I am thinking about swapping my 4 inch thick ETS intercooler to a little bit of a thinner model so I can reinstall my front crash beam.

 

trade for my 3.5 ets fmic plus cash on my part?

 

How much I'll buy right now.

 

trade you my mishimoto 3''... took my car up to 600awhp without an issue. definitely the most limiting part on my car by a long shot these days.

 

Not to rain on anyones parade here for a shot at a great intercooler, but I just installed an ets 4" core last weekend and have my crash beam on.. There wasnt too much required to do it.

 

what did you have to do to fit it?

 

Viii or ix?

 

ix

 

im interested to know also.

 

As far as i know its only a 1/4 space behind the beam and longer bolts...

 

Well I installed a wide tank on my viii so bumper trimming and ect may be needed. I read on a thread somewhere michael from ets wrote that about an 1/8" spacer is all that was needed. I mounted the intercooler with the supplied hardware and spacers. I test fitted the bumper support with just setting it on the little tabs that stick out. I noticed my main issue was the excess material sticking out the back of the support from the two "vent holes"you could call them. I took a 10" grinder with a cutting wheel and cut the excess off. Sprayed some paint over to keep from rusting. Through it back on the car and was super close. So I used the oem bolts with a 1/2 lock washer, probably about 1/8" thick, behind the support to space it away. Its a close fit for sure but it worked for me.I had to do a little trimming on the mesh bracket but that wasnt too bad. The bumper cover went on a tab bit harder but thats probably because I didnt trim it any.