1st Gen General Discussion The place for non-technical discussion about 1st Gen RX-7s or if there's no better place for your topic

How does this look???

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 11:52 AM
  #1  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
How does this look???

I couldnt find a used SA bumper molding so i went the universal route. I dont think it looks bad at all.

Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 11:56 AM
  #2  
13x's Avatar
13x
Sin City Rotary
Tenured Member: 15 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,707
Likes: 2
From: Las Vegas
looks a touch thin

I saw a NOS on ebay aus I beleive it was
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 12:17 PM
  #3  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
Link?

Its one inch wide, the wider stuff had chrome on it and I wasnt a huge fan of that. Its mostly there to cover the holes in the bumper.
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 12:29 PM
  #4  
dream36realms's Avatar
死*神*
Tenured Member 05 Years
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 728
Likes: 0
From: Delaware
i like it alot! it cleans up the look much better. It would really compliment the tucked bumper many of us are doing.
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 12:31 PM
  #5  
13x's Avatar
13x
Sin City Rotary
Tenured Member: 15 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,707
Likes: 2
From: Las Vegas
I'd have to agree with dreams if your doing a tuck then it would probably rock
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 12:38 PM
  #6  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
Originally Posted by dream36realms
i like it alot! it cleans up the look much better. It would really compliment the tucked bumper many of us are doing.
I saw that re-speed was doing that, but thats one thing that i cant do on this car due to the sa front bumper on a fb. If it tucked the side molding would look funky. i already had to trim the rubber ends to fit flush.

Here is how the car looks with the sa bumper on fb fenders.



Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 12:41 PM
  #7  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
those pics were taken when it still had the rubber strip but i pulled it and lost it when i was trying to make a fiberglass bumper.
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 12:52 PM
  #8  
13x's Avatar
13x
Sin City Rotary
Tenured Member: 15 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,707
Likes: 2
From: Las Vegas
could trim the side pieces along one of the ribs, thats what I was thinging of doing if I did the bumper tuck
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 01:22 PM
  #9  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
Originally Posted by 13x
could trim the side pieces along one of the ribs, thats what I was thinging of doing if I did the bumper tuck
i thought of that too but the sides are rounded so i dont know how you would make it look like stock, maybe belt sander??
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 01:54 PM
  #10  
13x's Avatar
13x
Sin City Rotary
Tenured Member: 15 Years
 
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,707
Likes: 2
From: Las Vegas
against the black car it will be less noticable
Reply
Old Jul 7, 2011 | 03:42 PM
  #11  
dream36realms's Avatar
死*神*
Tenured Member 05 Years
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 728
Likes: 0
From: Delaware
yeah, there is a reason I ordered 1.5" if you go 2" you run out of ribs to cut.
Reply
Old Jul 8, 2011 | 11:51 AM
  #12  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
Originally Posted by dream36realms
yeah, there is a reason I ordered 1.5" if you go 2" you run out of ribs to cut.
got a pic of how you did yours?
Reply
Old Jul 8, 2011 | 12:14 PM
  #13  
dream36realms's Avatar
死*神*
Tenured Member 05 Years
iTrader: (4)
 
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 728
Likes: 0
From: Delaware
no. I haven't done it yet. I compressed my shock to see how far it went in then measured the ribs. if you cut the ribs you get about 2.25" to work with but if you do 2" you will need to cut on the rib instead of the valley. at 1.5" you can remvove 2 ribs and it will look stock.
Reply
Old Jul 8, 2011 | 12:29 PM
  #14  
t_g_farrell's Avatar
Waffles - hmmm good
Tenured Member: 20 Years
Community Favorite
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 9,250
Likes: 464
From: Lake Wylie, N.C.
Remove some of the ribs in the middle and put the rounded end back on using
something to back it do it stays together. Then it will look kind of stock when you
tucxk the bumper.

Anyone have pics of SA tucked bumpers? Not sure I've ever seen em.
Reply
Old Jul 8, 2011 | 12:40 PM
  #15  
cyipher's Avatar
Thread Starter
Full Member
Tenured Member 10 Years
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 105
Likes: 0
From: Sparks, NV
Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
Remove some of the ribs in the middle and put the rounded end back on using
something to back it do it stays together. Then it will look kind of stock when you
tucxk the bumper.

Anyone have pics of SA tucked bumpers? Not sure I've ever seen em.

thats a interesting thought, glue it back together maybe?
Reply
Old Jul 8, 2011 | 11:42 PM
  #16  
Stevan's Avatar
Rotary Enthusiast
Tenured Member 15 Years
iTrader: (17)
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,041
Likes: 1
From: Jax, FL.
Montana Kid did it. He did a great job.
I have mixed feelings about the look.
Attached Thumbnails How does this look???-final%2520pics%2520011.jpg   How does this look???-final%2520pics%2520012.jpg   How does this look???-final%2520pics%2520013.jpg  
Reply
Old Aug 21, 2011 | 02:13 AM
  #17  
Mitchloveswalltaps's Avatar
almost peurtorican
 
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 10
Likes: 0
From: Helen
that looks like a really clean alternative!
Reply
Old Aug 21, 2011 | 06:26 AM
  #18  
sa7's Avatar
sa7
Rotary Enthusiast
Tenured Member: 15 Years
iTrader: (13)
 
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 771
Likes: 28
From: Woodstock, NB
Here are a couple pics of my front bumper tuck. I tucked mine in 2 inches, it's as far as it would go without having to cut into the bumper, shocks, or chassis.



Reply




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:47 PM.