Hello all,
Fairly new into the Alfa scene as I've always wanted one for the past 15yrs and thought of the perfect opportunity to purchase one before kids came along.
Purchased and transferred from Taz to Melb today with all my excitement I finally had the pleasure of driving this baby, she purrs and sings,
Body is very straight, interior is in great condition but needs some touch ups, as it will be a long term project,
Only thing in querying about is the steel bumper on the front, haven't seen it before, obviously must come from another model, I would try and find a Zender kit (as most of you are aswell) and replace it, but it's sort of growing on me aswell, (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/26/b721f19f2eb7fc850c0b952ac155815b.jpg)
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Never seen anything like that!
Looks pretty smooth though, I'd think it would suit better painted black or grey to match the spoiler. Maybe
Yeh I was thinking the same thing, either spraying it black, I'll ask the original owner if he knows anything it has got me baffled considering the previous model had a different steel bumper
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Sorry but that needs to be rectified ASAP.
I've got several spare front bumpers, if only you lived in sunny QLD :D
Ditto, get it off!!!!! What was the person thinking of?
Yeh I saw it again today, and it's a shocking bumper, @brook308 if I can't source one I'll let you know, nothing that a courier couldn't do,
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I don't quite know what the original owner was thinking. You need to sort this as soon as possible.Your car won't be happy until you do. :o
Bumper bar is off some other make of car, looks alright, better than nothing, previous owner probably put it on because he couldn't source another GTV6 bumper easily or as a quick fix
GTV6 will look much better with a Zender kit or my favourite a Grand Prix kit, just use it till you can source one of the kits
Your GTV6 looks fantastic, whatever bumper you have on won't affect the fantastic drive the GTV6 puts out :)
it looks like a corvette performance part(ha)
seriously you have to lose it
I wonder if its of an old alfa 6 or something
I asked the previous owner and saysits an original alfetta bumper, to be honest as I have a closer look the the bumper has not been modified in any way and the mounting points fit precise, it's really weird, personally I don't like it makes the beast 10 yrs older, if I can find a Grand Prix front on it, that would be sweet, even if I have to ship it across from the other side of the world, anyone know of someone who makes them?
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Actually found bumpers through Lester.it will have a look and find out, lucky the mrs is Italian so I'll get her to do the SBS translations
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It's not an Alfetta bumper - I thought it looked a bit like a Fiat 124 CC bumper
It does, but from memory of my brothers ex 124cc was a 3 piece bumper, I'm going to take it off and search for part numbers cause it's doing my head in
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could it be some weird US or californian law compliance
99.7% sure it's not off any Alfa Romeo. Not to my taste at all, but each to their own.
Quote from: carlo rossi on March 30, 2015, 05:14:33 PM
could it be some weird US or californian law compliance
No
The original plastic ones used to warp & even when not warped the front ones weren't quite right around the inset indicators. Maybe the PO decided to do something about it.
Sand it back to get some good keying, bog up the overlap joins and the rivet/bolt heads to smooth it out then paint it black and it might look good. Or just give it a quick couple of coats of cheap matt black without any prep work and see how it looks - maybe worth a try for a $20 spray can and a few hours work.
Although GP/Zender bumpers I think look the best & I thought there was someone around who had moulds.
Potential credit to someone on the Yarra Valley Chrome Bumpers page...
Corona RT104?
Corona mkII, orange clear lenses.
Nice. I was thinking early Celica but that wasn't right. I probably wasn't far off...
Spot on mate, looks exactly the same, saves me from pulling the bumper off and checking it out, but regardless it's coming off, in the meantime do you know anyone that does the gp umber here, also where can I see on the engine to find out if it's a 2.5 or a 3.0. Owner said he changed it over from a 75 but can't be bothered going back to him and finding out
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It's a cast 2.5 or 3 behind the left side cam gear [left side if you're sitting in the driver seat, not looking at it...]. I think you need to take the belt covers off to see it though.