Bumper swap time! ya!

[Wishno87]

Wow. This was done in '08? Lol, I remember coming over when you were taking these pictures haha.

Ya doesn't seem like that long lol. Im glad I still did it right the first time though back when I was a noob.

[Edev]

Wow. This was done in '08? Lol, I remember coming over when you were taking these pictures haha.

[e30austin]

Wow. I don't even recognize this car at all. Nice!

[Wishno87]

I get a lot of questions about this so I thought this thread could use a bump.

[twothrees]

Your vert is looking sweet! Nice job.

[Wishno87]

Man, you're right, I need to order one of those rear valances. Great work!

Yes you do! The fitment of it was great. As far is I can remember i dident have to do any body work to it. I just drilled some holes and bolted it on.

[Joey Link]

Man, you're right, I need to order one of those rear valances. Great work!

[Danny]

Smart fix with the valence thingers.

[Van Westervelt]

I just now realized your house is handicapped blue... that is awesome! ;)

[Wishno87]

Looking great! I need to add two of those valence brackets to mine also..I don't think they are 'flapping', but the extra stability would be nice.

Question-do you notice any type of 'buffeting' or rumbling type noise coming from the rear of the car when you get over 40 MPH? I notice it on my car and I am thinking it might be due to the airflow catching the rear valence. Some type of plastic underbody and fenderwell panels might have to be fabricated to alleviate it.

Thanks for the complements gentlemen!

@Eric The bigger reason i had for the brackets was when i would wash it the sides of the valence dident feel solid at all and would move back and fourth and i dont think that kind of fatigue would be that great on fiberglass. After the brackets were installed it feels just as solid as the rest of the panels when i wash it and i dont feel like im bending it.

Now about the buffeting i havent herd anything but i could imagine there would be because our cars have no metal valence and the aprons are just like big sails upside-down catching air from underneath the car and from the wheel wells. Ive been thinking about extending the wheel wells down to the bottom of the apron with some abs plastic sheets cut to size and bolted in and some sort of undertray to block off the rest of the apron from under the car so its not catching air. Ive never seen anything like that done before so i guess theres going to be a little trial and error.

Backtrail has the same setup so maybe he can chime in on the subject as he is always going turbofast:p

[uofom3]

major improvement!

[CorvallisBMW]

Looking good! Definitely one of the hottest 'verts on R3v, this thing is awesome up close. Everything comes together to tie in the the look. New front end, splitter, smoked headlights, painted hardtop, mtech spoiler, plate filler, smoked tails, etc...

[Eric Giles]

Looking great! I need to add two of those valence brackets to mine also..I don't think they are 'flapping', but the extra stability would be nice.

Question-do you notice any type of 'buffeting' or rumbling type noise coming from the rear of the car when you get over 40 MPH? I notice it on my car and I am thinking it might be due to the airflow catching the rear valence. Some type of plastic underbody and fenderwell panels might have to be fabricated to alleviate it.

[Van Westervelt]

Lookin good bro.get some sides, or paint those rockers tho.

[Wishno87]

One moar with some daylight.
Gawd how did i get soo gangsta:pimp: