Help needed in identifying front bumper rubber

[ljowdy]

I have a slight dilemma and I know someone has the answer. I have a 1973.5 911T with an "S" front bumper with the spoiler. The car was originally equipped with those hideous black foam front/rear bumperettes. I recently located and bought the rather rare black metal front and rear bumperettes that apparently were available of Euro models.

The rears fit fine but the fronts are a bit narrower than the foam units and thus, the black bumper edge rubber doesn't fit properly. I'm not sure if the rubber has shrunk or if it requires a different piece. Can anyone direct me to the correct replacement rubber bumper edge material such as the 1 piece I've seen on other cars that I can either cut to fit properly or if it's in 3 pieces will fit the narrower metal bumperettes. In my parts book, it indicates that there is a narrow and wide version and I'm not sure what I have. Attached are photo's that should help in identifying what I need. The first photo shows the difference in width between the installed foam bumperette and the black metal bumperette. The second photo shows a bit more of the front leading edge rubber bumper material.

thanks in advance.

ps. If you have decent front bumper edge material that I need, let me know

[Alan.uk]

You have the wide S bumper trim. The rubber insert that looks to short is available new from Porsche. If you get stuck I have them in stock but I am in the UK and also not about for 2 weeks at the workshop as a new family member is due tomorrow.

Alan

[ljowdy]

Thanks for the information.
Another couple of questions. Do they make a solid piece of rubber that is continous. If so, then I could cut the rubber to fix the bumperettes for an exact fit.

Do you have part numbers?

thanks again

[fourteenten]

Hi Larry,

I think the one piece is 901.505.405.51. I you want the have them in 3 pieces then the middle one is 901.505.405.00 and 901.505.083.00 for the L/R sides. I would stick with original Porsche parts, the aftermarket rubber is different and sometimes doesn't fit as good.

Best regards,

Cees

[ljowdy]

Thanks Cees, Do you think I'd be better off buying the 1 piece and cutting it? Or, should I buy the 3 piece?

[Alan.uk]

Buy the single strip and cut it. As a tip, incase you ever need to do the rears, buy a single long front and cut it in half and do both rears.

HTH

Alan

[fourteenten]

I agree with Alan...

Cees

[ljowdy]

Thank you for the great information

[Silverbullit]

Wow. I've always thought that the bumper guards (chrome, black-metal, or rubber) were 'notched' to fit over the rubber part of the bumper deco trim. I seem to recall seperate parts for cars with 'narrow' trim or the wider 'S' trim. Seems to be the case through '68, of course I realize you're dealing with a '73.5....

[edmayo]

It seems like all the original bumpers I've seen (other than the big bumper guard 73's) would fit over an uncut deco rubber. A hole had to be drilled through the deco for the top bumper guard bolt was all.