jeff_man

see pics

i want to open up my front bumper to let more air into my cooler and into my radiator. the cooler i have gose all the way up to ther medal where the frame hooks into the bumper but i don't want to have one bid *** square hole in my bumper. so any one have pics of a nice bumper cut or an idles for one?

1st is car as is
2nd is a out line of about where the bumper covers the cooler

sleeperfc

old bumper...


new bumper...

Carzy Driver

I hate seeing 7's from other states that don't have or not as strict smog and visual laws!

jeff_man

visual laws??? WTF thats so homo... i would ******* flip out... o wait, a no neon looking ricer law would be nice as long as the smog stuff stays the way it is.

i think i'll give my rx some monster teeth =P, off to photo shop to make a pic of it

Carzy Driver

I have to paint my FMIC black so you can't see it have 10-15 feet away, damn cops will give you a ticket for anything here in CA

jeff_man

i just hate to way your bumper looks after you cut it =(

p4nc7

iTrader: (1)

sleeper, where'd ya get your lights at? I loves them.

jeff_man

search ebay for halo lights

Omixeo

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Apathy

That's clean...

1SxyRXy

totally mutilated that s5 bumper

jeff_man

seee thats jsut to ugly, i hate how it looks when you jsut cut a big square

Bukwild

I did this to mine.

sleeperfc

to each his own i guess.

I did it because i had to. the gp bumper was blocking air flow to my ic and rad. I tried making some creative ducting but it didnt change much. sooo i did what i had to do.

i didnt really like it too much at first... because it looks different. Im pretty sure thats one of the main reasons i like it now is because it is different than every other gps kit out there.


here is a short video so you can get a better look at it.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...=780417481&n=2

jeff_man

thats what i was thinking of doing

13b4me

Just cut the moulding out... Looks way better than cutting a square out of the bumper... The turbulence from the air coming through the moulding cutout and the original bumper cutout simultaneously, will bring the air together and cover the entire intercooler anyways... No need for a big hole...

Wankel7

I always thought 1FastT2 ' s old car looke great with his cut out.

13b4me

That's not a S4 bumper either...

snowball

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

I've personally always hated the look of an enormous hole in the front of the bumper. The nose of the RX-7 is so sleek looking stock that either cutting 50% of it away or putting on some awful high-looking aftermarket bumper makes my eyes hurt. Instead what I'm doing with mine is installing a scoop on the undertray. Rice scoops are available relatively cheap and it is a simple matter to cut a hole in the undertray to bring in some fresh air. It's obviously not as good as taking a chunk out of the bumper, but in my opinion it's far more elegant.

1987_Gxl

as far as trying to hide the intercooler, try some mesh grill

jeff_man

mite cut the hole and put mest over it and paint is red with a black line =P

88rxn/a

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i just cant get into the giant hole...
not my style...
that picture wankel7 posted is nice though..

TurboIIRyan

Function over form. If it aids in cooling, who gives a **** what it looks like I always say. Its tough to see the front bumper when your fellow racer is loosing

ErixHvn

Wow. Really curious as to what insane amount of boost/temps you push thru that requires such a huge intercooler. How much difference in intake air temps with the cut bumpers? Might do the same on a slightly smaller scale if there's a noticeable improvement in IC performance.