[paolo]

A member on here who used to be pretty active contributor at one point, nicknamed TDOTZX3 is who I spoke to once about the euro front end conversion. His car was built the same year as mine and he actually showed me the only modification he did to his Rieger euro bumper to make it fit without cutting his rebar was to trim the plastic cups behind the bumper where the euro light sockets fit into. He actually showed me his and where they make contact with the rebar on his car.

So you might want to try this suggestion and do a test fit before jumping the gun. There were other people who said their euro bumper was a direct fit, no modifications necessary. so it may not be as bad as you think.