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The swap that you are thinking of is quite an improvement.
I paid $225, discounted from $313.
Make sure you have a two piece front bumper, a cover and a spoiler. Mine was a replacement part that was one piece!
Some tips -
1. Take a good look under the car before you start, I had to replace a broken evaporation cannister as well when I had my meeting with a LARGE raccoon. Often the grille in the air diverter is missing.
2. In its box, the part is pretty large. Make sure you have room for it when you go to pick it up.
3. The four grilles from the old bumper will fit into the new bumper. I painted mine silver (just the vertical round parts of the large center grille). I did not paint the R model bumper, it looks pretty good as its original black color. This way it does not show scratches much. I won't paint it until my wife lets me do it in beige like the bumper tops and trim!
4, The pieces under the headlights have to be removed. Just pry the inboard end out and peek inside to see where the next fastener is.
5. The hardest part of the job was lining up all of the 4 or 5 rivets that hold the wheel well and bumper together. I used nails to line up all the holes before I seated any of the rivets.
6. Back into all parking spaces that have curbs or cement barriers of any height, or you will damage the R bumper cover. I think that it is the same height as the other bumper, but it sticks out much more.
Good luck
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2 8s & 2 7s 600,000 miles total
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