Hey guys,
i have a question..
I recently noticed that while i was at school, i guess someone musta hit my front bumper, and gawd i was so pissed.. so i decided to fix it, along with the rear one that had been hit a while ago at the SAME place, (im changing my parking spot)
anyway, i was looking for a front&rear bumper, and the only ones i could find that are available atm are all those ebay knockoff ones, made of god knows what, but anyway, i was wondering if they're even worth getting, or should i just save my money and keep looking around, because i really like the "INTEGRA" letters on the front&back and those dont even look like they have it.. thank you
ps. the "aftermarket" bumpers are regular OEM bumpers, so nothing too special about them cept - the teg imprints

 

personally I would go with oem just so you are sure its going to fit properly and most likely will look better.

 

keep it JDM.. keep it OEM.. those aftermarket bumpers IMO are FUGLY

 

I was thinking about that.. not to bash ppl with body kits but i want to keep my teg looking like a teg..
and those bumpers are kinda.. wierd.. im pretty sure they're most likely lighter.. but what's the point of getting it if they dont say "INTEGRA"
or am i being too picky?

 

Not to picky at all. Body kits are ugly. I would never get anything but OEM for my car. and I don't think you should either.

 

Well it's not really a body kit, it made of something obviousely not original.. and it LOOKS like an OEM part.. but i know it wasnt made by acura/honda

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prophetjinn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well it's not really a body kit, it made of something obviousely not original.. and it LOOKS like an OEM part.. but i know it wasnt made by acura/honda</TD></TR></TABLE>

the only reason I wouldn't get it is because it probably is going to fit as well as an actual OEM part.

 

oh okay okay, alright ill just keep looking for a real bumper locally, thanks

 

my friend has the extreme front and back bumper on his DC2 and it makes me want to puke everytime i look at it. it looks really horrible. i have a white 94 front end for sale if you're interested

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC2SIR-G &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my friend has the extreme front and back bumper on his DC2 and it makes me want to puke everytime i look at it. it looks really horrible. i have a white 94 front end for sale if you're interested</TD></TR></TABLE>
aight thanks

 

Im in the same boat now as you, i found one in the area i NEED to go look at. The guy said its got paint chips tho, so i hope that is the only thing wrong. Hopefully do deep scratches or an **** like that.

 

Those "oem" lookalikes fit pretty good, but they're made out of a more flexible material then the Real oem bumper.

 

get the shogun kit. **** is tight son!

 

People here seem to be confused about this. There's two types of aftermarket bumpers: "body kits", and regular "aftermarket bumpers". Body kits replace your bumpers, are aftermarket, but are NOT in the OEM style. They are almost always horrendously ugly too. Regular aftermarket bumpers look just like OEM ones, and are meant to be used as inexpensive replacements. I seriously doubt that it's all that hard to make a compatible bumper assuming you have a factory with the necessary tooling and molds, so fit probably isn't a big problem, though they may have cheaped out a little in materials, like by making it thinner. But the main problem is that they don't have the "INTEGRA" engraving in them because that would be a trademark violation.

So I guess what it all comes down to is whether you want to pay hundreds more for a bumper that says "INTEGRA". The OEM bumpers are quite expensive unless you can find them used on Ebay. If your car is a 94-97, however, you can probably get used OEM bumpers pretty cheap since so many people are upgrading to the newer ones.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kind_of_a_big_deal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">personally I would go with oem just so you are sure its going to fit properly and most likely will look better. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

ive bought the fake ones before off http://www.certifit.com it fits pretty good actually and they're more lighter and flexable and for 35bucks u got nothing to lose..it was bought for my gf 03 ex and my 97 integra ls

also if anyone is looking for 94-97 98-01 headlights fenders and etc..i would check the site out

 

oem ftw

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DynastyRacer22 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive bought the fake ones before off http://www.certifit.com it fits pretty good actually and they're more lighter and flexable and for 35bucks u got nothing to lose..it was bought for my gf 03 ex and my 97 integra ls

also if anyone is looking for 94-97 98-01 headlights fenders and etc..i would check the site out </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah there's one near my house, ill check it out

 

You can search here for a used bumper:

http://www.car-part.com

 

check out my link below, thats an unpainted skin i got off ebay! it fits good, now the aftermarket reinforcement needed some tlc to look perfect. (the mountin tabs for the skin had to be adjusted a little)

aftermarket skin from carparts wholesale.com= a hundred somtin shipped
oem from acura247.com= $246.16 not shipped!

however you go, its a smart idea to move ur car. high-schoolers cant drive yet! they think they can though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92integra-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check out my link below, thats an unpainted skin i got off ebay! it fits good, now the aftermarket reinforcement needed some tlc to look perfect. (the mountin tabs for the skin had to be adjusted a little)

aftermarket skin from carparts wholesale.com= a hundred somtin shipped
oem from acura247.com= $246.16 not shipped!

however you go, its a smart idea to move ur car. high-schoolers cant drive yet! they think they can though. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Haha, well i agree, but im in college im gonna check out that local place tomarrow, see the quality of work on those

 

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Haha, well i agree, but im in college im gonna check out that local place tomarrow, see the quality of work on those </TD></TR></TABLE>
He got ripped off new bumpers are only about +- 150 shipped from len

 

i go to school for auto body and i saw someone trying to fit an aftermarket front bumper on a civic and nothing was lining up, the headlights had huge gaps around them.

 

isnt +- $150 shipped, the same as about hundred something shipped?

if you can get me a brand new OEM one for a +-150 shipped, im sold. i'll buy one.

 

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where'd you see this?