Do euro cars have front and back bumpers that stick out 6"-7" ( looks like a package shelf), like the American market cars do?

I know the European '70s-''80s 3x8 Ferraris much more petite bumpers than the North American bound cars did with their 5 MPH shock absorber mounted bumpers. A lot of people converted to Euro bumpers (or collapsed and pinned the shock absorber mounts) on American cars because the smaller bumpers just look better.

I think the car would look a lot better with the bumpers tucked in about 3" from stock, a quick peak underneath looks like it would be fairly simple to do.

Doug

 

Here you go:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/cars/us...s?refresh=true

 

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I think the car would look a lot better with the bumpers tucked in about 3" from stock, a quick peak underneath looks like it would be fairly simple to do

Fairly common mod, most commonly done by removing the impact absorbers and drilling holes in them so the absorbing material....I dunno what it is....can be removed. This allows the absorbers to be collapsed and, thus, the bumpers pushed inward 2-3 inches. This comes close to the Euro-bumper look

Cheers
DD

 

I've done this mod, but using a different method than drilling the holes. With the drilling the holes method, the change is permanent and fine tuning how far the rubber projects is literally hit or miss. The method I used allows returning it to stock or fine tuning the projection.

If you go to this post:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...8/#post2044869

There is a link to original post explaining the modification, and there are some "after" photos of mine. Very happy with the results.

Cheers

 

Oh heck Yeah!

Thats fn gorgeous compared to US bumpers.

The short bumpers make the car look like it should look!

Be still my heart, my cars see a modification in its near future.

Doug

 

First change i made in my 86. I bought the parts from SimplyPerformance. The North American spec bumpers kill the lines of the car.