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Old Mar 30, 2020 | 05:44 AM
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Diffuser...........

A lot of time recently, combined with mostly free materials, and a pretty well equipped shop.
Will it do anything, probably not, fun to build anyway.

First thing I did was upgraded the HF brake........









Decided to get used front and rear bumper covers to hack up, since my car is pretty
low mileage with very little scratches/chips.

In cardboard.......



Mostly done...........







Frame mounts.........





Tried to incorporate stock tow point to save a bit more weight.......



Need to sand it all down, finish all the "fin" mount holes and paint flat black eventually.

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Old Mar 30, 2020 | 08:34 AM
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Was just about to attempt this myself, with my free time but i would probably use ABS plastic . Plus i do not have a shop or a spare bumper so i better do it right..
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Old Mar 30, 2020 | 10:37 AM
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Nice! I'm also looking to make one...but no materials to use...
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Old Mar 30, 2020 | 12:01 PM
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Was just about to attempt this myself, with my free time but i would probably use ABS plastic . Plus i do not have a shop or a spare bumper so i better do it right..
​​​​​​​I can measure how far up I cut the bumper. Any farther and the flat surface hits gas tank and you can't get the angle you want.

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Nice! I'm also looking to make one...but no materials to use...
Made it all from 1/16ish alum (might be 3/32). Used electric cutting shears with steady hand to cut pieces.
The most expensive part was the brake really. Even if you paid someone to bend pieces, should be much
less than $200 total.
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Old Mar 30, 2020 | 02:21 PM
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Not bad at all, IMO
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Old Mar 31, 2020 | 03:18 PM
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Looks good. I plan to make something as well but not before cutting out the spare tire well and installing a chopped VII bumper.
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Originally Posted by V.8MR
Looks good. I plan to make something as well but not before cutting out the spare tire well and installing a chopped VII bumper.
Thats exactly what i want to do chopped VII bumper.
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Originally Posted by V.8MR
Looks good. I plan to make something as well but not before cutting out the spare tire well and installing a chopped VII bumper.
That's a lot farther than I'm willing to take my car. The only irreversible things I may do are roll rear fenders and maybe a cage.
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