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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 10:33 AM
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How would you go about doing this? I have to do some repairs to my front bumper and want to see about having this done....

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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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prob some filler and a decent body man.
quick question...how would your car breath?
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not sure. im sure something like a SSRA would help, i would figure with that and the air dam it should be alright. Might need to upgrade the radiator too
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Wouldn't have to change anything but the custom work on the bumper. The radiator and the intake get it's main source of air from below. That's why there's that wide black plastic piece under your car. The bumper openings are purely cosmetic on the non-ram air models.
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I like it,fuse some plastic with 3m 8015 n use filler would be my guess
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dont do it! it looks like a wannabe ferrari lol
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dont do it! it looks like a wannabe ferrari lol
It wouldnt be thefirst pontiac to want to be a ferrari.... lmao
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I like it a lot. There's a guy that re did a white SS on here, he has a thread on this page I think and he filled in the fog light holes. Looks really good.
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