There are three flanges that attatch the area that I ended up cutting away, I bent those down to keep some back pressure on the mesh, the mesh also tucks up and over the lip on the inside of the upper wall of the area around the hole, essentially the mesh is formed into an upsidedown L shape...

so far no problems with the bumper flexing or the mush falling out or moving around Ive been to 125mph with it in so far...

 

very nice. I might have to do this with my WB...but i'll probably paint it blue.

 

The left, right and center sections are held in place with Right Stuff gasket maker. I used some leftover foam pads I had to hold the mesh in place and with rubber gloves on I place dabs of Right Stuff around the perimeter. I let it sit overnight, removed the foam the next morning and it is strong enough to hold the mesh in place. I did not paint the bumper, just the mesh with Rustoleum flat black.

 

I will do this as soon as I get off my lazy butt. I even have some mesh sitting in my garage left over from my front bumper.

 

do it , do it now...

 

i has a question... can the stock rear bumper be removed easily? I want to dye the faded trims soon and when I dye them, i'll do this mod. But i had some trouble finding any easy steps to removing the back bumper, mainly the black trim sections.

 

The trim pieces can be removed by themselves without removing the bumper, that would be the easiest way....
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...40&postcount=2
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...40&postcount=2

 

yea but im concerned about the center part, between the 2 shrouds.

 

yeah that is connected to the bumper,,,
Ive removed the front dozens of times but never had to take off the rear...

 

I drilled tiny holes on the corners of the openings and just zip tied the mesh.

 

^ lol zip ties ftw >_>. Use sparingly , or else sooner or later your whole car will be held up by them lol...like my buddies 240sx...

 

hey they are strong as hell

 

Does anyone have any, or can take some, pictures of how their mesh is secured to the car? Other than those who used zip ties? The folks who used the factory "connectors" back there..... I found them, but cannot see how this would work. So detailed pictures about how this all secures together who be MUCH appreciated. Just want to make sure everything is planned perfect before I start hacking away at my car. lol

 

those metal flanges are somewhat flexible I just bent them down so that they applied a good amount of pressure on the backside of the mesh I can take pics tonite maybe if its not rainin...

 

If you would, I would be forever grateful. I just can't see how all this secures in place. How pressure is applied to what, how mesh ties to whatever, etc.

 

I did same thing accept i painted my plastic and meshed the front to. All with no zip ties lol!

https://www.rx8club.com/west-rx-8-forum-34/painted-meshed-stock-bumpers-170409/

 

damn that looks very nice!

 

So share how you affixed the mesh to the car! Pix for extra points!

 

Rotr8 i have done your same mod and removed the exhaust heatshields as well.
While moving hot air will come out of the real grille so now go and reduce your car's weight!

 

yeah I was thinking about crimping the heat shield so that it leads to the openings I dont want to remove it entirely my trunk gets warm enough as is,,,

 

I drilled two 3/16 holes on the bottom corners of the heat shield and used toggle bolts to hold the mesh 3 toggle nuts on each side. One securing the bolt to the heat shield and one on each side of the mesh to hold it in place. The top is hanging from the old thin metal brackets that were used to hold the plastic mesh piece i cut in place. Then I cut holes in the mesh the width of the brackets and bent the brackets up at about a 45 then hung the mesh there. The toggle bolts pull the mesh down holding it in place. Here are pics











Hope this helps if you have anymore questions feel free to PM me or just reply.

 

cool thanks for adding,,,, good job...

 

Here's my HD gutter screen. I used bonding putty and wrapped them tight around the openings.

 

Nice...

 

Nice. I need to paint the black portion of my rear bumper and do this.