View Full Version : mazdaspeed rear bumper install


matt5462
01-15-2007, 12:00 PM
Has anybody done the install???? How difficult??? any cutting??? ect.....

jskup1
01-15-2007, 02:16 PM
I did it. Pretty simple. Rosenthal has a list of instructions you can look at on their website but for some reason, the one for the rear bumper isn't working. The instructions are pretty clear on what you need to cut. You'll be pretty much cutting the fake mesh, the rear rotary symbol and enlarging the exhaust cutouts on the inside portion of them. It took me about 45 minutes to install it.

TownDrunk
01-15-2007, 02:30 PM
A couple of friends and I installed it on my car. Piece of cake. It's weird cutting your own car apart, but it makes sense when you're finished.

MissyK
01-16-2007, 05:07 AM
thats wat i dont like about the MS kit... the rear bumper u need to cut. what happens if u want to go back to stock bumper??

foo77
01-16-2007, 05:09 AM
^ you can still redo the stock back although it was cut :)

MissyK
01-16-2007, 05:11 AM
stick it back together with bubblegum?

TheBri
01-16-2007, 12:24 PM
stick it back together with bubblegum?

Duct tape.

Just make sure you don't cut it with a pocket knife because it will turn whatever you stick the duct tape to into a bomb. This is one of the primary rules of Macgyver Physics. You don't want to blow up your car now do you?

kwescott
01-23-2007, 03:56 PM
Has anybody done the install???? How difficult??? any cutting??? ect.....

It could take you 45 minutes if you follow the directions and believe in yourself that you won't make a mistake. You'll find yourself trying to decipher the diagram that assists you in where to cut your stock bumper...you'll look at it several times. The hardest part is where the exhaust shrouds used to be...the cut across the fake mesh is easy. I used a sawzall.....used a hacksaw when doing the install on another members car...both worked fine because you don't actually see your cuts after placing the MS bumper on top....DIY, definately. Why pay a shop money to cut up your car...

RA-Eight
01-24-2007, 11:53 AM
When cutting the rear, the instructions recommends a hacksaw, but does anyone think a dremel tool will do the job?

kwescott
01-24-2007, 12:41 PM
sure, should work....I have never been good with a dremel, just seems to bounce all over the place and make a nasty looking cut edge. But then again, you will be covering your cut edge with the MS rear add on...