im about to cut into this thick ass metal front bumper support to fit the fmic in. im wondering if its worth me just discarding this huge heavy metal thing instead of trying to hack it up?

what did you guys do?

It saved my FMIC. Keep it.

holy crap!! haha ok. i kept it on my 2g, even though it was plastic and a bit lighter.

think a pneumatic cutting wheel will get through it? what did you use?

Plasma Cutter. :) I don't think the cutting wheel will work. Even a Saws-All will have problems with that thing.

lol crikey. i might have to take it somewhere.

Originally posted by soulcontroller
lol crikey. i might have to take it somewhere.

I had a local industrial truck shop do it. $20 and it took them 10 minutes with their super plasma cutter. Keep the reinforcement though. Look for a place that does heavy truck repair.

I hacked mine with a cutting torch at work.
Heres a link to all the pics when I installed mine:

http://www.quadcitiesdsm.com/projects/fmic.html

Im sure youre piping will be ran a little different :rolleyes
Im gonna re route mine I just havent got around to it yet...

heh thanks for the posts hult.

im going to make some calls tomorrow and see what i can come up with. and yes, my ic piping is run way different than yours :) im using a garret core though...

:scratch

Well on the 90-91's you can't just ditch the support, that big ass metal bumper is what the bumper cover itself bolts to, on the 92-94's can junk it and still have something to bolt the bumper too, i just cut the insides out with a cutting torch and a saw-zall

Originally posted by eclipzGST
:scratch

That was pretty much the only way we could route it without loosing the ac. I think Luke is planning on redoing it this summer.

Originally posted by qc dsm tsi

Originally posted by eclipzGST :scratch

That was pretty much the only way we could route it without loosing the ac. I think Luke is planning on redoing it this summer.

Theres at least 2 ways to route it and keep your a/c, that crazy way its done in the picture, or run the pipes how the dejon kit does, which is exactly how i did it, kept my a/c,fm oil cooler, and ps loop.

well i took the bumper to a place i know and we cut it up with a cutting torch.

haha theres no way it could have been done with a cutting wheel... that bumper is freaking wicked! haha.

Originally posted by DSMTunerS95

Originally posted by qc dsm tsi

Originally posted by eclipzGST :scratch

That was pretty much the only way we could route it without loosing the ac. I think Luke is planning on redoing it this summer.

Theres at least 2 ways to route it and keep your a/c, that crazy way its done in the picture, or run the pipes how the dejon kit does, which is exactly how i did it, kept my a/c,fm oil cooler, and ps loop.

How does the Dejon kit run it??
Im all for fixing my crazy ass IC piping! lol

I'll post some pics up later this afternoon