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tech4pdx · 08-03-2013, 02:13 PM

Who said it isn't? I have it sitting in my garage with brake cooling ducts/rotor backing plates. It will be on my car hopefully sometime in August. I'll post up pics when done.

Anaxilus · 08-07-2013, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by tech4pdx

Who said it isn't? I have it sitting in my garage with brake cooling ducts/rotor backing plates. It will be on my car hopefully sometime in August. I'll post up pics when done.

Got pics of the rotor backing plates for the brake ducts? Was eyeballing the Essex Endurance kit for the integrated brake cooling into the caliper bracket but really prefer the Sprint kits lower mass. Wondering about cooling alternatives w/o having to go big brake.

Edit-Disregard; answered own question:

http://ft86speedfactory.com/apr-brak...e-kit-992.html

tech4pdx · 08-28-2013, 09:07 PM

Anybody who is thinking about buying this bumper, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere. APR sent me a bumper with a flawed front light housing problem (which my shop tried to fix to no avail), BUT more importantly this bumper does NOT have any side marker light provisions! This is completely opposite of the publicly available photos. APR will not give me my money back. I have ~$1000 (+more in labor) in a junk bumper and rotor backing plates/hose kit, which appears to be unrecoverable. They keep blaming their unwillingness to refund my money on the fact that my shop tried to fix the front light housing problem, ignoring the original problems.

Edit: Now they are saying that the bumper on Facebook was not indicative of the "production" bumper. There you have it folks. Somebody decided that there was no need for side marker lights! Obviously not proper for street use!

Fonzie517 · 08-28-2013, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tech4pdx

Anybody who is thinking about buying this bumper, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere. APR sent me a bumper with a flawed front light housing problem (which my shop tried to fix to no avail), BUT more importantly this bumper does NOT have any side marker light provisions! This is completely opposite of the publicly available photos. APR will not give me my money back. I have ~$1000 (+more in labor) in a junk bumper and rotor backing plates/hose kit, which appears to be unrecoverable. They keep blaming their unwillingness to refund my money on the fact that my shop tried to fix the front light housing problem, ignoring the original problems.

Edit: Now they are saying that the bumper on Facebook was not indicative of the "production" bumper. There you have it folks. Somebody decided that there was no need for side marker lights! Obviously not proper for street use!

I hope that they have corrected this, as I just ordered the bumper myself.

BRZPDX · 08-28-2013, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fonzie517

I hope that they have corrected this, as I just ordered the bumper myself.

update us when you receive it. When I saw this bumper myself, it was in pretty bad shape. Alot of body work needed for it to work.

Fonzie517 · 08-28-2013, 10:58 PM

It's sitting in California waiting on some parts from Seibon. I'm going to call APR tomorrow to find out more about the side marker issue.

tech4pdx · 08-28-2013, 11:25 PM

Also.. According to the shop that was fitting my APR GT bumper, there was significant trimming of the bumper required around the area of the headlights. Something I did not mention considering how mild it was compared to the other problems.

Fonzie517 · 08-29-2013, 08:27 PM

I just spoke with somebody at APR. He told me that they only have one set of tooling for the GT front bumper and that it has provisions for the side markers. Could you post some pictures of the problem areas?

tech4pdx · 08-29-2013, 08:34 PM

Hahaha.. Are you f'n kidding me? I'll fill this post up with pics shortly. I'm headed to the shop. I have a long email thread with a (name unspecified) sales rep at APR that says the bumper was never shipped with side marker provisions!

tech4pdx · 08-29-2013, 11:18 PM

Pics tomorrow. Shop was closing up when I got there.

Gixxersixxerman · 08-30-2013, 02:34 AM

In for da pix

final gear · 08-30-2013, 06:54 PM

[QUOTE=tech4pdx;1174380]Anybody who is thinking about buying this bumper, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere. APR sent me a bumper with a flawed front light housing problem (which my shop tried to fix to no avail), BUT more importantly this bumper does NOT have any side marker light provisions! This is completely opposite of the publicly available photos. APR will not give me my money back. I have ~$1000 (+more in labor) in a junk bumper and rotor backing plates/hose kit, which appears to be unrecoverable. They keep blaming their unwillingness to refund my money on the fact that my shop tried to fix the front light housing problem, ignoring the original problems.

