Need Help installing euro bumper

[Hartge330ci]

Hi all,
found a used euro bumper at the junkyard. Where does it mount on a car that came with US bumpers? Is there a lot of modification required?

[TylerH860]

Are we talkin' W123s? What kind of Euro bumper?

[winmutt]

Originally Posted by Hartge330ci

Hi all,
found a used euro bumper at the junkyard. Where does it mount on a car that came with US bumpers? Is there a lot of modification required?

No real modification, it is bolt on however the rubber surrounds are smaller and to do it properly you need a paint job and some body work to fill the holes in the back where the Federal bumper rubber surround mounts.

I just used some rubber plugs to fill the leftover bolt holes and the paint came clean with a good pressure wash.

[Hartge330ci]

Yes, it's a 85 300TD W123. The bumper mounts with three mounting points (US), but the euro one only has two on each side?

[Brandon_SLC]

There is no special bracket needed for the conversion? Do you just take the US spec shock off and then they bolt right up? I have found a good rear bumper.

I thought I'd heard in the past that there was a different bracket.