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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Damn, I was hoping for something that would be benneficial to having a front mounted intercooler....

I like that you guys are actually bringing something new to the community. It's people like you guys and Mark (6LE) that keep this hobby alive.
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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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I saw your bumper this weekend on Russ' car at the gathering, looks great! I'm sure this one will be killer as well
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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ChevyChad
hahaha.. I dont even have photoshop, I use good ole MS paint I just had a lot of patience when I did that
Yeah I had some dumb freebie program and just smudged the image. I have a free program called Gimp 2 that works as well as photoshop! Check it out.

I've attached a quick smoothie bumper chop.
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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 10:46 PM
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V1 please
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Old Jun 2, 2011 | 02:23 AM
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here's my take at it..
...obviously roughhh




another rough chop






- the top pic gives a better view of how the splitter side vents should look
- the bottom pic shows more modest Enzo-esque entrances

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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
Damn, I was hoping for something that would be benneficial to having a front mounted intercooler....

I like that you guys are actually bringing something new to the community. It's people like you guys and Mark (6LE) that keep this hobby alive.
Hey man I have the Evolution 1 bumper ) made a few years back. PM me if interested.





And like I said in the other thread, I'm digging the V1 bumper!

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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 11:45 AM
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i know this is way old...but what ever happened to the custom bumper from the original post? did it not get produced?
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I talked to the guy who was building it; I forgot the reason, but the project is DEAD!
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