Please let me know what Spec Front Bumper is this...

[gts25t4door]

I recently crashed my R33 and i was wondering if anyone knows what spec this bumper is.

My car

Thanks

Chris

[riggaP]

Looks like a type M to me

[97Sky]

Yeah Id say type M too!

[gts25t4door]

Cheers fellas the smash shop told me that it was a type M bumber and that they are hard to find, and that it would be faster and cheaper gettin the pranged one fixed. Is this true?

Thanks

Chris

[rinmak]

I wouldnt think so. Type M's are quite common.

Have you been through the for sale section? There was a yellow 33 in there a while ago that had been written off from the side, front bar should still be good if he hasnt sold it yet.

As for getting it fixed, I would get a quote or two + look at the price of getting an aftermarket one supplied + painted. It may work out cheaper... panel beaters have a tendancy to bend you over backwards

[gts25t4door]

Thanks Ryan, Its all getting fixed under insurance. But I am lookin into my options, what would be faster and give a better finish. I dont car how much it costs to get fixed, cause the premium will still be the same.

Cheers

Chris

[rinmak]

Well it will most likely come out better if your insurance company pays the bill, and if not then atleast it will be easier.

But you should get some private quotes first...even if its not cheaper, it saves getting bad insurance history (more money down the line) & you wont have to involve the police in it (its drift damage right? )

When I had a smash (only really affected the bonnet), I ended up getting it fixed for less than what it would have cost me to make a claim...and I didnt have to make a police report which was good as the smash was caused by me being stupid.

The way I did it was to ring around some "performance" panel beaters...you know the ones that only deal with tripped out paint jobs, huge wings & cars that ride 1cm above the ground.

They usualy have left over bonnets & front gaurds laying around as ppl have put carbon fibre ones on or something & left their old one.

May not work out, but if you havent claimed yet - might be worth looking into

[hippy]

you'd be surprise actually how hard it is to find one of them ... think of this oportunity to do something different .. ie just put on a different bumper ... eg trust or GTR

[Al]

Get the price of a NEW bumper and reo from Nissan Australia. This price will be high, but insurance is paying for the damage.

Get a price for a aftermarket bar, that you like, as it will most probably be cheaper than a genuine new bar, the insurance will most probably agree to buy aftermarket.

Myself, i prefer a moded std bar. These are much stronger and will not crack/break the first time you scrap it or hit a curb.

[gts25t4door]

Thanks for the advise guys. The Insurance company didn't want a bar of putting on a new bar. The bastards made the smash repair bloke send it off to get it fixed. But they did a good job, looks like new. Unfortunatly the assessor had to give it a final inspection and therefore I couldn't get it modded cause that would be classed as a "modifaction" to the car. I am very pissed off at Just Car at the moment cause they went the cheapest way out.

Cheers

Chris

[Al]

Sorry to say; That's why i will never go to Just Car, it states in their policy that they will pick the repairer or repairs, and they will never pay to get car back to original. The bar may look fine, but it is now very weak where the cracks have been joined, have a close look at the joins (rear of bar), are they plastic welded or just glued? I would have never accepted the bar to be repaired, as the plastic would have fine hair line cracks and over time these will come through the paint.