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Anyone w/ FMIC cut their front bumper to make the "mouth" bigger?

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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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Anyone w/ FMIC cut their front bumper to make the "mounth" bigger?

Anyone w/ FMIC cut their front bumper to make the "mounth" bigger?

Seen a few pics in the past... looks good

pros and cons?
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hlight=frantik

link to the cleanest one I have seen good discussions about pros and cons some theoretical crap too.
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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thank you sir
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:06 PM
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anytime. I wanted one of these but $1200 in shipping (with hood) hurts alot.
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 11:45 PM
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how much for just the front bumper?...
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 05:26 AM
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any other pics???
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 07:06 AM
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Picture of mine, the car is unfinished.
I think I'm going to cut more thougt, above the molding.

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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 12:19 PM
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here's what I did. I saw a 5 degree temp drop
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:57 AM
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nice! any s5's?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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my s5 with cut out molding and alot of hacking around the foglights area

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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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danew - nice pic in ur signature. great job. very clean w/ the colormatched lip.
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 11:35 AM
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RX-Heven's front bumper.
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by danew
my s5 with cut out molding and alot of hacking around the foglights area
That's a damn sweet FC u got there!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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DAMN!!! I usualy despise widebpdy's but that silve rone it TUFFF!!!! makes me rethink the future of one of my projects.
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