Tool need to cut front end for FMIC
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Tool need to cut front end for FMIC
I'm a member at camaroz28 and i wanted to see what you guys have used on your cars for cutting out the black area on the front clip of your bumper. i some of it out with a hand held blade saw type tool. i need something else though. one guy suggested a exacto knife but i think that would be kinda hard?
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Originally Posted by rufretic
I might try a dremil cut off tool. It seems to work good for cutting anything.
A dremel would work, but not as cleanly and quickly as some sort of reciprocating saw with a fine blade. Go too fast with a dremel and you melt the plastic and have a lot of clean up to do.
Doesn't have to be pneumatic either, electric will work fine, and are far more common. Buy one, or beg/borrow/steal one.
And forget about an exacto knife.
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i have never heard of that type of tool,but i rarely have anything to cut though. so its just some type of hand held cutting saw? i have something that looks like a knife hand that has a saw blade on it,but the teeth aren't fine though.
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Originally Posted by jRaskell
A dremel would work, but not as cleanly and quickly as some sort of reciprocating saw with a fine blade. Go too fast with a dremel and you melt the plastic and have a lot of clean up to do.
Doesn't have to be pneumatic either, electric will work fine, and are far more common. Buy one, or beg/borrow/steal one.
And forget about an exacto knife.
Doesn't have to be pneumatic either, electric will work fine, and are far more common. Buy one, or beg/borrow/steal one.
And forget about an exacto knife.
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Just buy a saws all they are pretty cheap really. You can also rent them if you don't want to buy. Cuts it fast. That's your Home Depot or Menard's elec version of the above air version.
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i have a very small dremel,i need to buy cut off wheels for it though. my buddy has a saws all but i think its pretty big,if they come in different sizes. i will ask him. i can get a razor blade knife from work and try that. if i could post a pic then you guys can see what i have left to cut really..
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You have to use a fine tooth blade, with a saws all. Also I have used a regular jigsaw also with a fine tooth blade. Just cut from the right side so you don't tear the paint up. On my Trans Am I used a belt sander to clean it up sideways then masked and painted it, since it was like cream colored.
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I used a Saw-zaw...i.e. recipricating saw to cut the metal inside the bumper. To cut the plastic, I used a very sharp razor blade and a steady hand.
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well i used my buddies die grinder since i was using it to smooth down the areas we cut out of the metal bumper for the intercooler. i got the front clip area is clean as i'm going to with out using a tool from homedepot or dremel. so i'm half way there. razor tool wouldn't cut it at all.