DIY: Removing Bumpers
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Originally posted by sco
Just took my bumper off again... ridged84 is correct -- you can separate the dam from the grille by popping out the four connectors. The air dam is attached to the red part of the bumper with a couple of screws also.
Just took my bumper off again... ridged84 is correct -- you can separate the dam from the grille by popping out the four connectors. The air dam is attached to the red part of the bumper with a couple of screws also.
Cheers!
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Hymee...
Just wanted to thank you again for the fine instructions on removing the front body work. Took the thing off this AM, couldn't have been easier. Would have been a serious pain without your ground breaking step by step help!
Tom
Just wanted to thank you again for the fine instructions on removing the front body work. Took the thing off this AM, couldn't have been easier. Would have been a serious pain without your ground breaking step by step help!
Tom
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No worries i managed to remove the front bumper and added the HYMEE special oil cooler and condenser grill , its the easiest and most productive modification and the good part is i have no need to dyno to prove the end results .ha ha ha
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Originally posted by M-ster
... Cause I'm thinking of changing the whole grille out ...
... Cause I'm thinking of changing the whole grille out ...
Point being, if you (or anyone for that matter) has done this yet, I'd love to see pics of how it came out, plus discuss how you mounted the new grilles.
Thanks...
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Originally posted by Omicron
M-ster, I think I'm going to do this too. In fact, I've already ordered two 5 foot by 18 inch pieces of aluminum mesh. Not sure if I'll leave it aluminum color, or paint it black (my 8's Titanium). Plan to replace my grille, and put matching covers over my oil cooler openings.
Point being, if you (or anyone for that matter) has done this yet, I'd love to see pics of how it came out, plus discuss how you mounted the new grilles.
Thanks...
M-ster, I think I'm going to do this too. In fact, I've already ordered two 5 foot by 18 inch pieces of aluminum mesh. Not sure if I'll leave it aluminum color, or paint it black (my 8's Titanium). Plan to replace my grille, and put matching covers over my oil cooler openings.
Point being, if you (or anyone for that matter) has done this yet, I'd love to see pics of how it came out, plus discuss how you mounted the new grilles.
Thanks...
Then you need to work out a way to fix the bottom, and that will depend on your grill. I used 9 small 4g x 6mm self tappers into the "lugs" on the back of the splitter. The grill is "cut" to fit over the lugs.
I looked into expaned aluminum mesh, and decided it offered too much air resistance for the apperature size, and to get something decent looking the apperature size was too big.
I ended up using stainless steel woven wire mesh, 5mm apperature, 1mm wire diameter.
Cheers,
Hymee.
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Pics? have a look at what the others have said - no need to sound my own trumpet!
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=14249
Cheers,
Hymee.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=14249
Cheers,
Hymee.
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Excellent, excellent, EXcellent!
Notice the central grille looks stock, is it? Oil cooler grilles look great too! Also, don't suppose you took pics of how you mounted those new grilles, did you?
Nice job, I'm impressed...
Notice the central grille looks stock, is it? Oil cooler grilles look great too! Also, don't suppose you took pics of how you mounted those new grilles, did you?
Nice job, I'm impressed...
#37
Great pictures to show how to get the front bumper off! but has anyone removed the following bits and how hard are these to remove!
side skirts
Rear Diffuser
Wing Spoiler
thanks!
phil
side skirts
Rear Diffuser
Wing Spoiler
thanks!
phil
#40
Originally Posted by gnj152
just want to know how easy it is to install rotary accents, anny drilling or is it just snap in!!!!!
The front one has two screws plus the adhesive. The screws are just retainers -- no need to drill any holes in the 8's bumper.
Both can be installed in less than 15 minutes total, and that includes the time to clean off the bumper(s) where the adhesive strips go.
Help any?
Bill
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I did mine yesterday to install some oil cooler and condenser protection. I did it by meyself and it only too about 1 1/2 hr. to complete. Its was easy.
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Can the front bumper be adjusted? Just got my second air dam installed(first one had paint issues) and I noticed that the gap between the hood and the front bumper is a little less than 1/8 of an inch wider than it was before. Yeah I know it's less than 1/8 of an inch but I can notice it, so now of course that's where my eyes tend to look the most. There is slightly a little play in the bumper itself, it's not loose but I can push on the bumper and push it up to close the gap a little. The play in the bumper is just because of the material it's made of.I was thinking about loosening up the top four bolts while someone pushes on the front of the bumper to try and retighten them to try to minimize the gap. Was wondering if this would work or if I'd have to loosen all of the front bumper screws to get this to work. This wasn't as noticable before the second dam was installed so I know somethings not right. I thought too that the top lip that connects the bumper could be slightly bent and thus causing the extra gap. I stopped back by the dealership after work and checked out a couple other 8's and the gap was wider on some than others but it still looks like it could be adjusted, but none of them had the air dam.
Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by RX8Josh
Does anyone know how to remove the rear bumper?