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Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: Kitz Kat on January 02, 2015, 11:18:03 AM

Title: Bumper covers
Post by: Kitz Kat on January 02, 2015, 11:18:03 AM
What the difference between the front covers of a bird and cat?
Title: Bumper covers
Post by: jcassity on January 02, 2015, 12:15:47 PM
center front nose

birdie is pointy
cat is roundy

both will bolt on the fenders & core support the same, not sure on the header panel but I don't care personally,
im never adding bumper cover bolts to a header panel ever again, will use plastic buttons to align the header to bumper cover so they pop out in case of a  minor accident or front bump.

the least little jar up front and it will 8 out of 10 times effect your header panel.

the metal support plate built into the top of the bumper covers cause this
Title: Bumper covers
Post by: Kitz Kat on January 02, 2015, 12:27:21 PM
But do they interchange? Will the cat header panel work with the bird grill and headlights?
Title: Bumper covers
Post by: jcassity on January 02, 2015, 01:20:28 PM
ive never considered that, building out a cat header panel with bird interior parts but im sure they would be close or work fine, and from what I understand, there is a very slight difference between bird headlamps as compared to coug headlamps

once upon a time we had a gal here with a red coug that had a full tc bird nose,,
Title: Bumper covers
Post by: Kitz Kat on January 02, 2015, 01:42:41 PM
Exactly. I know you can put a TC font on a cat, its been done! There is a member from maryland looking for a nose for a bird. I got a cat one. Before I offer it I wanted to know, on "cc net" they say there not the same.
Title: Bumper covers
Post by: daminc on January 02, 2015, 04:12:41 PM
grill has to be shortened using a bird bumper cover., and a cougar header panel
..cougars covers are notched down compared to birds... there would be a space using a bird header and a cougar cover
Title: Bumper covers
Post by: Haystack on January 02, 2015, 04:28:39 PM
X2.

The whole front end will swap. Light plugs are even the same.