NEW PICS ON PAGE 3!!!

Well first day of my Spring Break, nice weather, decided to throw on the Evo 9 rear bumper.

Install went smooth, took about 4 hours with a lunch break in the middle.



Here's some pics w/the stock bumper off:








Here's some pics of test fitting the rear:







Final, installed pics













Thanks to my little brother for taking all the nice pics



Mods as of now:
- S2000 Antenna
- JDM EVO 9 Rear Bumper
- Debadged "Lancer" emblem

 

Looks good Naj

Now get a Ralliart Lip

 

already on order my friend

 

Damn,... I want the JDM rear on my RS

 

Nice. I did my Rear this past Sat. Took me a little less than 3 hours without a lunch break...haha. I didn't take any pics of the install either though. Was kinda in a Hurry. Did you notice the retainer is now 3 pieces where the 8s are all one piece or are the 8s 3 piece also? I remember my 8 being one piece.

 

i never took off the rear bumper on my evo 8 so I dont know about the retainer.

But drilling those rivets out was BIG B*TCH!! hehe

 

Did you install the JDM crash bar or are you going barless?

 

damn you never dissappoint do you? i cant wait to see what you do with the 9...

btw u have a pm..

later
Bobby

 

Looks good

 

That looks so clean. The paint matches perfect. Great pics!

 

pm'd you

Cal

 

Man I gotta get me one of these.
I got rear ended, and the insurance check is going in the mail tomorrow, so I guess I need to go order one.

I never have seen a clear answer though if there is a JDM equivelent of the 5 mph crash bar. I know I will probably need a new bracket as the stock one might be bent from the accident, but I wanted to see if I could also keep some sore of actual crash bar in there.

 

Very very nice!

 

Did you have it painted or it came like that??

 

there is no 5mph crash beam available in japan. The 5mph crash beam will not fit w/ the JDM rear bumper. the "bar" that other vendors claimed to be JDM crash bar is actually the bumper retainer. You can re-use your old evo 8 retainer and attach to the new ix rear bumper. A rivit gun is required if you are doing this yourself