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bomex rear bumper, plus diffusser.

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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 10:50 PM
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bomex rear bumper, plus diffusser.

is it possible with all the different diffusser designs out there?

has it been done?

i am willing to modify bumper.
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 11:07 PM
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I got an AIT racing body kit and really with a rear diffuser you may not even see the darn thing.
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Old Feb 14, 2012 | 11:19 PM
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what? my bumper is most deff a real bomex if thats what your saying fresh off my boys car.
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:15 AM
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I'm sure it's possible, I even considered getting the Bomex kit before deciding I wanted the more rare Erebuni and the diffuser was a consideration. I will say this: there's no reason you can't, but it will most likely have to be custom or heavily modified based off something prefabbed. I'd hate to buy a shineauto diffuser just to hack it up to do this, so if it were me, I'd just start fabricating (after some planning, of course).
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:30 AM
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im thinking something like this



and cutting the bottom of that big useless drag creating center section something like this

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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:33 AM
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:36 AM
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:36 AM
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about 29 inchs should fit in that area ima cut out
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:37 AM
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750mm side
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 12:39 AM
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my bad its the other side that comes out from under the bumper
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 02:06 AM
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I think you can pull it off! I wanna see it done!
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 04:41 AM
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i know i can do it, just wanna see if its been done or not so i can get an idea of what it looks like.
either way im cutting a nice section out of there, dont like how it goes down so far. anyone ever do something similar to this post some pics?
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Old Feb 15, 2012 | 09:22 PM
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i think anything is possible with some work. do you have a diffuser in mind?
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 09:29 AM
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Want the diffusor to be functional, or is this a looks thing? What you gonna do about the fact that the Bomex bumper doesn't have moulding design? I think it needs a shaved car to look right?

Riz.
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 01:40 PM
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car is fully shaved already and the spot im looking to mount will make it fully functional.
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Old Feb 16, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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all pics of my idea are posted above.
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