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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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^^+1, what he said. Or all you got to do, is go under the car from the rear, take out the tabs, and apply 3m tape and press the flap up. It will stay there
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Waizzz
Zipties
i havent seen it dont with zip ties, would i still have to drill the bumper?
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mttz23
i havent seen it dont with zip ties, would i still have to drill the bumper?
Undo clip

Place ziptie in place of clip

Tighten ziptie

Like a boss!!
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Waizzz
Undo clip

Place ziptie in place of clip

Tighten ziptie

Like a boss!!
so i would still have to drill holes in my bumper right?
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mttz23
so i would still have to drill holes in my bumper right?
No sir, you utilize the existing holes in the bumper.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Waizzz
No sir, you utilize the existing holes in the bumper.
Oo ok so lets say I get tired of the tucked look can I just take the zip ties out and get my bumper back to stock or will it have a crease
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 04:50 PM
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if you want it fully tucked good, i would use 3m molding tape and either retaining clips or screws.
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mttz23
Oo ok so lets say I get tired of the tucked look can I just take the zip ties out and get my bumper back to stock or will it have a crease
u can just unclip it and fill in the holes w/ sum bondo or whatever body filler and touch it up w/ body paint
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mttz23
Oo ok so lets say I get tired of the tucked look can I just take the zip ties out and get my bumper back to stock or will it have a crease


You wont get tired of the look. Specially if you get a good lookin exhaust.. 3M tape didnt work for me tho, i drilled the holes... Looks sick tho, so no complaints
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyNot?Z
You wont get tired of the look. Specially if you get a good lookin exhaust.. 3M tape didnt work for me tho, i drilled the holes... Looks sick tho, so no complaints
im getting HKS Hi-Power dual, seen it and love the look with the tuck, i dont think i will ever get tired of that look but you never know
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 07:22 AM
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one of my clips was about to break off so i drilled into the center of the bumper through to the bar and placed a screw in there. the drill bit broke on the second and i didnt have bigger screws so i left that one like that and finished the job with zipties.

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by the way, i am selling that stock 07/08 header-back exhaust in that picture if anyone is interested

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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 10:25 AM
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nice man, thats looks really good
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 01:39 PM
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That looks pretty good bud.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 04:51 PM
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thanks guys....just gotta get under it now and shine up everything
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by smaqaho






^^^^^ GReddy Evo2? Same exhaust I got
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mttz23
hey guys, im getting my exhaust soon (hks hi-power) and i want to do a bumper tuck. ive seen pictures of it but i never knew how it is done so if some can give me a link to a post, explain it or even post pics i will appreciate it. thanks
I have the CX Racing but it looks like HKS.





Had to have the hangers adjusted (1 disadvantage of the "knockoffs")
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 08:53 AM
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ya that looks really nice with the tuck
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyNot?Z
^^^^^ GReddy Evo2? Same exhaust I got
haha yep, its a great exhaust
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 09:31 AM
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had the same question, will attempt to try the zipties again this week. =\
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Default Bumper tuck paint cracking

I never see this mentioned in the bumper tuck DIYs, but don't you have to bend the bumper A LOT to reach the aluminum bar underneath? I tried pushing th bumper up with a jack like some people recommended and the paint started to crack . Am I missing something here?
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