Modding the front bumper

[rocky.ca]

Was wondering... has anyone ever molded the OEM lower and upper bumpers and cutting out larger vents? sort of like the crappy paint pic i made... might be a much cheaper way to get that s4/rs4 look... and it wont look wierd without sideskirts... just thinking out loud

[Blake260]

yes, there are pictures of it on here somewhere....

[Euro-Tuner]

x2, it came out looking like a passat bumper...interesting though

[D.C. Designs]

sounds very intreresting indeed

[SykoraA4]

yep, my bumper is modded. similar to your drawing, but with the center bar still in. ill post up some pictures.

[slopoke]

well lets see em

[rocky.ca]

Pics Pics Pics

[blmlozz]

the only problem with that picture is you'd be cutting exactly where the bottom half of the bumper clips to the top, so you'd have to create some kind of support all over again to prevent it from falling off since that's the only way it stays on.

[big_greasy_taco]

the only problem with that picture is you'd be cutting exactly where the bottom half of the bumper clips to the top, so you'd have to create some kind of support all over again to prevent it from falling off since that's the only way it stays on.

I think hes talking about molding the lower. there wouldn't have to be clips there. He could easily make some supports if needed to the sides and inbetween.

[rocky.ca]

yeah, i'd be molding the lower lip to the bumper (it would turn into one piece)..... no supports needed, and then maybe throwing on some sort of splitter or something, who knows... i want to see those pics though :)

[drunknmunky408]

Was wondering... has anyone ever molded the OEM lower and upper bumpers and cutting out larger vents? sort of like the crappy paint pic i made... might be a much cheaper way to get that s4/rs4 look... and it wont look wierd without sideskirts... just thinking out loud

just had to use my car as a demo!

[Poopie]

someone with a santorin blue a4 already did that. it looked real good. it was like sygnorg60 or something like that

[B518T]

if you mold the lower to the bumper It could look good....

I have seen a few apps similar to this one...but none of them looked quite right...

I remember, there was a guy on here a while back who molded one and had it all prepped for paint and then he quit and sold it....

gl!

[SykoraA4]

i have matching rs4 style grills that are in the openings, as well as a cupra splitter and led strips, but i havent taken any pictures yet. ill do that soon. enjoy!

[rocky.ca]

that actually looks really good.... ideas ideas :P

[mike-2ptzero]

What is the point of making the side openings larger but not the center where the FMIC is located?

[oneohone]

Looks.

[mike-2ptzero]

Looks.

Looks funny with the side openings much larger then the center.

[flynnr]

that looks WAYYY better than stock!!! nice mod

clearly this guy ^^ hasn't heard of the phrase "to each his own"


dont be a dbag just to be a dbag... he obviously likes it or he wouldnt have kept it like that

[boostedup]

that looks WAYYY better than stock!!! nice mod

clearly this guy ^^ hasn't heard of the phrase "to each his own"


dont be a dbag just to be a dbag... he obviously likes it or he wouldnt have kept it like that

"that guy" is stating his opinion, and happens to be a respected member of the AZ community. unlike you who has one ring and no clue.


but to answer mike's question i'm pretty sure he kept the middle bar for support of the lower trim. even though i guess he could've went the other way and left the side bars for support and chopped the middle. either way looks much cleaner than stock, just needs some rs4 mesh with fogs and he's golden.

[mike-2ptzero]

that looks WAYYY better than stock!!! nice mod

clearly this guy ^^ hasn't heard of the phrase "to each his own"


dont be a dbag just to be a dbag... he obviously likes it or he wouldnt have kept it like that

LOL. What are you 12? Your the only one looking like a dbag, seeing that I was just giving my honest opinion.


I never said it looked worse then stock, I said it looked funny and thats because all its doing is showing the the IC pipes.


Damn maybe I should go back to a stock bumper instead of sporting a modified S4 bumper.

[dingguhlbary]

hahahaha, what was flynnr thinking!!

but as i was scrolling down mike, i thought the same thing. i was wondering why the ic pipes were exposed so much. don't care for the larger fmic opening, but i wouldn't have make the side vents that big.

[FLACO X3]

wow that looks really good. And to think i was gonna buy an RS4. Can you fit the ER FMIC with that mod?

[SykoraA4]

my intercooler is the just-intercoolers core,
heres a better picture with the grills in. this was taken before the leds and cupra splitter, i just havent taken any good pictures since then.

[slopoke]

looks good except the blue bar across the fmic makes me wanna punch babies

[slopoke]

any pics of the construction?

[SykoraA4]

i actually got the bumper from bronz, he did the work on the bumper. there was a thread following what he did, ill have to dig it up. the bar through the middle is needed to support the bumper.

[jman8806]

i left the sides and cut out the middle bar.

pix arent that good. they were taken a while ago but i still have the modded bumper on.

[FIRE]

^^ that actually looks pretty good...did you just gutted things in the middle?

[jankaroni]

Is there any way you could get better pics of this jman? I was considering doing this as well but I am curious to see how it looks first.

[jman8806]

here are recent pix from my last thread

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278485

[Quattro 4 Life]

sykora's pics didn't show up for me, anyone else having this issue? I really wanna see em haha

[SykoraA4]

i forgot about these, i reorganized my photobucket ill post them up again

[SykoraA4]

theres a bunch

[anmagro]

That front ^ has a little too much going on for my taste. You should try painting the IC hangers, you can see them threw the grill i little bit. Just an idea.

[Euromike]

looks good. someone do a DIY!

[Quattro 4 Life]

thanks for posting those again, i like it

[duzeco]

Looks Great Sykora! Where did you get the mesh by the fogs?

[SykoraA4]

the mesh is just expanded mesh from home depot, dremeled to shape and then plastidipped black, then black door trim from pepboys around the edges.

[Euromike]

I think im going to attempt this tomorrow. I gotta paint my lower first so it doesnt look stupid.

I plan on filling it all in with home depot rs4 type mesh

If i cut out everywhere illistrated in the picture, do you think the lower plastic peice will sag because of the lack of support? i would be cutting off alomst all of its support in the front.. Lemme know what you guys think