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void_kp · 07-01-2025, 08:14 PM

title says it all, besides the flowtie and the foglights covers, is the front bumper the same?

I'd like to do some experiment with aero but I don't want to touch the original bumper.

any other suggestion about where I can get a front bumper that can fit without too much stress on the Z28?

Rich292 · 07-02-2025, 06:18 PM

The bumper listed for the Z/28 is a different part. I just had to have a repair done on the front of my car and the shop wasn't able to get a new bumper cover. So apparently it is specific.

That being said, I don't know what makes it specific. The SS bumper cover looks identical in everything but some of the trim items.

I would see if you could source a good wrecked SS bumper cover from 2014-15 and give a test fit. It might just be some of the smaller parts that are different that you could swap over.

void_kp · 07-02-2025, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich292

The bumper listed for the Z/28 is a different part. I just had to have a repair done on the front of my car and the shop wasn't able to get a new bumper cover. So apparently it is specific.

That being said, I don't know what makes it specific. The SS bumper cover looks identical in everything but some of the trim items.

I would see if you could source a good wrecked SS bumper cover from 2014-15 and give a test fit. It might just be some of the smaller parts that are different that you could swap over.

that's my hunch too... unfortunately I couldn't easily source a ss bumper. I found z28 front bumper replicas online but I'm not yet 100% set on a replica... the risk of having bad fitment or strange connecting points is non zero with replicas.

twobolts · 07-04-2025, 10:42 AM

Rebuilt a few z/28s. It was a while ago. If I remember correctly the holes on z/28 cover was pre punched for the front spoiler. The holes for the flares still needed to be drilled. Other than that pretty sure they are the same

twobolts · 07-04-2025, 10:53 AM

Front bumper

void_kp · 07-05-2025, 12:16 AM

fantastic! Thank you for the information!

1JEWLDSSRS · 07-05-2025, 11:31 AM

And the only other things that might be different are a couple of the mounting brackets on the Z28 bumper vs the SS bumper, otherwise they should be the same.

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 08-27-2025, 02:01 PM

There the same less all the holes for mounting the front splitter and supports from the crash bar down to the bumper.

07-01-2025, 08:14 PM	#1
void_kp Drives: Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (2015) Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Washington state Posts: 219 View My Garage	is z28 front bumper same as the SS from same gen? title says it all, besides the flowtie and the foglights covers, is the front bumper the same? I'd like to do some experiment with aero but I don't want to touch the original bumper. any other suggestion about where I can get a front bumper that can fit without too much stress on the Z28? __________________ -- 2015 Red Z/28. Seattle area

07-04-2025, 10:53 AM	#5
twobolts Drives: 73lt 87iroc 15z/28s Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: queens Posts: 12	Front bumper Attached Images

07-05-2025, 12:16 AM	#6
void_kp Drives: Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (2015) Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Washington state Posts: 219 View My Garage	fantastic! Thank you for the information! __________________ -- 2015 Red Z/28. Seattle area

07-05-2025, 11:31 AM	#7
1JEWLDSSRS Drives: 2011 SS-RS Join Date: May 2011 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 13,677	And the only other things that might be different are a couple of the mounting brackets on the Z28 bumper vs the SS bumper, otherwise they should be the same. __________________ TSP STAGE 3 CAM,231/246 @112 LSA 614/641 LIFT, CIRCLE D 5C-4200-4500 CONVERTER,LOD INTAKE.CORSA EXHAUST. DSS 1 PC DS. PEGASUS SOLID CRADLE MOUNTS. 486RWHP/475RWTQ.LOTS MORE.

07-02-2025, 06:18 PM	#2
Rich292 Drives: 2015 Z/28 Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Georgia Posts: 24	The bumper listed for the Z/28 is a different part. I just had to have a repair done on the front of my car and the shop wasn't able to get a new bumper cover. So apparently it is specific. That being said, I don't know what makes it specific. The SS bumper cover looks identical in everything but some of the trim items. I would see if you could source a good wrecked SS bumper cover from 2014-15 and give a test fit. It might just be some of the smaller parts that are different that you could swap over.

07-04-2025, 10:42 AM	#4
twobolts Drives: 73lt 87iroc 15z/28s Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: queens Posts: 12	Rebuilt a few z/28s. It was a while ago. If I remember correctly the holes on z/28 cover was pre punched for the front spoiler. The holes for the flares still needed to be drilled. Other than that pretty sure they are the same

08-27-2025, 02:01 PM	#8
2SSRS@Gen5diy Drives: 2014 Z/28 #82+#192, 18ZLE 66Nova Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: By the lake in AZ Posts: 15,728 View My Garage	There the same less all the holes for mounting the front splitter and supports from the crash bar down to the bumper.