2gb bumper; vent cover

[dsm03]

I was wondering I just purchased and recieved the eclipse 2gb bumper and the two ends beside the fog lights there are no vent covers, are those necessary or is it more of a personal choice to have. ??

 

[chico904]

No they are not necessary, purely up to you. I leave them off for two reasons. One, on passenger side opening, I have a tube from this opening running up to my filter for a cold air supply. Two, on the driver side, I have a tranny cooler mounted directly behind it.

 

[olmytsi]

Those covers only came on non turbos. They are left open because of the smic on the right and the other side is left open to match the right i guess. I personnaly don't like how they look anyways.

 

[dsm03]

Oh ok then, I like em off too.

 

[crimsondragon]

Those covers only came on non turbos. They are left open because of the smic on the right and the other side is left open to match the right i guess. I personnaly don't like how they look anyways.

My car had a cover on the driver side. Only the left was uncovered.

 

[xsboost]

Those covers only came on non turbos. They are left open because of the smic on the right and the other side is left open to match the right i guess. I personnaly don't like how they look anyways.

Back when I was in high school (1997) my friend got a brand new 98 GS-T spyder for his 16th birthday. He was the first owner and his parents specially ordered it just for him. The mileage was still in the double digits. I was checking it out and noticed there was an air vent cover on both sides. It was in fact a GS-T, I checked the motor. I'm in no way contesting that only the nonturbo models came with the covers but this was a very strange happening. I guess somehow the factory screwed up and put the wrong front end on or something. I wonder if anyone else has seen this.

 

[SD99GST]

Back when I was in high school (1997) my friend got a brand new 98 GS-T spyder for his 16th birthday. He was the first owner and his parents specially ordered it just for him. The mileage was still in the double digits. I was checking it out and noticed there was an air vent cover on both sides. It was in fact a GS-T, I checked the motor. I'm in no way contesting that only the nonturbo models came with the covers but this was a very strange happening. I guess somehow the factory screwed up and put the wrong front end on or something. I wonder if anyone else has seen this.

Funny you say that, about a month after I got my car i was at the gas station and another eclipse was right behind me. His was looking nice and had both of the covers on though. I asked him if it was a turbo and he said yes and showed me his clean engine bay. I then asked him about the cover and he said that he had never done anything to the car as far as putting or removing any of the covers. I showed him my car and how the smic is there but he said that mine was just missing that part so maybe some did come like that.... who knows.

 

[olmytsi]

Ok, i take it back, some turbos had it...but ive never seen one with it

 

[Hideki]

My GST has a driver side cover (only until I cram a huge oil cooler on that side)

 

[bane3d]

Here is the story of the covers. On the passenger side, you have your SMIC. Of course you can't have a cover for that. Now, on an automatic, we have a transmission cooler on the drivers side. No cover for automatics. Hope that clears it up.

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