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06-27-2007, 08:35 PM
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Removing bumper supports?
If I was looking to ditch some weight in the form of removing bumper supports will it effect the shape of my front & rear bumper? I remember James car didn't have them and you could push the bumper in & it would pop back out but is this going to have any adverse effects?
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06-27-2007, 09:16 PM
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I might this it would get 'floppy', not to mention potential reduced collision protection.
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06-28-2007, 09:04 AM
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Safety > weight reduction
If this is a race-only car that you will trailer somewhere then its probably ok. If you drive to the track, you might consider removing something else for weight reduction.
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06-28-2007, 09:16 AM
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It won't really sag or cave-in. But without the support it they do tend to "pull away" from the mounts resulting in gaps between the hood and fenders.
For a street car, you could lighten the support but drilling out the steel back plate and maybe removing some of the plastic supports. But I wouldn't dump the entire thing.
For me front mount intercooler I made supports to hold the nose up. If I ever had a front impact it will mostly destroy the intercooler!
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Last edited by Pampered-Z; 06-28-2007 at 09:16 AM.
Reason: Speeling arrors
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06-28-2007, 03:09 PM
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Well on the LT1's at least is there a separate bracket that holds the fog lights in? I may just want to remove that and have nothing behind the bumper in that area so I can run ducting.
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06-28-2007, 09:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ar0ck
Well on the LT1's at least is there a separate bracket that holds the fog lights in?
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no.
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06-29-2007, 12:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pampered-Z
It won't really sag or cave-in. But without the support it they do tend to "pull away" from the mounts resulting in gaps between the hood and fenders.
For a street car, you could lighten the support but drilling out the steel back plate and maybe removing some of the plastic supports. But I wouldn't dump the entire thing.
For me front mount intercooler I made supports to hold the nose up. If I ever had a front impact it will mostly destroy the intercooler!
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i did same thing for my FMIC, and the nose and all holds together well.
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