Planning my own bumper design/build this winter
06-06-2009, 01:48 PM
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06-06-2009, 02:00 PM
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yeah I've been contemplating this for a while I have some PS work from three years ago....
I dont want to deal with the bumper below the point that you would attatch a chin spoiler so it can leave as much of an option for the buyer to incorporate any lip they like.
As for brake ducting, if everything goes smoothly and quickly I have thought about building a duct that sits within the bumper for some time now, and would build that too. The AutoExe SE-03c bumper I just received is a 5 piece bumper, they have two oil cooler shrowds and you have to purchase either the R3 fog light trim or the oe factory trim pieces off the 09 to complete the bumper....
I dont want to deal with the bumper below the point that you would attatch a chin spoiler so it can leave as much of an option for the buyer to incorporate any lip they like.
As for brake ducting, if everything goes smoothly and quickly I have thought about building a duct that sits within the bumper for some time now, and would build that too. The AutoExe SE-03c bumper I just received is a 5 piece bumper, they have two oil cooler shrowds and you have to purchase either the R3 fog light trim or the oe factory trim pieces off the 09 to complete the bumper....
06-06-2009, 02:06 PM
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No, all pricing is TBD and hasnt really been considered for now... The original intent of this project is to release a limited number and move on, every six months or a year producing a new design.
I will PS this next, the inlets on that are enlarged so I will see what it looks like by de beaking it, Again the beak is more a function to hide the bumper bar and has thought about to incorporate a cold air source.
True, but there are considerably complex mounting points for the light assembly, this can be though t out more as the build progresses...
True, but there are considerably complex mounting points for the light assembly, this can be though t out more as the build progresses...
06-06-2009, 02:32 PM
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Its ok to think that, I have setup all these pieces in PS so that we can explore and exhaust all ideas, it doesnt mean however that the first are forgotten, they are there and still in mind as the front runner, however if we dont tweak and explore than something even better may not be discovered....
06-06-2009, 02:38 PM
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I like the one brice made suggestions on...came out nicely.
O and your originals look like a smiling face which progressively get a larger and larger smile lol
O and your originals look like a smiling face which progressively get a larger and larger smile lol
06-06-2009, 02:58 PM
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Thanks Garrett...
06-06-2009, 04:35 PM
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This new design is not smiling anymore........its LOL'ING! "why so serious!"
06-06-2009, 05:38 PM
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A couple more to consider,,,,
alil more big mouth...
A touch of FEED and alil snake
Hints of RMagic...
And shallowed out,,,
Need a big hole for that FMIC????
alil more big mouth...
A touch of FEED and alil snake
Hints of RMagic...
And shallowed out,,,
Need a big hole for that FMIC????
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06-06-2009, 05:39 PM
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I like picture #2. I think it might look a bit better if the bottom of the grill was a touch flatter and the top of the grill a touch of an overhang. I think if you could add a Leg style lip were the front center comes out a bit it would look hot! It would like OE bumper with a molded lip/splitter.
06-06-2009, 06:02 PM
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I like picture #2. I think it might look a bit better if the bottom of the grill was a touch flatter and the top of the grill a touch of an overhang. I think if you could add a Leg style lip were the front center comes out a bit it would look hot! It would like OE bumper with a molded lip/splitter.
