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Old 05-14-09 | 03:01 AM
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Quick photochop. This is on a 1996 bumper with the fog lights not the turn signals.
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Old 05-14-09 | 04:35 AM
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Looks intresting....
Old 05-14-09 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by sc-driver
Quick photochop. This is on a 1996 bumper with the fog lights not the turn signals.
Can you get rid of the lines covering the hole beside the foglights?

Also put on a sc400 lip? It also needs a chrome emblem not gold

I think that would look great
Old 05-14-09 | 06:16 PM
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I couldn't find a good pic to put the lip on.
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Old 05-14-09 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sc-driver
I couldn't find a good pic to put the lip on.
That actually looks really really sick.
Old 05-15-09 | 12:59 AM
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time for pics.

this is what my girl looks like

first i pulled the bumper and all lights out

now the cutting. there is no turning back at this point

here is the hard part. there is no place on the inside of the bumper were the grill can hold on to so i had to trim the edge of the grill so it can be as flushed as possible. in the center you can see how much i trimed. this was no easy task.

i also had to trim the edges on the bumper were the cut was made. the whole edge was also trimed to flush the grill. and on both edges, i cut the whole edge out untill the grill had a tight fit.

and here is what it looks like.

tomorrow i will work on the inner brackets to bolt the grill on from the inside. i also got onother stupid idea while i was working on the grill. what i did was deleted the sidemarkers.
Old 05-15-09 | 04:05 AM
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woah thats a lot of work. Good Job and good luck!
Old 05-15-09 | 07:49 AM
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I always loved that look. You should do it.
Old 05-15-09 | 07:22 PM
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Pics aren't working. I really want to see this though.
Old 05-15-09 | 08:06 PM
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I want to upgrade to a 97+ bumper but its freaking expensive.Looks great.
Old 05-15-09 | 11:01 PM
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photobucket tripin. dont know what to do
Old 05-15-09 | 11:21 PM
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how would a grill on a 92 look?
Old 05-16-09 | 11:38 AM
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how would a grill on a 92 look?
the same exept for the center grill on the bumper
Old 05-18-09 | 11:10 PM
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so the bumper is done. i did not install the brackets for the grill because i did not wanted them to be painted. ill get pics of the grill and brackets. ialso painted my headlight and highbeam houseing. but i did do something with my fogs that i havent seen some one do. well let the pics do the talking and let me know what you guys think.





they look so fresh and so clean with a fresh clear coat in and out. the caps. for the fogs came out of a early ls and i removed the shield so the whole cap could be exposed.

btw the housing for the fogs is also black. and here is the bumper


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Old 05-18-09 | 11:16 PM
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DUDE. that looks sooo clean!

i wish i had enough trust in myself to do this to my bumper!



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