FMIC with out cutting front bumper support?

[galantrevolution]

Im trying to install a FMIC but i dont want to cut my front bumper support, i have one full size intercooler and one half size, it is possible to do it with out cutting the support?

 

[yeti]

napes,you will probly have to hack the bumper support up a bit

 

The right core will fit without modding the steel bumper.

I have an "EBAY special" intercooler on mine. 12" x 24" x 3" core, 3" in and out, and it fit without modding the bumper.

 

[galantrevolution]

do u have pics of your set up? b cause i trim the bumper but i dont want to trim the support, so if u do have pics can u post them?

 

I don't have any except the couple that are my build thread. Go to general discussions and look through the "1517 build thread"

 

[SleepinGVR4]

When I cut my bumper support for my FMIC, I used the pieces I cut out to reinforce it. Definitely stiffened it back up again.

 

[galantrevolution]

well i will try on sunday to get the front mount on it thanks, for the info.

 

[alansupra94]

When I cut mine, I didn't care since the area I was cutting anyway was rust /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif

 

[slugsgomoo]

The steel bumper is worthless (aside from the top bar that keeps the urethane cover from sagging. There's a reason that cars built after 1994 aren't required to have them... because they offer no benefits.

Given the * rating in a crash for the driver in a gvr4, regardless of if you have the stupid metal bumper or not, I would highly advise against crashing. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/uhh.gif