Stillen Front Bumper (v2) Detailed Pictures

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Just received my Stillen Front Bumper this evening via the idiots at fedex (box badly damaged, luckily the bumper was fine).

First, let me start by saying that this thing is A LOT more flexible than I ever imagined, much more so than the factory urethane bumper. I'm not sure that I particularly like that, but we'll see how it goes.

Bumper looks great out of the box, don't see many issues in the finish that won't be sorted out with a coat of filler primer and a bit of sanding.

Now, about the "ears" that Stillen decided to go with to keep shipping costs down. I was against the idea from the beginning, and having one in-hand now I definitely still think it was a bad idea. As you can see from the pictures, only 1 of the 4 corners that meet on these "ears" matches up well. Both of the rear sides the ears stick out a little more than the bumper part, and will require quite a bit of filler or a REALLY good clamping during the glue stage. The passenger side inside corner doesn't match up at all, and is going to require trimming a few millimeters off of the ear and a good blending with filler for it to work.

The face of the seam on the drivers side is pretty good, should only need minimal body work to get it smooth. The passenger side on the other-hand, has some spots that are flat, and some that are not. This will require a good bit of sanding and filler to correct.

All in all, I would imaging a body shop is going to charge about $200 to install those "ears" and blend them into the bumper correctly. How much shipping did it save Stillen? Not too happy with that.

Other than that, lower mounting holes were all drilled out, but the uppers were not. I'm not sure if that was a mistake, or if that is how they will all come. One of the lower holes looks like it was drilled twice, and only has about 3mm of urethane left on the edge to keep it a hole instead of a 'U' slot.

Going to put off painting for another weekend and spend this weekend doing my brake calipers and getting these ears blended instead.

Anyways, here are the pictures:

Front Side:




Parts Included:



Back Side:




V2 under headlight section:



"Ear" Assembly:



Drivers Side (only bolted, no glue):





Passenger Side (only bolted, no glue):

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