pics of the install for those who are interested...


painted and awaiting install






removal of the stock front bumper, which curiously has a styrofoam piece directly behind it. This is very easy, requiring the removal of 6 screws on top, 2 in the wheel wells, and about 8 underneath the front bumper.





removal of one of the two plastic undertrays.






view of the naked front.






removal of second plastic undertray.

 

full frontal.






trimming of the fender well plastic.






oops, this was the second plastic undertray.






removal of my front-lower-crossmember-brace.

 

removal of stock lower tie bar.





comparison of stock bar to Mugen bar.





sub-frame support brackets comparison.






white boy trying to read Japanese.

 

installing underpanel support bracket.






marking of front beam for drilling.







holes drilled and bumper support installed.







installing first piece of Mugen bumper.

 

side view of first piece on.





removing unnecessary metal clips from trimmed fenderwell plastic--- total weight savings... 1 oz.







fitting of main front bumper assembly.







finished!!








That's it. Now you can judge how much work there is to do to DIY install the Mugen SS front bumper.
Now I have a big SMILEY face on my car too!


Thanks to Cole and Chris (LOT-TECH and J's AP1) for helping with the install.

 

awesome pics! wow, i didn't even know this bumper had that other cool piece underneath. is that thing cf? the car looks hot and i know i won't miss it when i see you on the streets!

 

thanks!
The construction is CFRP, which I think stands for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic. So partly CF, I guess.
I've always run with my front plate on due to living in Waikiki, but I couldn't bring myself to put it on this bumper. I guess a couple of $50 traffic tickets would change my mind though

 

that is hot
:thumbsup:

 

wow looks great, got any more pics of the chick in this photo?

http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/image...eview/149269/6/

 

Can we get a pic of the car in the light? It's hard to make out any detail on the bumper because the pix are kinda dark.