Bumper Cut Out (Merged 3-31-09)

[Royalty]

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you didnt specify how cut you wanted it, but i cut the supports out of mine.

 

[Hey-G]

found this one:

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[wafflez66]

Looks awesome the way you cut out the support there.

 

[TURFNNSURF]

Thanks for the Blizz92 and Waffle, I hated to have to cut the bumper but it needed to be done.

 

[4G63 GST]

^^ red x

 

[1993eclipseGS]

I cut mine and then from not having a bumper support or anything, It started to curve outward a bit..

 

[91lizard]

makes it look like it has buck teeth

 

[devlish]

I seen alot of variations the way people decied to trim the stock front bumper to better incorporate a FMIC

I need help the to deciede which way to trim mine for when I add a fmic in the spring.

thx

whenever you get yours cut out... i'd love to see it. i've got the same front bumper as you and have a big ass FMIC sitting in my basement waiting for me to figure out my game plan!

post em when you got em. thanx!!
~Kurt

 

[4geze63]

I put the stocker back on

 

[eclipse90gsxt]

Mine is cut with an angle at the sides. It takes time, time, time and more time to get it near looking right.


Here is without the cover on...

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With the cover on....

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[ArcticTsi]

I also like arctic tsi's ducts that he added for his enormous fmic.

Thanks Blizz,

here is a pic of my front, not the greatest pic but you get the idea.

Jose
ArcticTsi

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[DSMTurboEclipse]

Arctic's looks sweet , so does TURFNNSURF and eclipse90gsxt. They all look good!

 

[twenty5psi]

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[RoasT BeeF]

Thoughts? Opinions?

Ahhh let it breathe....

 

[fwdturbobov1996]

nice nice.. How did you do it? Just trace and cut. What did you cut it with?

do you still have the stock sidemount hooked up? looks like it

 

[IHeartTurbo]

I like it.

 

[96whgsx]

Nice, very nicely done. Clean cut bumpers, mainly on 1gs, usually are very hard to make.

Also, what is that on the left side? Oil cooler or something else?

 

[12sec92Tsi]

Nice job, alot better than some of the hack jobs out there, looks very clean. I might actually use this as a pattern for my bumper when I get my front mount.

 

[RoasT BeeF]

Yes that is the stock smic still hanging over there. Its not hooked up or anything.

I made a template out of cardboard and then traced it onto the bumper. I used a jigsaw with a fine toothed blade for the cutting and then smoothed it out as much as possible with a file. It really wasnt to bad. The hardest part was making sure everything was straight and even.

 

[AWDPetmitsu]

I don't like it. The lines don't flow well with everthing else. How much improvement is there? It's not like you can measure the actual airflow improvement, if there is any at all. I would say that the improvement is negligible, at most.

 

[Sk8er07999]

Nice man! I am not too sure about the ovals on the sides but you did, hands down, the cleanest cuts I have ever seen. Looks super clean! Makes me wish I would have tried harder when cutting mine. Looks like it came like that from the factory. All in all very nice job.

 

[splattj]

Very clean. I don't think you could have paid anybody to make a nicer cut. Is that the stock sidemount hanging out in that first pic?

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

I don't like it. The lines don't flow well with everthing else. How much improvement is there? It's not like you can measure the actual airflow improvement, if there is any at all. I would say that the improvement is negligible, at most.

It's not always just about more airflow to the FMIC. You can also get more air around the FMIC.

 

[Boost Lee]

Is that the stock sidemount hanging out in that first pic?

Yes that is the stock smic still hanging over there.

Looks good man.

 

[Synapses]

it definitely makes the front look sweeter