Did Ruf ever make a fiberglass valance?

[Aggie93]

Did Ruf make a fiberglass valance or was all its products polyurethane?

[Flat6pac]

Only the imitations were, RUF was poly/flexable.
Bruce

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by Aggie93

Did Ruf make a fiberglass valance or was all its products polyurethane?

The valances were p/u, the full bumper covers were f/g

valance, w/ integral chin


bumper cover, w/ separate rubber chin

[lin7310948]

i have ruf front and rear bumper covers with integral spoilers such as the silver car above. i have the front grill panel but would like to use the same material for the fog light openings. does any one know what material that Ruf used for the grill and light openings?

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by lin7310948

i have ruf front and rear bumper covers with integral spoilers such as the silver car above. i have the front grill panel but would like to use the same material for the fog light openings. does any one know what material that Ruf used for the grill and light openings?

The silver car is mine, I used old stock engine lid grills for the Ruf grill material

[lin7310948]

bill, do you remember which grill you used. i think that i have one of the plastic on
es from the mid to late seventies..not sure! thanks
update, i just checked and i do have one of the plastic grills and it is the same pattern as the one i am currently using in the Ruf bumper cover. thanks for the idea.

[SCHNELE]

The Ruf lightweight front air dam is made of fiberglass from Ruf as is the rear valence.

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by SCHNELE

The Ruf lightweight front air dam is made of fiberglass from Ruf as is the rear valence.

I don't know where you get your info, but it is wrong

the full covers, both front and rear are f/g, the front valance is p/u

the valance is the part that is beneath the stock bumper, the covers totally replace the front or rear bumper

[SCHNELE]

Hey Bill, I will bet you the silver car above that the lightweight parts were fiberglass. I own a Rug BTR the silver cum noted modified tuner car so no Ruf mechanical parts left however, I have sold more Ruf parts than you have seen in all likenesses. The Ruf lightweight under bumper valence that is devoid of fog lamp openings is fiberglass as is the slotted rear valence. You can call Ruf to verify as that is the source of my info further I bought and resold all of the parts Ruf NA that is the Canadian representative before Ruf came back to t
he U.S. through the Dallas group.

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by SCHNELE

Hey Bill, I will bet you the silver car above that the lightweight parts were fiberglass.

No argument there, that is a bumper cover w/ a matching rear bumper cover both are f/g, the front bumper cover has a separate rubber chin that is fastened to the f/g. The f/g parts on that car are aftermarket but the original Ruf versions were f/g, the chin is oem Ruf purchased from my neighbor in Fla. who was a Ruf distributor back in the day.

Originally Posted by SCHNELE

I own a Rug BTR the silver cum noted modified tuner car so no Ruf mechanical parts left however, I have sold more Ruf parts than you have seen in all likenesses. The Ruf lightweight under bumper valence that is devoid of fog lamp openings is fiberglass as is the slotted rear valence. You can call Ruf to verify as that is the source of my info further I bought and resold all of the parts Ruf NA that is the Canadian representative before Ruf came back to t
he U.S. through the Dallas group.

Apparently you do not read though. I do not know about the 'parts devoid of fog light opening' as I have never seen one from Ruf, but the parts I pictured and described are oem Ruf and are p/u

from post #3 above

The valances were p/u, the full bumper covers were f/g

the Ruf valances were/ are p/u, they incorporate the chin as part of the bumper instead of as a separate part as on the bumper covers and have an internal plastic structure that supports the cooler and grill and oem fog lights

again the bumper covers replace the bumpers and valances, the valance hangs under the front bumper and only replaces the stock steel valance and rubber chin

here are some more pics of the Ruf p/u valance and oil cooler kit



the whole p/u shebang


the inner oil coler mount



the oil cooler

[SCHNELE]

Not trying to sound like an ass, because you a valued member of this board not that you need me to tell you that but you should be more careful when you tell people that they are wrong out of hand.

[SCHNELE]

I do not have the benefits of photos at this time maybe your neighbor was James Aaronian, but let me state unequivocally that the BTR (wide body) under bumper came in Polyurethane for the standard and fiberglass for the lightweight from Ruf, also available in narrow body. These were made for cars up to '89 do do some research. Further, it is a bit puerile to sling insults so keep it civil.

[m110]

I think there may be some misunderstanding between what is being called what, but my experience is precisely what Mr. Verburg describes. The CTR factory Ruf bumper cover that I have seen is f/g. The CTR style underbumper valence on my old car was p/u and in fact there was an ad in the old Automotion catalog of two guys twisting it like a pretzel to show it won't crack. I do not know about the BTR parts.

It appears the OP question is still up in the air:

Did Ruf make a fiberglass valance (CTR was p/u, don't know about other products) or was all its products polyurethane?(some were fiberglass, like the CTR bumper cover)

[SCHNELE]

To be clear, the BTR came widely in PU it is what I have on my car, however, the fiberglass under bumper was available from Ruf. The CTR was available in PU, with the lightweight being fiberglass on both cars BTR and CTR.

[lin7310948]

well i do not know which is correct and i have had both on my 930. i just want to thank Bill for the idea for the fog light openings. i just finished installing the same rear deck grill opening material in the fog light openings. it just looks so much better to me.. thanks again to Bill!

[SCHNELE]

My car with the PU RIM spoiler, the lightweight version had no fog lights and was designed to function as a splitter as well.

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by SCHNELE

I do not have the benefits of photos at this time maybe your neighbor was James Aaronian, but let me state unequivocally that the BTR (wide body) under bumper came in Polyurethane for the standard and fiberglass for the lightweight from Ruf, also available in narrow body. These were made for cars up to '89 do do some research. Further, it is a bit puerile to sling insults so keep it civil.

You now seem to be agreeing w/ me. There was nothing uncivil in my post, if you are insulted then that is an issue on your end as you posted inaccurate or at the very least confusing information.

I merely stated the facts, which you now seem to agree w/

your post

The Ruf lightweight front air dam is made of fiberglass from Ruf as is the rear valence.

is confusing at best and appears to contradict the facts that I posted

the valance used on the CTR as pictured in my posts was p/u, there may have been f/g versions from Ruf, there certainly are imitations, I made no assertions about that or about the w/b version.

My other statemant was that the full bumper covers, both front and rear, were f/g

I further stated that the p/u valance incorporated the chin as part of the valance and that the f/g full bumper cover had a separate add on rubber chin from Ruf, which is what is what I used on my car and was pictured.

[petercory]

I have the Ruf CTR 930 front & rear full bumper covers on my car; both have Ruf Serial number tags molded in and both are fibergass. The front also has the Ruf rubber lower lip.

[javadog]

FWIW, I had a Ruf front valence (not including the bumper area) on a 930 and it was fiberglass.

JR

[Aggie93]

Sorry it took so long to get back to this.

After several emails back and forth with RUF AG, it turns out that RUF did make some valances in fg. I could not get any more info from them. I tried to get production numbers, how sold (cars they modified v. selling retail). They changed computer systems at some point and any information regarding fg valances was lost. They must not be very common; the US distributor didn't even know that fg valances were made.

I was quite disappointed after I purchased since I thought all RUF valances were PU.