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Quality Aftermarket 03-04 Cobra Front Bumper and Paint
- Thread starter TurboJuice
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as long as its cost effective and the shop you have do the work use flexible bumper repair material (NOT BONDO), have it fixed. cobra covers are expensive, i believe ~ $450 +/- for the part itself.
as far as replacing it goes, i would only go OEM. a/m covers usually fit for shit so youre only other options would either be a reconditioned cover (damaged OEM that a company has fixed) or recycled from a salvage yard.
problem with those options are sometimes the repair on the recon is substandard and the shop wont be able to use it or the repair will fail later on. the problem with the recycled one is its hard to find just the cover, a lot of times vendors want to sell you the whole assembly. plus depending on the price / condition of the part it may have to be fixed before it gets painted anyway (rock chips, dings, scratches, etc.)
bottom line - take it to a good shop, get an estimate and go from there. if all you need is some "freshening up" i doubt your cover is bad enough to replace. a nice idea is to replace the lower lip if you have the bumper done, especially if you have a lot of curb scratches etc. front end will look brand new
as far as replacing it goes, i would only go OEM. a/m covers usually fit for shit so youre only other options would either be a reconditioned cover (damaged OEM that a company has fixed) or recycled from a salvage yard.
problem with those options are sometimes the repair on the recon is substandard and the shop wont be able to use it or the repair will fail later on. the problem with the recycled one is its hard to find just the cover, a lot of times vendors want to sell you the whole assembly. plus depending on the price / condition of the part it may have to be fixed before it gets painted anyway (rock chips, dings, scratches, etc.)
bottom line - take it to a good shop, get an estimate and go from there. if all you need is some "freshening up" i doubt your cover is bad enough to replace. a nice idea is to replace the lower lip if you have the bumper done, especially if you have a lot of curb scratches etc. front end will look brand new
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