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Old 03-31-2009 | 09:52 PM
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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

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Old 03-31-2009 | 09:54 PM
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Old 03-31-2009 | 09:58 PM
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Old 03-31-2009 | 10:03 PM
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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??
Old 03-31-2009 | 10:07 PM
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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.

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Old 03-31-2009 | 11:04 PM
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Old 03-31-2009 | 11:13 PM
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i think it looks good, do you have an overall shot?
Old 03-31-2009 | 11:20 PM
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I was going to do whole car but my car is dirty lol that what you mean?
Old 03-31-2009 | 11:46 PM
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Looks good man, I really want to do this with my rear bumper!
Old 04-02-2009 | 06:56 PM
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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.
Old 04-17-2009 | 05:40 PM
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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?
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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
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