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Old 08-14-2016, 02:35 PM
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Look in the weight reduction section towards the end. There is pic of a car (SubhumanZZ) with them installed. Looks badass.
Old 08-17-2016, 04:48 PM
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6le makes them, when he gets 10 orders at a time.
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I'm still waiting to see someone that actually has the 6le ones.

I talked to Eric (subhumanz) about them you have to glue them in and I don't want to do that... if I'm going to glue the things in so they can't come out anymore I will just put a carbon hard top on the car and paint it to match the car, not what I'm after.
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Im thinking ill start with removing rear bumper support, seems like a pretty straight forward deal
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Well whats gonna hold the bumper cover up?
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Honestly that's one place I wouldn't touch till everything else is done, no point in taking weight off one place that it will help.
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I could be wrong on this but I have been reading that I can just remove the rear plastic bumper then there is a crash pad I can remove suppose to be around 20 lbs or so.. the just re install the rear bumper.. I think the front bumper crash pad has supports that hold the oem fog lights in so I'm hesitant to mess with that as of now... is all this correct??
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Is the front crash pad easy to remove? ?
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Originally Posted by 98camaropower
Is the front crash pad easy to remove? ?
Midwest chassis sells the front and rear crash beam supports.. They weigh half as much as the OEM stuff

The front bumper should come off to have access to the front foam and crash beam. The front bumper can sag a little though since it has no support underneath the top lip of it now.

Mwc bumper bar will correct that while minimizing weight gain.
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Originally Posted by Burken01
Midwest chassis sells the front and rear crash beam supports.. They weigh half as much as the OEM stuff

The front bumper should come off to have access to the front foam and crash beam. The front bumper can sag a little though since it has no support underneath the top lip of it now.

Mwc bumper bar will correct that while minimizing weight gain.
My mwc front bumper support doesn't weigh half as much as the OEM, you could say it weighs almost nothing, compared to the OEM crash support.
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Originally Posted by 98camaropower
Im thinking ill start with removing rear bumper support, seems like a pretty straight forward deal
I'm going to remove my rear one next and see if the bumper will stay fixed properly with no support. If not i'll buy the mwc rear support also.
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I wasnt planning on having it at all
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Originally Posted by Launch
I'm going to remove my rear one next and see if the bumper will stay fixed properly with no support. If not i'll buy the mwc rear support also.
Not running front or rear inner bumpers, no saggage here.
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Everyone just missed the weekend bumper support sale.

What you may not see as sagging sitting still they do when moving and the rear bumper will become a big parachute if you do not tie in the lower portion as it collect air and wants to pull away at the bottom while the lower portion of the front bumper becomes a wind flap. This is why our front and rear bumper supports catch the lower portion of the bumpers as well as supporting it up top.
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Check back in when you do
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Originally Posted by 98camaropower
Check back in when you do
I would do a group buy sale if you think you can gather ten people.
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Originally Posted by MidwestChassis2
I would do a group buy sale if you think you can gather ten people.
I know they are lighter then stock but are they just as strong for those that still drive on the street?
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Originally Posted by Heavy H.P.
I know they are lighter then stock but are they just as strong for those that still drive on the street?
Nothing is as strong as a factory bumper support. If we made them to be as strong they wouldn't be light weight defeating the purpose of an aftermarket bumper support.

Unless you are doing a front mount intercooler, we do have a version that still supports the bumper but allows room to mount your intercooler up front.

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Originally Posted by MidwestChassis2
I would do a group buy sale if you think you can gather ten people.
Count me in on the group buy
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Originally Posted by King23
Count me in on the group buy
There is one.


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