Properly cut 2gb talon Bumper for VRSF FMIC, with bumper bar

[HaveBlue83]

Heavy duty Jigsaw needed...took awhile to cut. Used 3 blades.


















Some pretty shots:





chopped idea for opening up the bumper.....a-la EVO style. not much else I can do with it....

 

[Black3G]

I like it, very clean.

 

[DWR-DSM]

Love it. Looks like my 2gb new friend

 

[95talongirl]

Nicely donE!

 

[Awdspyderman]

looking sharp!! i love the panda look =) hint hint

 

[this_tsi_8urV8]

What size is that? That part of the bumper support will probably help with air flow. I just cut all of mine. I used ETS Race fmic.

 

[HaveBlue83]

I know it's 3.5" thick offhand....VRSF should have size info on their page.

 

[eastace6]

very nice gives me an idea of what to do when i get a bigger fmic, iv a got a short long oneright nowcuaseididnt want to cut a big gapping whole and basicly ruin the bumper

 

[2slow4now]

Thats a nice looking car. Can you find me a $750 car too? Uhm wait no how about 2 of them.

 

[Bluefire16]

This is done a lot more often then you might think....

 

[Bud92gsx]

I did not know you had to cut that much out of the crash bumper for the vrsf fmic..But it looks damm good when you do..

 

[BIGBLAZE79]

I ended up cutting the top and bottom out but left the front. I needed more air to reach the radiator. I am battling some very hot temps here in Phoenix so I needed the air to go around the innercooler better.

 

[HaveBlue83]

my temps were 210-216 after driving and idling for 5 min while doing fuel trims....about 80-ish outside. I am at an advantage tho as I removed my AC and WOW is there more room for flow!

 

[Novec64]

Looks awesome, but definitely lower it some! I've been planning to do the exact same thing with my 2g. Nice car man.

 

[HaveBlue83]

I know!!! i want sportlines/megan springs/GC's for a solid 2" drop. i want NO wheel gap. my svt focus is tucking tire on bilstein PSS9's and i cheaped out on the TSi. i SHOULD have saved another $100 and went with megan coils. illumina springs are still 4x4

 

[born2tune]

ive discussed this before but you're better off by removing the bumper brace. its integrity is no longer useful. its now just a long piece of weight.

 

[Boosted DSM 32]

Looks awesome man, nice car as well! I also like that you took the time to cut it the "right" way not the easy way and it shouldnt give you any problems

 

[rEclipserGST]

ive discussed this before but you're better off by removing the bumper brace. its integrity is no longer useful. its now just a long piece of weight.

^ I concur.

I love how aggressive and stock the talon 2gb is. Just a shame it has such a small gap. I haven't seen a widened talon mouth yet....

 

[gofer]

Nice clean cut crash beam.

Got any pictures of how you mounted the FMIC itself to the chassis?

 

[4g63 PowerBlock]

i see the car has it's own personal body gaurd (the durango)

ay... SWEET RIDE

 

[HaveBlue83]

I have picts on the install page....2 bolts into the OEM foglight holes, using the supplied hard rubber bushing as a spacer. had to use bolts on a thunderbird as the supplied ones were WAY too thick.

I don't think I wanna even TRY to open the bumper up...would ###### look funky. if it helps with cooling I would rather cut around the emblem than just open up the mouth.

 

[ed1380]

what use is the bumper bar if it's almost non-existant.

 

[1gdsmftw]

Looks like an angry yelling fish.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Wow that looks really good as is. I wouldnt change it at all.

 

[HaveBlue83]

cooling is an issue. 206 while cruising WITH the fans on max. it got to 255Deg for some reason and almost boiled over on me while doing LTFT idling after crusing one night. I read about setting fans to MAX ON 100% right after this. it was running @ 226 deg cruising at 60mph on the highway. airflow is REALLY blocked to the rad with the FMIC and the bumper.

doesn't matter, timing (as I presume) jumped a few weeks ago while I was WOT tuning so the car is sitting now with what I presume bent valves. Another POS DSM takes more money from its owner, EVEN when u do it the right way with OEM parts and a proper build. I dont have cash for a Rebuild. If its rebuilt I will look at selling it as I can't deal with worrying about timing jumping again. everyone was right....these cars are built to make power, and FALL APART. if they didnt look soooo sexxy and have AWD I'd never want one. sorry for bitching, but this is bulls***