Hi guys. Ok, for a short back-story. About ~3 years or so ago I went temporarily insane and sold my FD. I was in the middle of a project with it myself, and it was sold as a roller with no driveline. The guy that bought it was planning on doing a V8 swap, and dropped it off at a business that he paid to do it for him. Well long story short, the business ended up being a hack, pretty much stole his money.. and thankfully he called me and offered to sell the car back to me, which I was ecstatic about. Anyway, luckily it came back in about the same condition as it was sold, with the slight exception of the front bumper support beam. They did some "modification", I think to fit intercooler pipes through ( was supposed to be a TT 427). Bottom line, this is obviously a hack job and my grandma could weld better than what was done here. So I need to buy whatever I need to replace it, but to be honest Ive never had the bumper support off my car so Im not 100% sure what exactly I need. If anyone could help me out with even pictures of what everything is supposed to look like under here, Id really appreciate it.

 

 

Looks like they basically welded in plates to move it forward, if you look at the hole on the hood latch it is suppose to bolt into the threaded hole directly in front of it.

 

That isn't the bumper support but is probably available new from Mazda. The part on your car is hacked and effectively scrap. The car itself is not hacked significantly, it is an easy repair for a quality body shop.

Here are a couple pics of what it is supposed to look like.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1072...34192742HinNkC
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1076...34192742MGeToY
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1079...34192742LdxFdB

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1179...34192742ITDRPD
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1187...34192742wdYFlj

 

^Thanks for the pictures, that helps alot. I know the part on there is junk, I just needed to know what to order to fix it. Its just being held on by a handful of tac welds so getting it off wont be an issue.

 

Just a small update for anyone that may need the same part, core support new from Mazda is right about $200. Just about a dozen or so spot welds that need cut out, then new one welded in. Not a hard job at all, just got mine in: