Before & After Bumper Tuck Pics?

[Slidewayzz]

The rear bumper shocks actually have 3 bolts not 2, one is above the muffler shield and the other is on the other side.

correct, but instead of removing the shocks, remove the bumper. and you technically dont have to remove your bumpers at all. ask brianh

[slaterd]

just polished, repainted trim, and shaved the front markers. I'll get some pics up when I can transfer the from my camera. Looks 100x better than stock:D

[irish44j]

My problem is I have an exhaust tip in the way. So I gotta find something that is sticking out and at the correct height to only push the bumper in and not the tips. Any suggestions?
Pic for reference.

you can push them in by hand. Back the car up a couple feet from a wall. Put your back on the wall and your feet on the bumper and push. It will compress. No need to back it into a tree or anything, lol...

I've pushed mine in and pulled them out multiple times (to get to things behind the bumpers), every time by hand. And I'm only about 170lbs and hardly a bodybuilder...

[nickflic3]

Tucked my rear last summer with the help of Brandon Chif8008 on here



Bout an inch tuck but it's an 85 so you can't tell that much lol Also used self tapping screws on the lower hanger of the shrouds to make them hug the bumper, looks way better. I know 86-88 and vert surrounds all hug the bumpers well but it's a solution that Branden came up with for 84/85 cars.



Question: I don't have the necessary tools (sockets) to remove the front bumper shocks. I drilled the outermost side of both shocks but only highly pressurized air came out. I can twist the shocks around but they won't compress. Do I just need to find a wall? The rears were done this way but oil came out and we compressed them by hand.

[slaterd]

having extreme difficulty in compressing front schocks. I even took it to a local shop and they used a bottle jack to try to compress it and it wouldn't even budge. Now I have to replace one of them because the tab got all fuckered up. Any advice on why the hell this is happening?!

[craiggroves91]

Thinking about doing this to my DD piece 1987 325

[TS87325IS]

I think i have a pair of extra short db shocks, i will have to look in my stash if anyone is interested, as well as a clean front bumper i might polish out and post it up....

[PeteD]

having extreme difficulty in compressing front schocks. I even took it to a local shop and they used a bottle jack to try to compress it and it wouldn't even budge. Now I have to replace one of them because the tab got all fuckered up. Any advice on why the hell this is happening?!

Did you try redrilling in a different spot? I had to drill my front ones in a couple of spots before they were tuckable (<--word?).

[slaterd]

I think I know what happened. My car was in a small front impact and it was probably off-centered and it "off-quiltered" the piston and jammed it into the sidewall like this.

Anyway passed this like pulling it and then trying to compress or is it FUBARED.
Also do you have to drill all the way through or just through one side until you get to the piston cavity??????????? Someone please help, I can't drive my car without a bumper!

[TS87325IS]

Drill until you hit the smelly fluid....

[slaterd]

Feelin' like a dipshit. Turned out I was drilling in the wrong piston. I guess you were suppose to drill in the piston that actually compresses into the other. Shocks are compressed now with about 1/2 inch left. New bumper,polished DB, painted tirm, shadowed kidney, grill touchup with new jpaint, and deleted markers. I'll try to get before and afters Monday, it looks 10x better. Just need a flipped IS lip, new fogs, new hood, and high beams and front end is done.

[SwiftE30]

Here are some of my fron bumper when I had them tucked. Now I have a PB conversion getting put on

awesome tuck man. I don't think i've seen them that far in before. looks great. what blue is that? royal? i love it

[Pl3wA]

^how tf did you get yours in so deep? (haha)

[slaterd]

bout where mine are sittin

[slaterd]

I'll get some better before pics but these are all I have right now


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