Final product of the shortened USDM bumpers

[dmj]

Looks good, is there now a gap between the front fender inner liners/ splash shield and bumper since the lip has been cut off while shortening the bumper?

 

[prestonztt]

Quoting blackvr4:
ammmazing, looks great! how much did you end up cutting?



I cut about 2.5in's off of the front and rear bumpers.

The inner fender is no longer there.

 

Car looks great bro. Stay wingless!!! How long did this take you?

 

[prove_it]

I'm demanding a how-to..

please.

This would look drop dead sexy with boostx's front lip.

 

[MellowVR4]

plus one on the how to!

 

[mikus]

i have a missing/cracked off bit on the front 2.5" edge of my rear bumper --- this could be a double win.

 

[92awd4u]

Looks awesome. Like everyone else looking for the how to.

 

[dc_style]

bump this up, also did you keep the crash bar by any chance (unlikely i know)

 

[nsin]

Digging that look man! Awesome!!

 

[Galantvr4559]

There definatly is a way to put the bumper ends back on just need to plastic weld them back on, body work em and paint. Looks awsome. Something i might do to mine in the future. Write up please.

 

[dsmer06]

I love the look of those bumpers!

+1 on doing a write up

 

[MellowVR4]

Any write up on this yet???

 

[citymunky]

+1 ^^ or a least "here is what I cut" brief explanation. Did you have to weld?

Beside you and gsxconvert (who will not be back) nobody has yet to successfully shorten the front USDM bumper. Click. I would love to give this a try since my front bumper support is already cut for the intercooler and my front bumper slats have been removed.

 

[prove_it]

I shortened mine....

Haven't been to active lately but all i did was removed the core support and attached the bumper cover to the bumper filler with rivets and trimmed back the excess, really wasn't hard. I used the center three bumper filler bolts to attach the bumper and two bolts on the corners. So far I haven't gotten around to mounting the fog lights, but that's due a IC pipe rebuild needed first. Looks pretty good. Shortened it about 2-3 inches.

 

[citymunky]

Any pic's during?

 

[prove_it]

These are final shots, this was only a test bumper as it is a spare. I want to redo it with a different bumper and get it painted. But for now it works.

 

[James]

Looks decent. Could have used a little more time with making the cut look lines up and rounded with the same shape as the wheelwell

 

[prove_it]

Yea, this was just a prototype mock up. Looks better in person. When I redo it Ill put a spacer between the bumper and the bumper filler. Also I'll cut the lines better too. I think I can still mount the stock fog lights too.

 

[boostin4door]

Looks Good

 

[transparentdsm]

i think i might do this and do a real good write up on it. i have a few ideas on how to do it id really like to play with and one involves keeping the bumper support and foam.

edit: also i will be retaining the wheel well covers no matter how i do the bumper supports though.