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Title: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 09, 2010, 04:01:41 AM
not for sure if there 1-piece but neither of my 2 have the lower air-dam. need 1 for my dd, black coupe. LMK what u got, thanks.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Dark Ride on October 09, 2010, 10:02:59 PM
Best of luck... :icon_neutral:
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Fred931 on October 10, 2010, 02:43:34 PM
What's the reason you need a new valence? I think it might be nearly impossible to find one, considering a production run of less than 10k, so is there any hope of fixing it, either by yourself or through a body shop? Maybe you should post some pics for the blokes here who know about this stuff a lot more than I do and see if it's recoverable.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 11, 2010, 02:09:08 PM
my bumper cover itself is good but it doesnt have the lower air damn and i believe there 1 piece. I will try to upload pics but im not sure if I'll b able to.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Fred931 on October 11, 2010, 06:05:32 PM
I believe the bumper is two pieces, the air dam being attached to the main piece. I think this is true because of the way my air dam is separating in this pic:
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_sYYLg0KdZJ4/TJ5QafQGmKI/AAAAAAAAATI/Mcbjg64J6b4/Pontiac%20001.JPG)

That happened after the previous owners curbed it too many times. Taking off the bumper (however that's possible, I wouldn't know) and looking from the inside out should give a guaranteed answer. Of course, so will the more experienced guys around here. Somewhere...
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 11, 2010, 07:33:03 PM
well then i only need the lower air dam piece. where are u located because my dad is an ASE master tech and does all my work and body work. if your close enough maybe we could work something out?
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Fred931 on October 11, 2010, 08:27:31 PM
I know a lot of you are New Englanders, so mentioning Alabama probably doesn't help that cause. We have plenty of refutable body shops around here, so don't worry about the likely case that I'm not even 500 miles close to you.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 12, 2010, 02:47:49 AM
since your down south are there any of these cars in the junkyards anywhere near you?
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Fred931 on October 12, 2010, 06:15:55 AM
I haven't poked around in junkyards since I was born. I doubt it, though.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 13, 2010, 12:21:13 AM
I've been to every junkyard in ths area and the only gp's here are the 94-96's which usually are stripped out. Im going to start looking around online and see if any aftermarket companys make that piece.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Jonpro03 on October 13, 2010, 06:37:57 AM
94-96 b4u bumper is starting to sound tempting now isn't it :laugh:
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: Dark Ride on October 13, 2010, 09:19:51 AM
Quote from: jarrade on October 13, 2010, 12:21:13 AM
I've been to every junkyard in ths area and the only gp's here are the 94-96's which usually are stripped out. Im going to start looking around online and see if any aftermarket companys make that piece.
Nobody makes them.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 13, 2010, 11:03:56 AM
I'll stick to no air dam before I switch to the 94-96 b4u
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jimmy on October 13, 2010, 08:13:48 PM
        IDK, but try Junkyarddog.com , and see how far that might get you.
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: mfewtrail on October 14, 2010, 12:19:46 AM
Just in case you haven't searched the board or read some old posts here: The 91-93 Grand Prix's with the B4U kit(they look exactly like our cars except for the front bumper covers + head lights) have the same style valance. Those later valances are actually a slightly better design and are supposed to be less prone to sagging over time. You may be able to locate one nearby on www.car-part.com
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: jarrade on October 15, 2010, 10:32:23 PM
i put in a parts request at junkyarddog.com and I've already gotten a couple replies... thanks for the suggestion. now i have to follow up on them and see if there relevant. Thanks for the suggestion. :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: NEED NEW FRONT VALENCE WITH AIR-DAM
Post by: killinprixs on October 15, 2010, 11:17:00 PM
You'll definately find one eventually...  i bought a new old stock valence off ebay about 3 years back for 45 bucks way after they were discontinued.  It was strange as if the auction went un noticed... believe it or not a few weeks before this, a USED nicked up red tgp valence sold for close to $300 iirc?... insane.