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Old Sep 13, 2005
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Aftermarket or OEM HONDA

looking for some stock bumpers was looking at unpainted Aftermarket is there really much difference between after market bumpers and OEM ?? i mean maybe if it was a mechanical part i would buy OEM anyways what im sayin is for ur help..

and where is the best place to buy ?
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when i was looking for an aftermarket one for my mustang i found the cheepest price at car quest
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and the fitment is always good on an oem one, and an aftermarket one might not fit as amazing.. but i never had any problems yet
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yeah they wouldnt sell em if they were like that... ill check it out
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yeah definately check carquest, its where i got mine, fits great... or try cross canada parts.
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what am i lookin at ? under 100 dollar's
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www.crosscanadaparts.com

They have front for sure, not sure about rear. I got a bumper from them that I mounted my Kaminari lip to and kept my stock for winter.

The fitament is perfect, no difference b/w them and stock. It was about 1/2 the price of OEM so I recommend it.
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Front 214.29
Rear 303.58

Cross Canada

damn lol i seen em on the internet for 60 US that is a big differnce
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yeah but how much is shipping for 2 bumpers

thats a damn big box
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all this **** 300 paying insurance to replace rear window..

need some body work i removed my moulded side skirts. (learn from this) never do it
500 in bumpers
man!
im going to be puttin this car away for a bit anyways but just all at once damn! ohya bumpers un painted too ... brutal eh i guess i shouldnt have gotten myself in this mess. You sure do learn from your mistakes in life,
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get oem. i got an aftermarket rear bumper when i put a hole in my stock one and it fit fine on one side but the other side is kinda wavy, looks like i have a big dent in the bumper. looks like ****. i could kick myself for not spending the extra $100 and getting the oem one.
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ur right i would kick myself too im a prefectionist ... if thats how its spelt
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I can only attest to the fitament of the CrossCanada front end. I have no experience with the rear. And I am telling you the front end is 100% perfect (at least it was when i bought one 2 yrs ago and I assume they wouldn't change the design to make it worse). If the rear is anything like the fron tit will be 100% as well
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haha you said tit... jks

is it exactly like oem though? or would the rear be altered? (i.e. rear lip, etc..)
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