Notices
West RX-8 Forum Serving CA, NV, AZ, HI

Painted and Meshed Stock Bumpers

Old Mar 31, 2009 | 08:52 PM
  #1  
Daggoth's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: SoCal
CA Painted and Meshed Stock Bumpers

Spent this weekend Painting the plastic on the stock 8 bodykit also put mesh on. Sorry car is dirty couldnt wash paint was too fresh. This is the finished product please comment

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/PICT0995.jpg

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/PICT0996.jpg

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/PICT0997.jpg

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/PICT0998.jpg

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/PICT0999.jpg

http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...y/PICT1001.jpg

Last edited by Daggoth; Mar 31, 2009 at 08:57 PM.
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 08:54 PM
  #2  
Atilla's Avatar
I am THAT guy
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,995
Likes: 12
From: Caca Cali
pssst...psssssssssssst

Hey daggoth...html failed
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 08:58 PM
  #3  
Daggoth's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: SoCal
I fixed it i think
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 09:03 PM
  #4  
Atilla's Avatar
I am THAT guy
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,995
Likes: 12
From: Caca Cali
Originally Posted by Daggoth
Spent this weekend Painting the plastic on the stock 8 bodykit also put mesh on. Sorry car is dirty couldnt wash paint was too fresh. This is the finished product please comment











There you go

looks freakin' clean - i gotta ask you how long did it take to do the rear bumper?? and what tools did you use??
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 09:07 PM
  #5  
Daggoth's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: SoCal
Hmm the whole project took 3 days not full but afternoons. Rear bumper i used a exact o knife to cut the plastic a file to cleane the cuts up. A drill to make holes for the mounts. Mounted the mesh with toggle bolts. I used my cali duster on the bumper but i missed a little lol. Thanks for posting the pics like that dunno when i tried it was pixelated and horrible looking.

Last edited by Daggoth; Mar 31, 2009 at 09:11 PM.
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 10:04 PM
  #6  
Jedi54's Avatar
Administrator
iTrader: (7)
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 22,621
Likes: 3,487
From: The Dark Side
lookin' good Daggoth
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 10:13 PM
  #7  
lesper4's Avatar
T-29 years and counting
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,062
Likes: 0
From: North Fontana, CA.
i think it looks good, do you have an overall shot?
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 10:20 PM
  #8  
Daggoth's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: SoCal
I was going to do whole car but my car is dirty lol that what you mean?
Reply
Old Mar 31, 2009 | 10:46 PM
  #9  
yale02's Avatar
Still plays with cars
iTrader: (16)
 
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 460
Likes: 0
From: Tempe, AZ
Looks good man, I really want to do this with my rear bumper!
Reply
Old Apr 2, 2009 | 05:56 PM
  #10  
Daggoth's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered
 
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 23
Likes: 0
From: SoCal
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.
Reply
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 04:40 PM
  #11  
Razz1's Avatar
Mu ha.. ha...
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,361
Likes: 3
From: Cali
Sharp!
Reply
Old Jul 22, 2010 | 04:42 AM
  #12  
limpbozkit's Avatar
Gets the WORST mpg
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 172
Likes: 0
From: Missouri
Did you remove the rear bumper or did you do it while it was still on the car? Did you cut from the inside out or from the outside in?
Reply
Old Apr 27, 2011 | 02:20 AM
  #13  
SynistaRX8!'s Avatar
SynistaRX8
 
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 58
Likes: 0
From: SAN DIEGO, CA
Originally Posted by limpbozkit
Did you remove the rear bumper or did you do it while it was still on the car? Did you cut from the inside out or from the outside in?
This is my question as well..... I want to do this to my rear bumper
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
JimmyBlack
Series I Major Horsepower Upgrades
273
Feb 10, 2020 10:23 PM
Kahl
NE For Sale/Wanted
21
Aug 5, 2017 02:49 AM
Trancemission
RX-8 Multimedia/Photo Gallery
46
Dec 2, 2015 07:26 PM
projectr13b
Series I Do It Yourself Forum
1
Sep 6, 2015 01:04 PM


Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:
You have already rated this thread Rating: Thread Rating: 0 votes,  average.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:43 AM.