After Market Marauder Bumper

[Dennis Reinhart]

Does andy one know the average cost on these. I found four for 550.00 each and what is the quality of these.

[FordNut]

Reproduction front covers can be bought for $389 + $85 shipping.

Rears are hard to find with the lettering. The ones without lettering are in the $300 range.

[Odinson]

*bump*

My Ford dealer want $1200 for a new one. Please post your vendor if you are satisfied. I've bought cars for less!

Well not very good cars. ;p

[Stranger in the Black Sedan]

I have a receipt from Feb 2008 showing the body shop's cost for the real deal OEM new rear bumper cover for my car being around $250, have they really gone up that much in price or do body shops really get that big of a discount and over the counter customers are really getting screwed that badly?

[Pops]

Body shops sell from the manufacters list price. My guess is Ford has raised the price on parts again. You do not make that much profit on new parts. I was in the business for 40 years.

[sanco]

i would also say buyer beware!!!!!

for my bumper projects i have bought a couple of bumpers. most recent one being the crown vic bumper that i could slap on when i am working on the cobra bumper. both aftermarket ones were made of plastic versus the OEM (fiberglass???) which can bend much much easier and weighs less.

here are the issues. although the bumper looks rigid and solid, you really have to be careful because it will not absorb impacts like the OEM one would. this means that if you hit it hard enough it will shatter off in one area and will leave a nasty hole. it hasn't happen to me yet but you can definitely tell it CAN happen.

second issue is fitment. the aftermarket ones look a little weird for some reason and the holes don't line up. getting it on the freakin header panel was a PITA as well, it was as if the bumper was a little smaller than the OEM one. not by much but just enough to make putting it on a real pain!!!!! i would guess this would be because when the original mold was made, the following bumpers that were made with that mold turned out to be smaller for whatever reason.

in the end it looks good, but i would advise you marauder guys to try and find an OEM bumper instead. otherwise you might not be so happy with the outcome.

[Joe Walsh]

OEM Marauder bumper cover:

$1018.47 invoiced on the repair bill from my accident in December when the moron rearended me at a traffic light....:mad2:

[FordNut]

*bump*

My Ford dealer want $1200 for a new one. Please post your vendor if you are satisfied. I've bought cars for less!

Well not very good cars. ;p

I've bought both a front and rear on ebay from carpartswholesale. Both fit good, looked just like OEM, and were made of the same flexible material. Only difference was the injection-molded material was black instead of the OEM yellow. You do need to sand some of the flash from the seams in the molds in a few minor spots.

The newer rears do not have the MARAUDER lettering, but back when I got one it did.