How To: Evo Rear Bumper Removal And Evo Ix Rear Bumper Install
i was pondering on how to give the bumper some more assurance from a 5mph hit or parking lot ding ..heres what ui came up with....
#1 this is the easy and cheap way to do it...go to you local homedepot and buy a can of greatstuff big gap filler and fill up the bumper with it and trim the excess foam off.
#2 buy some real stryofoam and cut it into the size of the bumper and hotglue it on.
#3 this one makes you modify your original bumper foam inserts and cut them into the correct shape/size...im proably going to doo this in addition to make the crash beam also fit...i say somethings better than nothing and its better to be safe than sorry....
if you think what i said is stupid then dont bash me because no one is makeing you do this but this can save you some trouble w/ insurance and money when someone leave hits you and runs in a parkinglot...
#1 this is the easy and cheap way to do it...go to you local homedepot and buy a can of greatstuff big gap filler and fill up the bumper with it and trim the excess foam off.
#2 buy some real stryofoam and cut it into the size of the bumper and hotglue it on.
#3 this one makes you modify your original bumper foam inserts and cut them into the correct shape/size...im proably going to doo this in addition to make the crash beam also fit...i say somethings better than nothing and its better to be safe than sorry....
if you think what i said is stupid then dont bash me because no one is makeing you do this but this can save you some trouble w/ insurance and money when someone leave hits you and runs in a parkinglot...
FYI folks the "supplied" rivets were not from Mitsu but from Gruppe-S. Gary from Gruppe-s tells me they are no longer including these with the bumpers, but also that they're not necessarily required. I haven't personally verified the last part yet as I'm waiting to get my car back for the install this weekend.
Originally Posted by TSiAWD666
FYI folks the "supplied" rivets were not from Mitsu but from Gruppe-S. Gary from Gruppe-s tells me they are no longer including these with the bumpers, but also that they're not necessarily required. I haven't personally verified the last part yet as I'm waiting to get my car back for the install this weekend.
Thanks,
Gary
Gruppe-S
Did this install a couple weeks ago. Found something the license plate bracket portion a bit vague. Doing the install as described the license plate lights stick outside and are viewable from the rear of the car. The method, while undocumented, requires bending the metal arms that go down from the retainer to which the license plate bracket is attached so as to orient the entire bracket back towards the car, since the US bumper is much further out and the Japanese one is closer. You really just have to eyeball this to bend the arms right so things sit the way they are pictured in the guide. I found it very difficult to bend both arms with the bracket attached so I drilled out the rivets holding the bracket to the arms and then bent each arm individually. Due to my lack of tools I really couldn't bend this too much, and didn't want to risk ripping these arms from the retainer as they are held on by I think two spot welds. After trial and error I got them sitting as best I could, but the lights pretty much had to stick just at the edge of the license plate area and be viewable from the rear. Kinda ugly, and I thought I would do like the guide suggested and paint them so the light only shown towards the plate and not towards other cars.
I did it this way initially due to time constraints but after some thought came up with a simple fix to the lights sticking out. The license plate bracket is as I mentioned is riveted to the arms from the retainer. Well stupid me when I drilled those rivets out before should have just shifted the entire bracket up (requiring drilling new holes of course). This puts the lights up behind the bumper cover, recessed just like stock. I later went back to the car, and with everything on the car drilled out the rivets, drilled new holes in the arms and the bracket, then re-riveted the bracket in place. I then drilled holes for the license plate and mounted. My new mounting position puts the lights recessed up behind the bumper cover as they should be.
Hope that helps some people. I just found this small portion of the guide a bit vague and thought the above clarification and tip would be useful.
I did it this way initially due to time constraints but after some thought came up with a simple fix to the lights sticking out. The license plate bracket is as I mentioned is riveted to the arms from the retainer. Well stupid me when I drilled those rivets out before should have just shifted the entire bracket up (requiring drilling new holes of course). This puts the lights up behind the bumper cover, recessed just like stock. I later went back to the car, and with everything on the car drilled out the rivets, drilled new holes in the arms and the bracket, then re-riveted the bracket in place. I then drilled holes for the license plate and mounted. My new mounting position puts the lights recessed up behind the bumper cover as they should be.
Hope that helps some people. I just found this small portion of the guide a bit vague and thought the above clarification and tip would be useful.
Did this install a couple weeks ago. Found something the license plate bracket portion a bit vague. Doing the install as described the license plate lights stick outside and are viewable from the rear of the car. The method, while undocumented, requires bending the metal arms that go down from the retainer to which the license plate bracket is attached so as to orient the entire bracket back towards the car, since the US bumper is much further out and the Japanese one is closer. You really just have to eyeball this to bend the arms right so things sit the way they are pictured in the guide. I found it very difficult to bend both arms with the bracket attached so I drilled out the rivets holding the bracket to the arms and then bent each arm individually. Due to my lack of tools I really couldn't bend this too much, and didn't want to risk ripping these arms from the retainer as they are held on by I think two spot welds. After trial and error I got them sitting as best I could, but the lights pretty much had to stick just at the edge of the license plate area and be viewable from the rear. Kinda ugly, and I thought I would do like the guide suggested and paint them so the light only shown towards the plate and not towards other cars.
I did it this way initially due to time constraints but after some thought came up with a simple fix to the lights sticking out. The license plate bracket is as I mentioned is riveted to the arms from the retainer. Well stupid me when I drilled those rivets out before should have just shifted the entire bracket up (requiring drilling new holes of course). This puts the lights up behind the bumper cover, recessed just like stock. I later went back to the car, and with everything on the car drilled out the rivets, drilled new holes in the arms and the bracket, then re-riveted the bracket in place. I then drilled holes for the license plate and mounted. My new mounting position puts the lights recessed up behind the bumper cover as they should be.
Hope that helps some people. I just found this small portion of the guide a bit vague and thought the above clarification and tip would be useful.
I did it this way initially due to time constraints but after some thought came up with a simple fix to the lights sticking out. The license plate bracket is as I mentioned is riveted to the arms from the retainer. Well stupid me when I drilled those rivets out before should have just shifted the entire bracket up (requiring drilling new holes of course). This puts the lights up behind the bumper cover, recessed just like stock. I later went back to the car, and with everything on the car drilled out the rivets, drilled new holes in the arms and the bracket, then re-riveted the bracket in place. I then drilled holes for the license plate and mounted. My new mounting position puts the lights recessed up behind the bumper cover as they should be.
Hope that helps some people. I just found this small portion of the guide a bit vague and thought the above clarification and tip would be useful.
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