front bumper cut for intercooler pics

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08-17-08, 10:27 PM

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front bumper cut for intercooler pics

just hacked up my front bumper to fit my intercooler. and got a little more progress on the swap. going to put in the haltech tomorrow

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08-18-08, 02:04 AM

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thank you for starting this thread. moar pics!

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08-18-08, 02:08 AM

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thank you for starting this thread. moar pics!

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08-18-08, 08:22 AM

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I would like to see pics of the bumpers a few months down the road, taking away large amounts of that flimsy urethane thing looks like it would really warp later on.

I only cut a little bit of mine out.

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08-18-08, 11:34 AM

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i would like to see pics of the bumpers a few months down the road, taking away large amounts of that flimsy urethane thing looks like it would really warp later on.

I only cut a little bit of mine out.

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08-18-08, 11:55 AM

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i thought about that, and i am going to make a couple supports to keep it from getting all saggy

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08-18-08, 11:56 AM

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Zip ties may help.

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08-22-08, 08:31 AM

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Car is badass

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08-22-08, 08:51 PM

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agreed

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08-23-08, 01:33 AM

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love it man, car looks like you have spent millions

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08-23-08, 09:44 AM

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Here is mine:

Yes, that was a stock bumper.

I'm going Vmount instead of Front mount though. I'm thinking about mounting my oil cooler behind the extra cutout.

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I would like to see pics of the bumpers a few months down the road, taking away large amounts of that flimsy urethane thing looks like it would really warp later on.

Yeah, if your gonna cut large amount of the bumper out it starts to get very flimsy and should be reinforced. Mine has some FG reinforcement.

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08-23-08, 10:17 AM

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here is mine

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11-02-08, 01:26 AM

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i am currently working on repainting my front bumper so hope you dont mind it looking tacky right now heh, my IC goes all the way to the top of bumper but i didnt want to cut it out..so im not getting the best airflow....something im still trying to figure out

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11-02-08, 09:19 AM

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11-02-08, 09:42 AM

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quick cut out

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11-02-08, 12:47 PM

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11-02-08, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by eff_three_see_es

just hacked up my front bumper to fit my intercooler.

Yep, that's an acurate description of what you did to the front bumper.

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11-02-08, 01:30 PM

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That looks like ****.

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11-02-08, 05:27 PM

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I would rather cut as far back into the bumper reinforcement then hack up the front bumper until it looks like ***.

This one looks good:

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quick cut out

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11-02-08, 07:28 PM

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Thanks guys, I still need to attach the undertray and install a lower lip to support the middle.

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11-02-08, 07:46 PM

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when I had mine trimmed like the red car I found it blocked all the air from reaching the undertray

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11-02-08, 09:13 PM

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i like it

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11-02-08, 09:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mazdapunk87

You should also get a front lip to help direct the air into the intercooler. Right now it looks like the air would just go under your intercooler. It won't solve the problem of only half the core being exposed to fresh air but it will help what is get more air flow.