Sorry, I sold the my bumper after I converted my car to a Demon. I checked to see if the # was in any of the pictures I took of the bumper for my sale ad, but it wasn't.
I'm assuming your buddy needs a bumper that's configured like mine? If he needs pictures or something to send the shop I have higher resolution pictures. You can PM me with an email address and I can email the larger pictures. At least that way he could email the shop a picture of what he needs.
Seems pretty silly of the shop to send him anything other than a bumper that was exactly like the one he sent in though. Doesn't really matter if it's a "true" whatever, if the bumper that came off the car was one style then that's the style it needs to be.