Need opinions; looking to mod my front bumper cover.
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Need opinions; looking to mod my front bumper cover.
First, a little background...so when I purchased my RA back in November, I had ordered it to be shipped to Ann Arbor Mitsu, in MI, since they didn't have any in stock at the time. Well, along the way I guess it got taken off the truck in Ohio and a dealer there prepped it for sales...apparently they didn't know it was supposed to stay on the truck and go to Ann Arbor Mitsu to be prepped here. That's fine, no big deal - they got another truck to take it up.
Now, while the car was in Ohio; they drilled holes (poor drill job too) into the bumper cover for a front license plate, because they're required to have a front plate there. I now have no use for these two holes with rubber grommets in them, since we aren't required to have front plates... Instead of ordering a new bumper cover and waiting for it to come in/get painted...I was thinking of doing something along the lines of an X bumper, where it has "snouts" in the black plastic center piece.
Like this:
If I remember correctly, the black center bar on the RA is not removable like the X's are...so I'm thinking my buddy who runs a body shop can probably just cut the rectangular sections out of the bumper and fabricate some rigid plastic inserts.
What do you guys think? If I were to do this, I'd probably get a side mount frame and stick this on it:
Keep in mind that my end goal is to find something to do about the two holes, because they stick out like a sore thumb to me - I'm not necessarily trying to "look like an X" but it seems like a viable solution
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PS. Thanks Bye2u for the source picture above, and inspiration.
Now, while the car was in Ohio; they drilled holes (poor drill job too) into the bumper cover for a front license plate, because they're required to have a front plate there. I now have no use for these two holes with rubber grommets in them, since we aren't required to have front plates... Instead of ordering a new bumper cover and waiting for it to come in/get painted...I was thinking of doing something along the lines of an X bumper, where it has "snouts" in the black plastic center piece.
Like this:
If I remember correctly, the black center bar on the RA is not removable like the X's are...so I'm thinking my buddy who runs a body shop can probably just cut the rectangular sections out of the bumper and fabricate some rigid plastic inserts.
What do you guys think? If I were to do this, I'd probably get a side mount frame and stick this on it:
Keep in mind that my end goal is to find something to do about the two holes, because they stick out like a sore thumb to me - I'm not necessarily trying to "look like an X" but it seems like a viable solution
-
PS. Thanks Bye2u for the source picture above, and inspiration.
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I'm meeting with my buddy on Monday to see if he can do it this week or not, I'll let you guys know how it goes (and take pictures.) I've got a minor concern that the black bar is giving some structural support to the whole bumper, if so we'll have to get some tough plastic inserts to make up for the amount of material we're removing.
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if you do have a bigger intercooler for the RA then it probably would be better to do an Evo X front bumper for better airflow for the intercooler but i dunno ive been looking around for a different bumper
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