I know others have attempted to fit a DBS bumper to a DB9 and were able to do it with some body work. I was just wondering what kind of body work was involved (i.e. cutting the bumper, sanding, adding bondo, etc.?) and to what extent (how many hours of work?)? Also why was body work needed, was the bumper too wide and if so how is this fixed? Thanks for any input. h

 

no body work needed with this

www<dot>vcollection<dot>com/products/DB9_Parts/DBS_Style_Front_Bumper

 

I did not do an OEM DBS front bumper on DB9 conversion but did a DBS-style-rear-conversion [see here: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ml#post4218067 and here: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...l#post4399476] which required significant work: the flairing on the DBS bumper-ends is much wider, resulting in significant re-work: bondo, epoxy etc. I'd say a professional body shop would probably spend a day or 2 (1 guy, 16hrs total) to get proper fitment on the bumper.

 

When you say epoxy, do you mean the bumper has to be cut in half, or v-cut and then reattached to make it shorter so it does not flare our as much, or what? Just curious as to what was done to shape it properly?

 

No, not cut in half: the bumper-ends need to be cut and modified to fit the DB9 flaring. Please check this thread https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...irect-fit.html to see similar fitment issues on the sills to get an idea.

 

Thanks! So each side of the bumper would be cut in half, repositioned, and expoxied back together right? What kind of epoxy do you recommend? How many hours do you think this would take?

 

The DBS bumper will show on the inside a stamp of what material has been used to make it (PE / PU or something) although I believe it's CF since it concerns the DBS. This would require a specific epoxy to make sure all bonds well. I'm not an expert on this but a bodyshop can advise.

 

I see this is a very old thread lol 😂
but it’s an itch some want to scratch for sure

 

My converted db9 to dbs, designed my own boot lid feature too if you have any questions pm me happy to help others in their itch 👍🏼