very nice people) for $2300 and my buddy's body shop paint it for $400. It took him a little while to perfectly match the paint, I brought my old bumper and left it with him. He had at least 4 coats of Speed Yellow and 3 coats of Clear Coat. While the bumper being painted, I took the time and cleaned out the radiators and fender liners.

[kristap]

wow - that bumper looks really good, especially in that speed yellow!

[Orient Express]

It does look very, very nice. But wow, at $2700 for a bumper cover, you better hope you don't "bump" anything with it or drive where there are rocks, dirt, sand, or aerosols might strike the bumper surface either! It would be a shame if it got chipped.

[Xdream]

Speaking of that, does anyone knows of a good clear bra that can be applied to protect the paint from chipping? For now the car just sits in the garage until the paint is 100% cured. Miss taking her out.

[Alex4747]

3M Clear protective invisible bra is probably the best. The only thing is that nowadays they have precut patterns for specific cars/bumpers. For example on my 03 turbo, it came with the hood, front bumper, fenders, Xenons, rear of front fender behind wheel, and mirrors as a kit. It was a total of $1.1K installed.

[Xdream]

Thnx Alex, very nice car. I spoke to a few shops here in O.C. and you're right about the precut paterns, most of them said that it can't be done on a custom cover like RUF or TechArt etc.... Guess I better stay way behind those big trucks for now.

[deputydog95]

After months of research and feedback from all members, I decided to go with the RUF design front bumper for my 02 Cab. Here's how it look afterward.

It looks better than stock.

[kristap]

The kit came with 3 air scoops. I only fab a sheet of ABS in front of the hood to cover all the pipes and hoses.

Is that black piece 'in front of' the hood - is that the piece which you made out of abs? Or do you have an aftermarket hood?

[Xdream]

Actually the hood is stock, the RUF bumper came with the grill similar to the GT2 that sits in front of the hood. I only fab a piece of ABS underneath it to cover up all of the hoses and the yellow frame.