SO, my fiancee borrowed the car the other day and made out with a snowbank and gave my bumper herpes. Seriously, tho, the right side was trashed. I have to replace all the splashguards, the wheelwell plastic, and the entire bumper. I don't want to go stock, as it's more expensive than aftermarket. I had a stock bumper with an aftermarket lip, but the company doesn't make them anymore.

I want suggestions for a replacement bumper that's not going to lower my ride heigh significantly, as I still want to be able to get the car towed if needed. I was looking online and the Walker bumper looks too low, and I'm not getting straight answers from sellers. SO, anyone that has gone with aftermarket bumpers, can you chime in about changes to ride height and what would be the best option for an 03 lancer?

Thanks!

 

bump. anyone got suggestions? I know it's getting harder to find stuff for the 03 as it's at the 10-yr mark, but thought I'd ask. This is the least riced front bumper I've found yet that isn't stock:

 

I'm actually interested in that one myself. Another guy or two from here had it and he said it took a fox with now cracks. Look up thunderoz.

The bumper looks like a mix of cedia and Evo 9

 

ive had both this and the full conversion...either way, its gonna sit lower than stock and youre gonna have to remove the bumper if you get towed. youre also not gonna find much variation for our cars

BTW which lip kit did you have?

 

Ack, that's not what I wanted to hear! hmmmm, as for what I had for a lip kit, I forget the company now...but it had aero slots cut out near the wheel wells, and lifted up a bit more than stock under the radiator. This is what I had:



It was $120, for a stock part I was looking at $570 shipped, without paint, from the dealer. And it's near impossible finding a junker to grab stuff from that doesn't have front-end damage, or a guy wanting way too much for used crap.

The seller told me this bumper only sits about .5-1" lower than stock. So I'm hoping I'm still okay as long as it's not slammed.

 

So I found some pics, looks like the bumper I'm eyeing is similar to this, but for the earlier style hood...doesn't look much lower than stock, so hopefully I'm good to go:

 

although, wtf is this guy using, chicken fencing??? hahahaha

 

how do you feel about the Kaminari front bumper? Granted, it does differ in design from the stock bumper

 

I almost left a comment about that last night but didn't want to be that guy

I was originally considering this entire kit before I found OZ bumpers on craigylist.

 

Its a really nice looking kit - and not insanely expensive.

and way to find those bumpers Eusgen..they are HARD to come by. **** is like mining gold