So here’s my dilemma. I have changed almost everything but the body, paint and glass in the 20+ years I’ve owned the car. I love the GT5 and GT4 looks and never really paid much attention to the front of the car. It is in my opinion, the weakest view of the car, compared to the rear, rear 3/4 or side views.
But after looking at my ugly, dull, delaminating, poorly aligned, rubber bumper, and getting a deal on a new fiberglass Amerisport bumper in Kingston, I decided to get on it. After all, there’s nothing else Pantera to do in 4 feet of snow and –30 temps.
My plan was to finally fix up the front air dam and all those chips and cracks that have been hidden in the shade of the overhanging rubber umbrella, then paint the new bumper gloss black to match my mirrors and rear bumper.
My first look at the naked car with no bumper almost made me puke. I sent some pics to Mark Charlton. A wise Pantera owner and a cool designer, he thought it looked great. Now after looking at it for 24 hours, I am beginning to waver. Maybe I should forget the big black thing and go for some small euro bumpers. I see many different types. I’m looking at lots of pics but am getting confused.
Will this destroy the original GT5 look I have grown accustomed to (even though I don’t care about staying original at all and everything else has been modified)?
Can you help me by posting pics of GT5 or GT5S type front bumper treatments that you like.
Who has these bumpers?
Thanks for your help.
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and not those N. American ones forced upon the car by some ridiculous 10mph crash mandate.
