Project 996 Road Rallye: Part 7

We have been playing around with bumper ideas for this build. Most of the Safari-style tube bumpers are more aggressive that we want - and heavy. 

stock bumper is hidden behind the rear fascia

 Our goal is to create smaller bumpers that are effective and can support lights and tow straps. We decided to build some bumpers that would attach to the factory pistons that the internal bumper bolt to. 

The stock internal extruded Al bumpers are pretty cool.  The rear, shown above, has additional extrusions that attach to the rubber bumperettes that are visible on either side of the license plate.  The front is a bit simpler and shown on the left.  Both have threaded bungs for the factory towing loop.  The rear requires license plate removal to access it.

too big!

We tried several ideas and landed on small bumpers that I think should do the trick.  The front bumper attaches to the factory pistons and deletes the internal Al bumper.  The rear attaches to the bumperette mounts and is a bolt on solution that requires no permanent modification to the car.  Our tube is easily as strong and since it is external to the fascias, we should be able to take a bump or two without damage to the body.

We want to mount two driving lights from the bumper and hang a fabric tow strap.

The rear bumper will get a rear fog lamp and also a two strap.  The final design is still in the works but I think we are getting there...