Endura vs paintable
 

What is the primary difference between the paintable replacement or the endura bumper? Do they look similar? I am considering the Marquez bumper since it seems to fit flush, but thats alot of money!

My .02, the Marquez does fit flush and is a very nice piece. Well worth the $$$ IMO. Expensive BTW is an NOS Endura! Aftermarket Enduras don't fit too well from what I've seen; like 2 days fitting from my experience. How long would the Marquez take to fit? I have no idea as I've never installed one, but I'd guess about the same amount of time.

I will say I think the Endura would provide better protection in case of a small front end bump, but I have no data to back that up.

I've got a Marquez on mine. I landed one of the first production ones they did about 8 to 10 months ago. It all depends on what you are looking for. I wanted mine TUCKED so it took a lot of work to get it to look the way I wanted it. Again it all depends on how picky you are. What I liked about theirs is how sharp the lines are. I am using their lower valance so I thougth they would fit well together... but it needed more work then expected to get it to fit as I wanted. Hopefull those bugs have been worked out. Here are a few picks before and after the mods to it.

I originally started with a repo endura bumper but it fit worse than the Marquez. I saw them at the Pleasanton GG show and they mentioned they were starting production of an endura to fit with their valance so I send the repo back and got theirs.

Below you can see the fit. Pretty good but stuck out too far for me and wasnt flush on the sides like I wanted... but again, nice sharp lines.
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMG_0971.jpg

Another view. Can see how it fits to the lower grille and fenders. I wanted mine tighter.
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMG_0970.jpg

So a little slicing and dicing was needed to get all the lines to line up and tuck tight.
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/a...io1/photo1.jpg

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/a...io1/photo3.jpg

And we are just about there...
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/a...o1/photo-1.jpg

Here was my insperation... not sure whose car but had the look I was after. Hope it helps. I will tell you, I have at least 40 hrs in mine with cutting, glassing and fabrication mounting brackets. This one below is no bolt on either.
http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMG_0070.jpg

Thanks guys. Looks like either way my paint and body guys are in for a task. I would love to have it fit flush also.

Ron I love your car.

Richio, man thanks for the pics and details. Big help.

Thx TM!

Richie you nailed that bumper install. Props Sir...:thumbsup: