Need Help With the front bumper. Options

[AT916]

Hey, i'm new here and I baught a regular 1997 celica ST, but it needs a front bumber. Some guy is selling a st205 front bumber, but I don't know if it will fit my celica. Can someone help me with this?

[Spider77]

Yeah, with some work....click

[AT916]

Oops I made a mistake. it's a regular 97 GT not st.

[Spider77]

Huh? If you own a ST, then a GT (ST204) bumper should fit, but if you are getting the GT-4 (ST205) then you'll have to do some work.

[trdproven]

it will mount on w/ mods to the crash bar - but will it flush with the hood no. You will need to get all the other parts.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Apr 5, 2009 - 6:56 PM

[95CelicaST]

Hey, I'm new here and I bought a regular 1997 Celica ST, but it needs a front bumper. Some guy is selling a st205 front bumper, but I don't know if it will fit my Celica. Can someone help me with this?

If you want to fit a GT-Four front bumper on your 97 ST (or GT, doesn't matter) you will need the GT-Four crash bar, or cut up your stock one, as well as the GT-Four hood and hood latch. Otherwise it will look like poo poo.

My suggestion is to just get a 96-99 front bumper and bolt it on.


And switch to Firefox, it has spell check built in.

Welcome to 6GC.

[GriffGirl]

^ he's got a 97.

I guess while Firefox has spell check built in, they're still working on the reading retention feature.


New guy: learn to know and love your friend the Search button, there is a veritable plethora of information on the GT-Four conversion that I'm sure you'll find useful. Just be sure to replace that second b with a p and you'll prolly have much better hits.

[95CelicaST]

I know he has a 97 - hence the suggestion of a 96-99 (post-facelift) bumper. In the event of a GT-Four conversion you'll need to get a ST205 bumper, crash bar (or mod the stock one), hood, latch, etc.


What didn't I retain, pray tell?

[AT916]

Thanks to everyone for the information.

Today I went to go see the bumper and it looks extactly the same as a regular GT's. It doesnt have that opening in between the headlights like most ST205's do.

[95CelicaST]

All ST205 Celicas have the same bumper from the factory:


1994-1995 GT's and ST's have a bumper that looks like this:


1996-1999 GT's and ST's(the ST line was axed after 1997) have a bumper that looks like this:



Any of the non-ST205 bumpers will bolt up without a problem, but because you're post-facelift (3-post spoiler, different front seat design, redesigned front bumper) I would recommend sticking with a 1996-1999 bumper.