Figure out the cost for a GB shipped...

im interested

very nice....

Very nice bumper. Looks stock with a slight lip and good IC opening for those with large front mounts. Question is... That looks like a mold from a s4 stock bumper, which for most people with Greddy kits has to be severely cut up to fit it. Did you increase spacing for those IN/OUT pipes? How thick is that core?

I went custom and cut out the reinforcement bar notches. My core almost rubs the body of the car and I still had to make some big cuts by example below. The core is 3" thick as well. This is a killer bumper, but I don't want to hack it up to fit it you know.

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*Don't know why Photobucket keeps resizing this one so small. It's well under the limit.

WOW thats all I gotta say the hood and bumper look awsome!!!!

ah yes my intercooler core is 600mm x 300mm x 76mm, but the mouth on the bumper measures 10" height and 25.25" max so there's about 1.5" of intercooler height that is unexposed, but i was restricted still to style and ground clearance.
The bottom of my bunper measures 13" bellow the top of the bumper iron main frame. if that makes sence.

Thanks!, yes i tried to keep as much as i could of the stock bumper to help keep the orginal lines of the mazda. my intercooler core is 3" thick and can probably move back no more than an extra 1/4". so this bumper will be no good for 4" cores as there would be no vertical supports to the lip or (buttress) unless you angle it backwards a few degress. my intercooler outs are 3" but the piping is 2.5"

The bumper mould is still over size so the fitter can gradualy grind back the perfect fit to the intercooler and piping like i did.

to answer a few of the other questions regarding shipping... im currently working on comercial quote from dhl for shipping of bulk buy shipment to one address and individual buy shippings. but i highly recomend you guys to organise a group buy to one address of somebody you all trust. and pick up from the pellet there. even if its several group buys.

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My god...that hood :drool: How much would you sell one of those hoods for? Cf or fiberglass...doesn't matter

fibreglass $400us + shipping.

the bumper is ugly imo, i don't like to see a huge core when i look at the front of a car but that's just me, i would much rather keep it discreet and attract less attention than more. note: i don't care if you feel the need to flame, i am just offering my opinion which was asked.

the hood is nice and i like it but i think the vent should be moved further forward and be wider.

not a bad price.........but how much will shipping cost to the U.S.?




post more pics on NZ cars.............

Yes! Shipping to US??? 95991 here.. and the bumper...function come's first ;)

Function? The gap is oversized to be honest. Have you ever read Maximum Boost? That size of an opening is just for show and cleanliness.

boby ...since you are producing them out of molds I don't think you'd be willing to lower the upper edge of the gap to right under the molding.

Good..finally, someone makes a hood which could be used for VMIC WITHOUT the "busy" little vents in the top parts of the hood..and..the vent is CENTERED, OMG. Haha AWESOME job man.

I just noticed its RHD

I will pay millions for your car

right after I win the lotery of course

very nice work btw

I dont have a subscription to autospeed...can you cliffnote it for us?

James

Certainly.

As mentioned by Corky Bell in Maximum Boost:

It is not necessary for the duct inlet to be as big as the frontal area of the IC core. A rule of thumb is that the duct inlet should be atleast one-fourth the core area. This rather strange situation is brought about by the fact that less than one-fourth of the air molecules would get through the core with little or no attention to ducting.

What he means is that because there are gaps all around the core, when air is pressured onto the surface area of the core most of it will divert around it simply because the air can pass easier that way than through the core. If you seal the gaps up and design the inlet duct like ...|core|>(air entering)... the air will have difficulty forcing itself back against the flow just to go around the duct and will instead go through the core. Ducting like ...|core|<(air entering)... makes it easier for air to be pushed over the edges.

Look at the many forms of racing like JGTC and WRC. You don't see gaping ducts because that will only increase the drag coeffecient. Of course I doubt anyone will be road racing here on a competitive level. Except of course for Solo II which is much more widely available, cost-effecient, and safe.

what if someone sealed it up around the cooler would it work better??

Yeah , I understand the air wil just take the path of least resistance.

However, with this guys bumper it appears like the bumper sits MUCH closer to the FMIC. Allowing you the opprotunity to seal all the gaps. That is why I think it is better than stock.

On my S5 bumper with the FMIC behind it there is really no way to seal up the gaps in front of the intercooler.

James

Excellent craftmenship. Like or dislike? I like but it kinda takes away from the sleakness of the car. Reminds me of the front end of a Mack truck.

In terms of sealing gaps, bobyleach's design looks much better suited for a car with a front mount. Air still can easily be pressured back out and around the sides, but it is obviously much better than an un-ducted stock bumper. Plus he included that cool sporty lip :D

Where's that bulk shipping price? ...I think everyone is getting antsy.

heres some more pics of the front and intercooler location since many of you have been asking by pm.

note ive tried to sit the wheels of the curb to give that lower profile look. my car only uses very slightly lowered suspension.

yes i can agree with that stament but only in the situation that the intercooler is ducted and the whole intercooler is exposed and incapsulated in duct the ducting, the ducting on those set ups that your talking about allows for the intercooler to be relocated anywhere.

i dont think we need to get to technical, at the end of the day more exposed intercooler the better. Remember there is also a radiator behind that intercooler and a larger gap would help ensure that both coolers have sufficent cooling air flow.

but i agree i would have preferred to have the cut out smaller for better styling, but this look has grown on me big time! And for cooling purposes of the radiator and inrtercooler on a highly modified rotory this is by far better, it was a mission getting this size cut out to look as good as it does now.