Endura vs paintable

[tmadden]

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!

[Ron in SoCal]

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.

[Richio1]

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.


Another view. Can see how it fits to the lower grille and fenders. I wanted mine tighter.


So a little slicing and dicing was needed to get all the lines to line up and tuck tight.




And we are just about there...


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.

[tmadden]

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.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by tmadden

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...