Glass bumpers. Are these truly bolt on?

[Boston GN]

Looking to get some 'glass bumpers, but am wondering if these are truly bolt on. Meaning, I go under the bumper, unbolt my stock ones, take the lights out, reinstall lights in new bumper, and bolt back on. Are there mods I have to do to install?
Also, where is the best place to purchase? Postons?

 

[salvageV6]

I highly doubt it, I think all need hand aligning to the alum. supports and tweaked to the car.

From what I've seen and heard anyway...

 

[machinegun]

No they are not bolt on. They sometimes need some, well shall we say creative fitting. Once on with my bumper strip, it is hard to tell by the average joe. TR guys will notice them but we are all a little picky when it comes to our cars being perfect.

 

[turbosam6]

Mine bolted on like stock. Any bumper, be it glass or steel, is gonna need aligned and fitted. I left the bump strips off for a very clean look.

 

[Jimn8or]

Kirban's front bumper replaces the whole she-bang dude. You can lose the factory steel bumper shell, the 4 ton reinforcement piece under it and simply bolt this piece onto your oem bumper shocks. I've seen a few glass bumpers now and nothin' fits or looks like Kirban's...period! Will you have to align it? Ummm, yup. If Dennis's rear bumper is even related to his front, I'm certain the same story applies. His kid, who builds custom exotics, builds these bumpers for him and they are second to nothing I've seen yet!
HTH
Jim

 

[Boston GN]

Jim, That's what I was looking for. I don't mind fiddling with stuff, but I want it completely bolt on. I don't like to have to buy other sh!t to make it work. Thanks to all for the info

 

[bwallace]

Just finished bolting on a Kirban glass bumper. The only problem I had with the bumper was the tabs that hold the parking lights in place are kind of weak. I went ahead and added some fiberglass to reinforce the tabs. You also won't be able to reuse the brackets that go around the parking lights, but I think it looks fine and you can't beat the weight loss. The bumper is very clean!

 

[Boston GN]

bwallace...
Have pictures of the parking lights in the bumper?? There's no way to make those frames fit/work??
Thanks again

 

[bwallace]

I can get some pictures it might take a few days. I couldn't get the frames to fit and the tabs holding the parking lights weren't as sturdy as I would have liked and the frames wouldn't fit snug enough to look right. I think if your really concerned with getting an exact stock look then a fiberglass bumper isn't the way to go. The gap around the parking lights isn't that big so it doesn't really bother me that much. I will see what I can do about pictures.

 

[Boston GN]

Thanks dude,
Much appreciated !!!!

 

[TEST MY 6]

so for those using the glass bumpers your driving them on the streets without no support (beam)? or did i miss somthing

 

[bwallace]

I drive mine to the track and cruising around on the weekends. There is a saftey issue, but I feel safer in the GN than I do traveling 120 miles a day back and forth to work in my 95 prelude.

 

[JoeNational]

I have a glass front bumper and let me tell you pain in the rear to put it on and i was able to have the frames for the parking lights installed as well but those tabs are a joke. and able to have the rubber mounted on too, but let me tell you will not park this out on the st. if it gets looked at the wrong way it will crack, but well worth the weight loss

 

[bwallace]

I didn't mind the lose of the rubber molding, but I agree the tabs are a joke. I needed a new bumper anyway so if I run into trouble or don't see better numbers in the 1/4 I might just go ahead and fabricate some mounting brackets, lose the inner shell and see what happens.

 

[Jimn8or]

What rubber moulding are you guys talking about??? The rub strip that runs along the bumper? If so, unbolt yours and use the studs as a guide. A hand drill and bit and in about 10 minutes you can mount the rub strip. The reason I like Kirban's over the others is that this is the only bumper I've seen that gives you this option, as the others all have the rub strip moulded into them. As far as the bumper mounted park light frames goes...Have a careful look at the opening in the glass bumper and figure out where you need to remove a SMALL amount of material for these to drop straight in. I've never seen this bumper w/o the frames in and w/o the rub strips only by choice. These bumpers are extremely high quality imo.
Jim

 

[bwallace]

I think the bumper looks fine with out the rubber strip, but to fit the parking light frames back in would require cutting some of the fiberglass away and installing on the same tabs that hold the parking lights. The tabs are the biggest problem...they are really weak and probably would crack if you tried to screw the parking lights and the frames through them. Won't be able to get any pics until it comes back with new paint.