CAN YOU FIT A610 BUMPERS ON A GTA??

[phildini]

SOMETHING I WAS WONDERING TODAY, WOULD I BE ABLE TO FIT A610 BUMPERS ON A GTA?

[stephendell]

Not that easily as they are slightly wider. In addition the front profile of the car is different. If you are good at cut and shutting you might have some luck. Alternatively you can source a le mans look bumper for the GTA from prima or profil tuning. The larger A610 rear spoiler fits well though.

Also the A610 bumper is higher on the wing line as standard, so when you offer it up to the GTA, it touches the floor. I tried this on my GTA with the spare 610 panels I had. The only way you could do it is to fit a whole 610 front end, the parts are actually quite cheap The bonnet is very slightly longer on the 610, so the original would need filling and adjusting,
the wings would bolt on but the bottom of the GTA wing would need grafting to the 610 wing at the swage line that goes along the car, becuase on the GTA the line bulges inwards and on the 610 it bulges outwards, and the 610 wing has a bit of sideskirt stuck to it at the bottom. All the rest, the wings and nosecone, and bumper would mount together. I was planning to use plexiglass headlamps like on the Le Mans racing 610 rather than the pop ups. Obviously you would have to make up some new mounting brackets to hold the whole front assembly together at the front of the car. The parts worked out about 600 for the nosecone, 150 for each wing, and 400 for the bumper. The only expensive parts where the foglamps at around 400 each! Porsche 928s S4's use the same units, but guess what...the same price!

.....or buy a 610... if you can find one

I have been browsing the markets for about 2 years and I have never seen a 610 for sale. Not that it bothers me too much, I'm very pleased with my GTA.

[stephendell]

I know of at least 6 that have been sold in the last couple of years. There are at least 2 for sale at the moment if you are interested...

I might be interested!!!

Admittedly, my first choice would be a LeMans, but I've never seen one for sale..... ever. So next choice would be a610.

What sort of money are they after, whats the spec's and whereabouts are they located???

Thanks, Lee

Take a look at the price guide on the website. There was an A610 (yellow) on E bay a couple of months back.....had a 10k reserve and didnt sell....think it was J reg.

[stephendell]

Red A610 100K miles Azev A Portsmouth Area 10K
Yellow A610 Ipswich Area 13K
Red A610 V.Low Miles Wales 18K
Blue A610 Possibly if price is right

Le Mans just sold for 11K

I spoke to the owner and was tempted my self (the yellow one) it was the original press car and very well put together as a result.
It is yellow tho!
His number is 01473827927 he is in Suffolk
There was another for sale at a dealer in Exmouth, a blue one, dunno if he sold it 01395 273333

Thats a shame about the LeMans, clearly I have been living on another planet!!

Good news about the A610's though, I'm going to give these some serious thought. I've always like them, but I'm in two minds because a perfect LeMans is bound to come up for sale just after buying an A610.

Although, I suppose if driven side by side the A610 might be considered the better car anyway. Food for thought, I think.

In the meantime, if anyone does know of a LeMans' for sale, please let me know.

There was a 'Le-mans' for sale on the exchange and mart web site a few weeks ago, don't know whether its still there, but it has been on that site for over 6 months and they wanted £11.500 for it. It looks lovely.

Thanks for that, I've just had a quick look and it isn't on there any longer

But i'll keep my eyes peeled, just in case the owners having a week off.

It might of been the one that Steven said just sold for £11... I will let you know if i see any more...

The one on E&M is Tony Law's car, member. Bought some leads off me the other day, beautiful car