Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:23 pm

you should, fully shaved is the way to the future

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:58 pm

palermocorey90 wrote:: you should, fully shaved is the way to the future

"Shaved"?!?!?!?!?!? Did you see "American Pie"? Remember "shaved" from that movie?

freak

i agree with corey. i hate the molding on the side of the doors and the chrome trimm around the wheels, plus you shaved the molding on the rear and front bumper. whenever i get the money together i wll have shaved door moldings, trunk key, antenna, and door handles. and to top it all off lambo doors. maybe 24s with a lift kit.

i agree too. mine are coming off real soon. and all the wheel trim is going too. and all the window chrome is going flat black.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:22 pm

Latest pics...............

Rear bumper is primed, ready to make a mold. wink

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Here is the fiberglass shell made from the original front bumper. Again: cut, section, grind, reattach, sand,..........

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More to come.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:39 pm

interesting! what will you do with the stock impact beam?

robotennis61 wrote:: interesting! what will you do with the stock impact beam?

Have to finish the fab work on the bumper cover first to determine if or how much the beam needs to be modified. It will be reinstalled though.

Wow, seeing your work in progress is really exciting and impressive! What are you going to do with the grill? I always thought that splicing our grill with a Park Aves' grill would look cool and you definately have th skill to do it. Anyway, keep it up, we can't wait to see how it turns out. clap

Thanks,

The grill will be modified. I am not sure what I will do yet, but that will come after the interior/audio system is finished.

Looking at the photo of your car backing out of the garage, I was struck by the size of the grill opening without the grill. I think if you just enlarged it but kept the oval shape it would make it look more agressive. You could go a classic Buick Waterfall look, A chrome mesh or blacked out.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:03 pm

isn't it just going to look similar to the Buick Allure if you tuck the front bumper in?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/'05-'07_Buick_Allure.jpg

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btw sqrivi, whats the combined weight of the back and front impact bars plus the hardware more or less?

robotennis61 wrote:: btw sqrivi, whats the combined weight of the back and front impact bars plus the hardware more or less?

Not sure. Haven't bothered to weigh them since they are staying on the car. When everything is done I think the weight will be about the same as it was stock.

I don't understand pictures 8/9/10 where you cut a chunk out of the front bumper.

What happened? Or, well, what's happening?
Albertj

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:15 pm

how are you laying the fiber glass resisin? are you laying thin material over the bumpers and then applying layers of the fiberglass? i jus wanna learn how to do it. i like the rear bumper i jus want it to come str8 down and have a slight swoop at the bottom, so i can try to have the exhaust come thru the bumper. and maybe the same for the front bumper, somthing like the new mits evo front and rear bumper imma find a pic and post it.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:36 pm

albertj wrote:: I don't understand pictures 8/9/10 where you cut a chunk out of the front bumper.

What happened? Or, well, what's happening?
Albertj

After the shell is made from the factory bumper cover it has to be reshaped. The fiberglass is cut in sections to maintain symmetry between right/left/top/bottom. Each section is modified until the desired fit is achieved then the next piece is modified to fit and attached, and so on...

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In this picture you can see just how much the bumper cover will be pulled in to get a nice tight fit to the headlights and grill.
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Also, I am not the genius behind the bodywork and paint. I would be lost painting a car. I am doing the fiberglass and custom work on the interior. Tommy, a friend of a friend, is doing the paint and body. The guy is crazy talented.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:10 pm

More trimming and fitting.

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Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:18 pm

Dude...... make SWEET RAM AIR INTAKE........ just sayin......

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:19 pm

Yeh, I'd consider buying a kit from you, when the time comes, if it included a nice air intake system.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:24 pm

98riviera98 wrote:: Dude...... make SWEET RAM AIR INTAKE........ just sayin......

I have been looking at the corner of the bumper and how it might lend itself to my FWI. cool

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:19 pm

Do one of those drag race funnels in the bumper, like this:

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But more like this, just not in a grille:

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Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:22 pm

Must be a better design than those examples in my opinion.
I'm sure you'll work it out so that it is functional and aesthetically pleasing.

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:38 pm

nice job sqrivi! but im curious why you deleted the 2 bumper protrusions that are built into the bumper? the ones that close the gap on either side of the chrome hood grill where the grill meets the bumper ?

Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:49 pm

Driver's side corner reminds me of this...see the resemblance? Give the Riv a big old smile!

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Subject: Re: Write-Up: Front & Rear Bumper Modification Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:01 pm

robotennis61 wrote:: nice job sqrivi! but im curious why you deleted the 2 bumper protrusions that are built into the bumper? the ones that close the gap on either side of the chrome hood grill where the grill meets the bumper ?

It is early in the process. They have not been deleted, they are just not there yet. When it is done everything will have a nice tight fit.

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