Federal bumpers vs European (early bumpers)

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My car will hopefully be delivered late tonight so I have been making room in the garage. It is going to be very tight. Google claims that the e9 is 15' 3". Does switching to pre impact bumpers save me a few inches? I deleted the impact bumpers on my 914 and 911 and I definitely saved a few inches on the 914 at least.

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David
 
D Calkins said:
My car will hopefully be delivered late tonight so I have been making room in the garage. It is going to be very tight. Google claims that the e9 is 15' 3". Does switching to pre impact bumpers save me a few inches? I deleted the impact bumpers on my 914 and 911 and I definitely saved a few inches on the 914 at least.

Thanks

David
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IMO, I you will be well over 15’ 3” with impact bumpers. That sounds like a euro bumper figure. That’s 183”. Im about 176” with no bumpers. That’s 7” difference for two DOT bumpers. The bumper metal alone is like 3-4” deep per end, not including the shock absorbers/gap. One thing to note is that with the bumpers off the shark nose and the trunk are the longest part of the car, so maybe the delta is a little smaller.
 
There is an eBay seller in Vietnam that makes E9 bumpers. I know that Don had an issue with a shipment from them at one point, but I ordered a front bumper from them and it arrived quickly and well-packaged. Pricing was quite good as well. And they use DHL so none of the UPS import crap
 
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There is an eBay seller in Vietnam that makes E9 bumpers. I know that Don had an issue with a shipment from them at one point, but I ordered a front bumper from them and it arrived quickly and well-packaged. Pricing was quite good as well. And they use DHL so none of the UPS import crap
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I actually reached out to them yesterday to inquire about tariffs. Their response was the "presidential tax was 10-15%"
 
I think that my amount was a little closer to 20% but still a very easy one and done. And that was all-in, which included whatever fee DHL charged
 
Is it as simple as removing these M14 bolts?
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D Calkins said:
Please tell me I don't have to pull the radiator to remove the front bumper
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You shouldn’t have to. The two bolts you need to remove are located at the top of the frame rails on either side of the radiator. The issue may be that your radiator has an additional tank on the right (passenger) side for automatic transmission fluid cooling making it wider, on the top half, than a manual trans version. The trans cooling lines connect to the right side tank. Combined this may make access to right side bolt difficult. Can you get an open end wrench on the bolt?

I had already converted my car from AT to manual and had installed the manual radiator so access to the bolt was easy when I did the bumper swap.
I can take a photo on my car if that would help.
 
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Yep, the bolt is below the AC dryer. I wonder if you remove the radiator bracket and the relays below it if you'd have access with extension and a swivel adapter o_O
 
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