Review of eBay painted Cobra bumper/pics

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03-02-2012, 07:09 PM

scooter3

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Review of eBay painted Cobra bumper/pics

So after a long search for a Cobra bumper and discussions with several forum members I finally pulled the trigger. This is my review of this particular bumper from eBay that is already painted. I was of course a little hesitant only because of the price. $324 painted to match and shipped. But after talking with a few guys it seemed it was a good buy so I ordered it. They offer a best price so I bid $300 and they took it. The order was placed on 2/10 and their website says it takes about 20 days after payment to ship due to painting and how busy they are. After patiently waiting for about 2 weeks I finally received a tracking number and it showed up at my door on 3/1 from FedEx. No box, just wrapped in plastic. I thought, oh crap this can’t be good. Once I got it inside I started tearing into it. The first layer was just plastic. It was then wrapped in cardboard. Once I had that off it was then wrapped in bubble wrap. After I pulled all that off the final layer was some sort of fabric, kind of like a sock that the whole bumper was placed in. The corners were doubled over so they would not get damaged. Overall it was packaged very well. Once I had it all unwrapped I began looking over the paint. I gave them my paint code and all I can say is that it matches perfectly. No scratches, nicks or overspray. There was some buffing material that I had to wipe off, but overall it looked great for an aftermarket bumper. So today I spent the afternoon installing it. Since it did not come with fender attachments I had to remove the ones off my GT bumper. They were just riveted on so off they came. I riveted them back onto the Cobra bumper and proceeded to install. The install went well. The bumper fits like a glove with no modifications what so ever. I still need to get the bezels and the grille kit which should be here in about a week. I will also be able to use fogs since the bumper clears my piping. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would put this at a 10. Fit and finish is spot on. So if anyone is interested this is the place to go. Now onto the pics.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-04-Ford...61084889334934