Whats the best thing to do for your bumper when getting an exhaust kit?

A. Get a GT bumper. (You might get lucky and find a GT w/ a bumper the same color as your car which eliminated painting.)

B. Have the V6 bumper trimmed to fit the exhaust. (Ive heard some drawbacks to doing this.)

C. Buy a new after market bumper (not the stock GTs, but a different style) that has exhaust exits. Its something different, custom and could be better looking than a stock GT bumper swap.

Which should/would you do?

 

depends how much money you have.

Best bet is to get a new one and paint it....after that is the GT bumper....then if you are cheap as dirt cut your bumper but i would never do that

 

but make sure you buy the exhaust after you buy the bumper

 

What are some good looking aftermarket bumpers to consider. Also what concerns me is that they wouldnt look that good without a full body kit (matching front bumper, and side skirts to go with it). But all I want is a bumper

 

Thats why you just get a GT bumper. If you put an aftermarket one if definetly will look bad without the full side skirts/front bumper.

 

I may do that. But no one offers a new bumper designed to line up with the stock body lines. How much should I expect to pay for one in a junkyard?

 

Well the bumper is scratched badly on the back (from previous owner) and the paint is starting to crack and peel on the top of it from a rearend incident last year. So I guess thats an excuse for me to get a new bumper.

 

you could do what i wanna do and find an 03 cobra bumper and fill in the cobra letters w/ body filler or somethin then repaint it.

 

Thats where it gets tricky. You dont want to get the exhaust installed with the 6 bumper if you plan to use a GT bumper later. But you dont want to drive around with a GT bumper and two empty wholes with a single exhaust while you wait to install the duals. So Id have them both done at once.

And amrcnidyot. I thought about the cobra bumper but the cobra letters on it is why I did not consider it. A GT bumper will be ok. And hey Autobadges, is there an after market bumper that does not use a whole body kit (the front bumper and side skirts) and will fit with the stock body trim.