Just 1 final confirmation, am i right to say i can remove the grille totally to put on something else(I don't intend to use back the screw points for the new grille) and the airdam can be screws right back to that 4 connectors of course now without the present of the grille.

Cheers!

 

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

 

Tom,

No worries mate!

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

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

 

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...

 

Hymee or SCO - can you tell me what the white stuff is on the front of the car, after the bumper is removed (Directly below the air intake tube)?

Thanks...

 

That is EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam. I believe it is there as impact absorbing material.

 

There are 2 screw points that you could use to hold the top of your grill. My one is fixed with those 2 points, plus an additional 3 points as well.

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.

 

Sounds awesome... can you post a pic? And can the foam be painted so it won't be so ugly through the grille?

 

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.

 

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...

 

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

 

just want to know how easy it is to install rotary accents, anny drilling or is it just snap in!!!!!

 

bump for move

 

The rear one just glues in place. There are adhesive strips already stuck to the accent piece -- just pull off the protective tape, and "stick" it in place.

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

What happend to the pictures?

 

where did the pics go?????????

 

I don't know - they were attachments (not links to somewhere else). I'll have see if I can find them again.

 

any update on the missing pics ?

 

Does anyone know how to remove the rear bumper?

 

Check the shop manual. You may find it on line or you can order a CD on eBay for a few bucks.

 

can we get the pics back please.....

 

I second that. Pics please.