Andrew and I got my bumpers tucked today. The front is done and mounted, and the rear is done too, it's just not mounted yet. I'm using the rear bumper / shocks from an 88, but the shocks from the 88 are a bit different and I have to modify them a tiny bit, not to mention I need to clean the bumper, so it's not on yet. It's pretty damn filthy. I was suprised, the shocks didn't really spray oil at all. When we drilled them, a lot of air blew out, and then as we compressed them in a vice, quite a bit of oil squeezed out of them, but nothing sprayed.
Here are the pics:
(In this pic, it looks like the bumper is actually tucked so far in that it's behind the airdam, but it's just that the airdam is sagging)
In a few weeks when it gets warmer, I'll pull them off again and paint them. They're going to be done satin black with SEM trim paint. I've also got to do something with the front airdam. It's pretty saggy in the center part, the top of the airdam and the bottom of the bumper have a decent gap in-between, and the 20 year old plastic mounting brackets are pretty weak (one is cracked), so I'm planning on constructing some new / better ones from metal, and really reinforcing and strengthening it up.
*EDIT* I finally got the rear done this weekend, here's a quick shot (yes, my car is beyond filthy, it's been raining/snowing all week):
I used an 88 rear diving board with 88 rear shocks, so it's compressed quite a bit. When it starts to get warm again, I'll paint the front and rear bumpers, and I also plan to seal the bumper shrouds down around the bumper somehow.
Here are the pics:
(In this pic, it looks like the bumper is actually tucked so far in that it's behind the airdam, but it's just that the airdam is sagging)
In a few weeks when it gets warmer, I'll pull them off again and paint them. They're going to be done satin black with SEM trim paint. I've also got to do something with the front airdam. It's pretty saggy in the center part, the top of the airdam and the bottom of the bumper have a decent gap in-between, and the 20 year old plastic mounting brackets are pretty weak (one is cracked), so I'm planning on constructing some new / better ones from metal, and really reinforcing and strengthening it up.
*EDIT* I finally got the rear done this weekend, here's a quick shot (yes, my car is beyond filthy, it's been raining/snowing all week):
I used an 88 rear diving board with 88 rear shocks, so it's compressed quite a bit. When it starts to get warm again, I'll paint the front and rear bumpers, and I also plan to seal the bumper shrouds down around the bumper somehow.
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