bumper mod for better airflow
05-01-2006, 06:03 PM
#21
Originally Posted by Oleg
Looks great.
You may want to add a template to this to your product line-up. Considering that all the R&D is done, these should be so cheap to make, anything you make on it should be a profit...
You may want to add a template to this to your product line-up. Considering that all the R&D is done, these should be so cheap to make, anything you make on it should be a profit...
if anyone is interested though. i will go do it, let me know.
05-01-2006, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by overZealous1
i like your thinkin! lol. it would be easy to go to my vinyl guy and have him draw it up on his comp. but really it would be simple for someone to do on their own.
if anyone is interested though. i will go do it, let me know.
if anyone is interested though. i will go do it, let me know.
I may in a future...
05-01-2006, 06:55 PM
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hmm, im on the fence on this one. serves a good function, but, looks out of place. looks like something youd see on a civic. were there no other options at all? props for being creative.
you think your bumper sucks, us G drivers have terrible choices.
you think your bumper sucks, us G drivers have terrible choices.
05-01-2006, 07:05 PM
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scott the C-west bumper looks exactly like that. I think u'll get slightly better results by having a vent in the hood near the windshield. looks sharp actually...if the lines were cleaner, i'd love that look.
05-01-2006, 07:20 PM
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i think it looks pretty good.
it'll def. help with air flow
just needs some type of trim work to give it a finished look.
some rounded over inside edges or edge molding
it'll def. help with air flow
just needs some type of trim work to give it a finished look.
some rounded over inside edges or edge molding
Last edited by baileyrx; 05-01-2006 at 07:32 PM.
05-01-2006, 08:10 PM
#26
Originally Posted by plumpzz
scott the C-west bumper looks exactly like that. I think u'll get slightly better results by having a vent in the hood near the windshield. looks sharp actually...if the lines were cleaner, i'd love that look.
05-01-2006, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by baileyrx
i think it looks pretty good.
it'll def. help with air flow
just needs some type of trim work to give it a finished look.
some rounded over inside edges or edge molding
it'll def. help with air flow
just needs some type of trim work to give it a finished look.
some rounded over inside edges or edge molding
05-02-2006, 12:14 AM
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Not really doing it for me. I've seen guys with DSM's do the same thing and it always ends up looking cheap in the end.
If you wanted to really go all out with something you could market, maybe you could get someone to mold a full polyurethane front bumper based on the nismo full bumper, that would include a larger front air dam (stock looking) that extends upward, and also includes the nismo-style lip molded in.
If you wanted to really go all out with something you could market, maybe you could get someone to mold a full polyurethane front bumper based on the nismo full bumper, that would include a larger front air dam (stock looking) that extends upward, and also includes the nismo-style lip molded in.
05-02-2006, 07:34 AM
#33
Originally Posted by Rickdogg
Why not go with a C-west front that was designed to optimize cooling?
ya rick, if i was going to buy one, the c-west or vertex is what i was going to get. i actually have ton of experience with fiberglass and could make what ever i wanted. i have almost gone into production for a kit i did for my vette. but it was so intense, not so sure people would pay the 6k i would have to ask for it though, lol.
maybe i could build a prototype SVRTech nose and get with someone who is currently producing replica kits and produce something. if ya can't tell, i really just like to build my own stuff and be completely original.
05-02-2006, 08:26 AM
#35
Originally Posted by Rickdogg
Why not go with a C-west front that was designed to optimize cooling?
Also the Weber Sports looks like it does the same.
Eitherway, I do like how it came out. Except from the pic the vents don't look perfectly symetrical. The far right one looks a lil funny. It could be the angle or it could just be me.
But all in all, good idea.
05-02-2006, 12:35 PM
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If I were doing this to my car I would probably do this:
Add about 3/4 of an inch of material (like fiberglass or something flexible) on the inside of the bumper in the area under modification.
Make the cutouts that would line up with the sides of the air inled and somehow line up with the 2 grooves on the hood. BTW, I love how it goes around the emblem. Remove the grill as well.
Cut out both reflectors. If you need an oil cooler, put it behind one of them.
Remove the front licence plate. Mount it on the side where the other reflector was.
Smooth out the inside of the cutouts. Repaint the whole bumper.
Add flat black mesh behind the cutouts, where the reflectors used to be and inside the air inlet. Make sure that the grid is large enough to actually show off the FMIC. (similar mesh like on the EVOs).
This will not look right without a lip though.
What do you think? Original, original and nice or major rice?
Add about 3/4 of an inch of material (like fiberglass or something flexible) on the inside of the bumper in the area under modification.
Make the cutouts that would line up with the sides of the air inled and somehow line up with the 2 grooves on the hood. BTW, I love how it goes around the emblem. Remove the grill as well.
Cut out both reflectors. If you need an oil cooler, put it behind one of them.
Remove the front licence plate. Mount it on the side where the other reflector was.
Smooth out the inside of the cutouts. Repaint the whole bumper.
Add flat black mesh behind the cutouts, where the reflectors used to be and inside the air inlet. Make sure that the grid is large enough to actually show off the FMIC. (similar mesh like on the EVOs).
This will not look right without a lip though.
What do you think? Original, original and nice or major rice?
Last edited by Oleg; 05-02-2006 at 12:39 PM.
05-02-2006, 09:21 PM
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see now oleg, this is the main reason i posted this, to get people thinking about what can be done to improve the airflow in the front.
best thing to do is just do it and see. if you like it great, if not, a used or new bumper isn't too much or will give you an excuse to buy a body kit, hahaa. this was my logic atleast, lol.
best thing to do is just do it and see. if you like it great, if not, a used or new bumper isn't too much or will give you an excuse to buy a body kit, hahaa. this was my logic atleast, lol.
05-14-2006, 10:22 AM
#40
Originally Posted by S TWO K
Not bad....it's different, looks aggressive. That must have been some "high" you were on...
I agree with others about finishing the edges somehow.
I agree with others about finishing the edges somehow.
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