The Lamborghini Jalpa

Bumper Fix


As some know we had some troubles in Italy during the 40th Anniversary Event.
First the left mirror broke while driving to Lago di Trasimeno, this was an easy fix since it was only the glass that was broken, I had another broken mirror and was able to change the glass.


Then the Spoiler hit a stone and broke.

But at home I had a spare bumper, the light version with the fibreglass upper part much lighter than the rubber bumper...


Only these few parts are the whole front spoiler (plus fog lights)


Many cracks in the fibreglass spoiler, still needs a lot of work...

Then the old spoiler was removed showing the construction on the car.

Different as on the Parts Manual is the Air intake for the passenger room ventilation. There is an air intake on the spoiler:


For his they cut the lower side of the left fender


And made an air intake at the left wheel housing


On the right side you can see the fender is the same as on the Urraco


You have to cut this open to have access to the bumper mounts, otherwise you have to remove the main lights! There is no other way to access the screws, now with this open fender you can also access the lower end of the fender flares (left top).


without the cut open it's impossible to access the area where the spoiler is screwed onto the fender


New spoiler to test fit. On the first Jalpa's with Silhouette taillights the oil radiator was mounted also on the front, instead in the right rear air intake. Below the water radiator you can still see the mounting holes for the oil cooler.


The central grille is different, top the fibreglass spoiler (Euro-version), below the swiss and american Version with the rubbber bumper.


On the rubber version the middle piece is riveted on the car, on of the bigger wholes is for the beam lights, the other for the grill.


Mount of the rubber bumper and the side indicator wire, the whole is for the screw of the indicator.


The rubber and fibreglass bumper parts


The ready painted Bumper


The side indicator is attached really simple


Ready installed


Looks a lot nicer than the rubber piece...


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