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A little bumper treatment!

Thanks to sleepertbird-87 for the inspiration...

I put a new FMIC in my car and about half of it is behind the bumper support...so I figured this'd be a good way to get some more air through it. I ditched the foglights a couple years ago, so I got some aluminum expanded metal to cover all the holes.

Whatcha think?

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

A little bumper treatment!

Reply #1 –
Looks good man, I really need to finish mine up
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1974 maverick lsx powered turbo car SOLD
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1957 chevy LSX Turbo project (race car)
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Reply #2 –
Great job !!! What did you use to cut the cover with?
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #3 –
Heh, I knew that question would come up...

It was a pain in the ass. In retrospect, probably woulda been a lot easier with a sabre saw.

I took a half inch drill bit, drilled the corners, and used a hacksaw blade to cut across the top, sides, and bottom (it was slow going).

Then I went over the edges with a carbide burr in a die grider (with the speed turned down) and some files to flatten them out.

Actually came out really nice, the edges are all pretty straight.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

A little bumper treatment!

Reply #4 –
The cut out looks great.

The mesh however is a little to "dense". How much airflow goes through there? The polish is also a little ricey, I prefer satin or black but that's just me. More concerned with blockage on yours...

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Reply #5 –
Dense? No, it's not, trust me...just looks that way in the pics due to the reflection and whatnot. It's pretty open.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

A little bumper treatment!

Reply #6 –
I have to admit,I usually don't like the mesh,but,for some reason,it looks "right" the way you did it.I'm not saying that to make you feel good,it really does look good.I'm sticking with non-factory fog lights in mine.I like them.I get wicked bright lights and use them when people are driving towards me with their bright lights on.It gets them pretty quick.LOL.Again,nice work.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

A little bumper treatment!

Reply #7 –
I'm actually putting some driving lights behind the mesh in the center opening (3 1/4" round ones), never cared for the stock foglights so much, and I've always wanted something to illuminate further down the road. These ones should fit the bill nicely, and if the stock 55W bulbs aren't enough I can always step up to 100 watters. I'm also gonna wire them to come on with my high beams. No muss, no fuss.

I think part of what makes it look "right" is the fact that if you cut out that center area where the license plate was, it's almost EXACTLY the same height as the fog light openings. So it looks like it's supposed to be there.

Also I thought about painting the mesh black but eh...I kinda prefer the contrast that the aluminum color gives me.

Garrett H.
'94 F250 XLT- 4x4, 5 speed, 7.3 IDI Turbo Diesel, 4" intake, 4" exhaust, 5" turnout stacks, manual hubs, etc.
'87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
Engine, wheels, tires, etc!
Exhaust sound clip
Another clip

A little bumper treatment!

Reply #8 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;130477
I'm sticking with non-factory fog lights in mine.I like them.I get wicked bright lights and use them when people are driving towards me with their bright lights on.It gets them pretty quick.LOL.Again,nice work.



I have a pair of hella ff75 driving lights that outshine my high beams. I was thinking of aiming them up and left just for this.
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles
 

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Reply #9 –
Round lights would be nice.I had two sets of the smaller round light (two on each side) in mine until the wreck.I'm looking at the options now.I have time to figure it out.

Nice idea bhazard.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

A little bumper treatment!

Reply #10 –
Cool :birdsmily:
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #11 –
WOW!, AMAZING JOB, especially in the center of the bumper cover, a real "master" job, very good looking...

Regards,

Dom.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]1985 Thunderbird 3.8 carbed 57k original, summer car.
1980 Econoline inline 6 300ci 300k, winter/working.
1988 Base Bird finally crushed... RIP.

Dominique,  The Ridiculous, Fordus, crazyous!!!  :birdsmily:

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Reply #12 –
Love it, looks really modern and has the custom look to it.
1987 Cougar XR7 5.0 SOLD
1992 Ranger 4.0
2018 Hyundai Elantra
2019 Ram Rebel

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Reply #13 –
looks good

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Reply #14 –
that looks sweet man, now we just need pics of it installed!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
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