here is my attempt at hacking the front bumper.

 

maybe thats how i will hack up my next bumper... , i like how it looks...simple cut

by the way are you guys using mazda replacementent bumpers/ or find a stock bumper from junkyard, i bought my current one form a replica place that didnt exactly do a good replica front bumper.

 

thanks: its a small 2 core not sure on the brands name. my guess it was ment for a v mount on a honda but eh works fine for me!

 

mine is stock.
you should grab another front bumper from the junk yard and have another try at it . i dont think the air is properly getting channeled to the FMIC from the under side of yours. you should try like this pic if yours is so big . ( my 2 cents.)

 

with the new lip

 

I'm surprised not to see any protective grill work on any of these.
Here in Denver, the gravel on the roads would chew up a low hanging cooler like these in no time.

 

^ Good call, I'll have to remember that when I do my swap next summer. (Which I couldn't be more excited for)

 

Mine

 

Just my opinion, but ur car would look 100x better with a TII front lip, plus it would force more air into the IC.

 

I hate to say it, but "if its worth doing, do it right!" I had my FC front cover cut slightly, but no hack job. I honestly had a professional body shop do the cutting so it doing wind up looking like I did it in the back yard.....

 

My car at its worst.........




No more Hacky On"***"iss

john ny

 

:O ^







It looks sad.

 

You talkin to me?

Even with my cracked bumper?

 

i know i know ... give me crap..we all go down the road ... my only flaw is my damn front bumper, the setup was swapped from an FC with an bodykit which explains a few things...why they didnt pull the FMIC back 1 1/2 i have no idea...

i have 2 junkyard front bumpers ... im going to be playing around with it this week-weekend... so hopefully my car isnt so sad soon

 

V-mount fixes all these problems.

 

I hope the op doesn't go too fast or the air flow is going to pull the upper half of the bumper out and warp it like hell. Seen it happen. Not great looking in the end

 

quick question to those who have gone front mount!

Is there anyway to retain the stock fogs?

 

Yeah.... and yeah

 

 

Everyone please stop cutting up your bumpers, it looks like ***.

 

93rx74lyfe .. I totally agree with cutted bumpers looking like *** .... But this cut actually looks good and somewhat stock. Reminds me of the shine auto aero bumper, which I currently own uninstalled. The only thing I would change is the slot you made should be squared off and not angled ... Cutting the bumper would be a better alternative then losing the bumper support. Although cutting the bumper support just enough to fit the fmic is even better then both methods, and that's how i'm going to do it.

 

YOU really think this looks like ***. I beg to differ.(man i am being a total post ***** this week)

If you take your time and measure, etch and cut with the PROPER tools it will look great. Paint the cut portion and most people cant tell.

 

^ +1 on that... thats the route im taking!

 

I was going to go this route but sat and looked at my car and kind of experimented with different cut outs on photoshop.

This looks good BUT I am a total perfectionist and I would have made sure the cuts are perfectly straight and the same degree of angle. By the way go crew chiefs!! Prior F-16 cross trained crew chief, now weapons and PW 220 engine technician.

 

I did my bumper before I realized the concept of directing airflow through the intercooler. Having that open space between the bumper and intercooler defeats the purpos of cutting it up. Unless the gaps are filled with something like sheet metal or some ducting directing airflow there isn't much of an adanvantage. The incoming air is going to travel whereever there is least resistance which in my case is going to be around the intercooler not through it. Just looking at the hood and stock tmic. Without the rubber seal arount the hood scoop exit sitting between the intercooler and hood, all the air coming in would just dispurse in the bay. Same concept needs to be addressed for a fmic.