Did your bodyman modified the bumper at some point? Its going to be hard for them to take back the bumper since its not in the original condition.

tech4pdx · 08-31-2013, 01:56 AM

First set of pics for this piece of crap..

tech4pdx · 08-31-2013, 01:59 AM

More pics..

08-28-2013, 09:07 PM	#31
tech4pdx Make love Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: H8R.. Not really Location: Edge of the Milky Way Posts: 780 Thanks: 524 Thanked 214 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	APR GT Bumper Anybody who is thinking about buying this bumper, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere. APR sent me a bumper with a flawed front light housing problem (which my shop tried to fix to no avail), BUT more importantly this bumper does NOT have any side marker light provisions! This is completely opposite of the publicly available photos. APR will not give me my money back. I have ~$1000 (+more in labor) in a junk bumper and rotor backing plates/hose kit, which appears to be unrecoverable. They keep blaming their unwillingness to refund my money on the fact that my shop tried to fix the front light housing problem, ignoring the original problems. Edit: Now they are saying that the bumper on Facebook was not indicative of the "production" bumper. There you have it folks. Somebody decided that there was no need for side marker lights! Obviously not proper for street use! Last edited by tech4pdx; 08-28-2013 at 09:27 PM.

08-31-2013, 01:56 AM	#41
tech4pdx Make love Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: H8R.. Not really Location: Edge of the Milky Way Posts: 780 Thanks: 524 Thanked 214 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Pics of bumper quality First set of pics for this piece of crap.. Last edited by tech4pdx; 09-26-2013 at 12:19 AM.

08-31-2013, 01:59 AM	#42
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08-03-2013, 02:13 PM	#29
tech4pdx Make love Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: H8R.. Not really Location: Edge of the Milky Way Posts: 780 Thanks: 524 Thanked 214 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Who said it isn't? I have it sitting in my garage with brake cooling ducts/rotor backing plates. It will be on my car hopefully sometime in August. I'll post up pics when done.

08-28-2013, 10:58 PM	#34
Fonzie517 Autocrosser Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Asphalt 6-speed FR-S Location: Garland, Texas Posts: 56 Thanks: 35 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It's sitting in California waiting on some parts from Seibon. I'm going to call APR tomorrow to find out more about the side marker issue.

08-28-2013, 11:25 PM	#35
tech4pdx Make love Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: H8R.. Not really Location: Edge of the Milky Way Posts: 780 Thanks: 524 Thanked 214 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Also.. According to the shop that was fitting my APR GT bumper, there was significant trimming of the bumper required around the area of the headlights. Something I did not mention considering how mild it was compared to the other problems.

08-29-2013, 08:27 PM	#36
Fonzie517 Autocrosser Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Asphalt 6-speed FR-S Location: Garland, Texas Posts: 56 Thanks: 35 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I just spoke with somebody at APR. He told me that they only have one set of tooling for the GT front bumper and that it has provisions for the side markers. Could you post some pictures of the problem areas?

08-29-2013, 08:34 PM	#37
tech4pdx Make love Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: H8R.. Not really Location: Edge of the Milky Way Posts: 780 Thanks: 524 Thanked 214 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hahaha.. Are you f'n kidding me? I'll fill this post up with pics shortly. I'm headed to the shop. I have a long email thread with a (name unspecified) sales rep at APR that says the bumper was never shipped with side marker provisions!

08-29-2013, 11:18 PM	#38
tech4pdx Make love Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: H8R.. Not really Location: Edge of the Milky Way Posts: 780 Thanks: 524 Thanked 214 Times in 143 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Pics tomorrow. Shop was closing up when I got there.

08-30-2013, 02:34 AM	#39
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08-30-2013, 06:54 PM	#40
final gear Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: Lava FR-S Location: CA Posts: 13 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	[QUOTE=tech4pdx;1174380]Anybody who is thinking about buying this bumper, I strongly recommend that you look elsewhere. APR sent me a bumper with a flawed front light housing problem (which my shop tried to fix to no avail), BUT more importantly this bumper does NOT have any side marker light provisions! This is completely opposite of the publicly available photos. APR will not give me my money back. I have ~$1000 (+more in labor) in a junk bumper and rotor backing plates/hose kit, which appears to be unrecoverable. They keep blaming their unwillingness to refund my money on the fact that my shop tried to fix the front light housing problem, ignoring the original problems. Did your bodyman modified the bumper at some point? Its going to be hard for them to take back the bumper since its not in the original condition.

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