Ultimate RUF Conversion Thread

[pete917]

Originally Posted by Turbo1987

This is my '87 Tribute

Russ

Beautiful

[superfoamy]

hi, sorry if it has been posted earlier in this thread...it is a long one..

has anyone seen a version of this rear bumper conversion, made to suit a narrow bodied car....I have a 1977 911S, i would like to convert the bumpers, but am not keen on cutting out the rear wheel arches. Thanks if anyone can elaborate.

Tony

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by superfoamy

hi, sorry if it has been posted earlier in this thread...it is a long one..

has anyone seen a version of this rear bumper conversion, made to suit a narrow bodied car....I have a 1977 911S, i would like to convert the bumpers, but am not keen on cutting out the rear wheel arches. Thanks if anyone can elaborate.

Tony

Never seen a Ruf rear bumper for narrow bodied cars. In fact, I suspect that at least some of the bumper caps for SC bodies are actually lifted straight from a real Ruf bumper - and thus require work to make the extra 1" flare blend in.

[superfoamy]

Originally Posted by spuggy

Never seen a Ruf rear bumper for narrow bodied cars. In fact, I suspect that at least some of the bumper caps for SC bodies are actually lifted straight from a real Ruf bumper - and thus require work to make the extra 1" flare blend in.

understood, thank you.

technically, I could buy the rear bumper I see in the photo above, and alter it (by reducing its width, feddling it....) to suit, and viola!!!.....a ruf rear bumper for a narrow body 911.

This solves a dilemma for me actually..as I want to alter my 77 911s to clean up the front and rear bumper design to something akin to what RUF did, but I don't want to do work that can't be undone (i.e. widen the rear).....

I suspect the result will look 964ish, which isn't bad. and when i want to change it back, should be no problem.

excellent....think I will have a beer. cheers

[superfoamy]

btw, beautiful car, Turbo1987

[Northy]

I found this thread invaluable, so I thought I'd add my own contribution. I've just put MA Shaw Ruf bumpers on my old girl - here's how it turned out:



(Door slightly ajar, not crappy shut lines!)









I don't actually dislike the normal impact bumpers, so I wasn't too sure about the front bumper, but I quite like it now it's on.







The worst part of the process was bolting up the front bumper to the wings, particularly on the oil cooler side. It's a sod getting your hands up there, past the horn trumpets, to get the spanner on the nuts. I tried to use rivnuts, but it was tricky getting them to line up perfectly with the bolts and the rivnuts ended up spinning, rendering them useless. So I drilled them out (be careful not to go through the top of the wing!) and just used short allen head cap bolts.

Looks pretty good in the metal/plastic though. Just need a 300 bhp 3 litre screamer in the back now!

[jsveb]

Absolutely beautiful.

My carrera 3.0 will look like that, when I am done.

What color is it? Mine used to be oak green, I think. Will be going back to original color and Ruf Bumpers Maybe even a Duck tail.

[Northy]

Mine is Moss Green. I think it's slightly lighter than Oak Green. Looks nice in direct sunlight, looks almost black otherwise.

[will hung]

Looks awesome Northy.

[pete917]

Very nice Northy! Great work.

[NoLift911]

How did you get the slots in the rear?

[Northy]

The bumpers were second hand and the slots had already been cut. As I understand it, they had been done by hand by the PO.

[FLYONWALL9]

Sorry if this has been asked, I haven't yet had the time to read all 50 some odd pages.

Does anyone make rear flares. I know they aren't a huge difference over the stock.
I would like them bit wider but not as wide as a turbo car.

Cheers,
Scott

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by FLYONWALL9

Sorry if this has been asked, I haven't yet had the time to read all 50 some odd pages.

Does anyone make rear flares. I know they aren't a huge difference over the stock.
I would like them bit wider but not as wide as a turbo car.

Cheers,
Scott

Ruf flares were 1" wider than SC/Carrera they were built up by cutting and welding in a strip of metal

SC/Carrera are 9"
Ruf are 10"
930 are 11"

[FLYONWALL9]

Thanks for that Bill.

[alwaysflat6s]

Bill,

Sorry, but I gotta disagree. I have done the CTR setup and it is costly and a LOT more work than I expected. The CTR flare is only 1", correct. But the flare extends down all the way around with a very different lower level and requires a substantially modified [or Ruf $$$] rocker as well as a different rear bumper to fit correctly.

You can do a simple weld up to approximate the old factory 9" flare but if you are trying to attain a correct Ruf look it is a lot more work.

Good luck.. money will flow like water to get it right!

JohnR

[SAY - 642]

Originally Posted by alwaysflat6s

Bill,

Sorry, but I gotta disagree. I have done the CTR setup and it is costly and a LOT more work than I expected. The CTR flare is only 1", correct. But the flare extends down all the way around with a very different lower level and requires a substantially modified [or Ruf $$$] rocker as well as a different rear bumper to fit correctly.

You can do a simple weld up to approximate the old factory 9" flare but if you are trying to attain a correct Ruf look it is a lot more work.

Good luck.. money will flow like water to get it right!

JohnR

Thought I'd keep this thread going...

Just like this...NOS RUF CTR Flares to accommodate 10 x 17's

[will hung]

Would love to see more pics from other angles. Looks amazing!

[SAY - 642]

Originally Posted by will hung

Would love to see more pics from other angles. Looks amazing!

It's just a teaser (still a work in progress)...All work by Peter Dawe as mentioned here

[pete917]

Looks fabulous!