FMIC Install question...

[drunknmunky408]

I am planning to do an FMIC install tomorrow but i want to know if it will fit with the stock a4 bumper? i will be following this DIY http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=190388

[zrowcool]

it will fit but will require some trimming. i dont know of the core you got but some require the rebar to be cut as well. i have one off ebay and it fit without cutting the rebar but the bumper had to be trimmed a bit. also lost the lower grilles and fog lights for the fmic.

[drunknmunky408]

it will fit but will require some trimming. i dont know of the core you got but some require the rebar to be cut as well. i have one off ebay and it fit without cutting the rebar but the bumper had to be trimmed a bit. also lost the lower grilles and fog lights for the fmic.

So after taking a look at it this morning, it seems like the intercooler would hang out at the bottom. I'm going to have to find an s4 or use my reiger 2 bumper so that i wouldn't have to cut my bumper.

Do you have pics of what yours look like?

[20vpower]

i have mine flipped upside down, it hangs out the valance. i would suggest just cutting out the metal rebar of the bumper to tuck it in behind the bumper

[zrowcool]

let me search around but im if not i'll snap a few tommorow morning.

[andyrew]

I cut my rebar, filled it in with foam, and went over it with 100mph tape so no foam pieces stick out.
Then again mine was a 3" FMIC..

[20vpower]

[20vpower]

im def going to be flipping it, just havent had time

[discontained]

If you take your time trimming and whatnot you can keep your grilles... Here is mine.
Trimmed the Bumper bar, and the plastic peices very very precisely and carefully

[B5A4Kevin]

discontained: your fmic looks so clean and you didnt even have to flip. really great job. i can only hope mine looks that good when i do my fmic. is that an ebay core? dimensions would be greatly appreciated.

[JumboBlack1.8]

Heres my DUH FMIC, which is almost 3" think....had to hack the shit out of the bumper and the rebar to get it to fit:



I wouldn't do this again, if I had to do it over again. I would've just waited til I got a bigger front bumper.

[discontained]

discontained: your fmic looks so clean and you didnt even have to flip. really great job. i can only hope mine looks that good when i do my fmic. is that an ebay core? dimensions would be greatly appreciated.

Yes Ebay Core FTW
28"x7"x2.5" very snug in there

[drunknmunky408]

If you take your time trimming and whatnot you can keep your grilles... Here is mine.
Trimmed the Bumper bar, and the plastic peices very very precisely and carefully

Did you cut the rebar?

[drunknmunky408]

Thanks for the pics everyone! I will have to rethink this. Stock or Reiger bumper.

[andyrew]

Did you cut the rebar?

Trimmed the Bumper bar

You like answering your own questions?

[drunknmunky408]

If you take your time trimming and whatnot you can keep your grilles... Here is mine.
Trimmed the Bumper bar, and the plastic peices very very precisely and carefully

well done! I want mine to look like yours... the headlight washers are gone right?

[drunknmunky408]

You like answering your own questions?

ugh... how so?

[biketsai]

Yo, hit me up on aim if you need help with install or whatever.

[andyrew]

If you take your time trimming and whatnot you can keep your grilles... Here is mine.
Trimmed the Bumper bar, and the plastic peices very very precisely and carefully

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Originally Posted by drunknmunky408

Did you cut the rebar?

When you posted, you quoted his post which answered your question. aka you answered your own question.

Dont worry about it dude, simple oversight.

[discontained]

well done! I want mine to look like yours... the headlight washers are gone right?

Nope, headlight washers are still there.. infact they work...

Did you cut the rebar?

NO? I did however trim the bumper metal bar, whatever I cut/notched, I went back over it and boxed it in with some tig welding. Strength FTW

[Jibberific]

Here's mine... they said "no cutting required" but i had to ditch the side vents because there was no way in hell they were going to be able to stay in there. So i took out the middle one too and cut off all the little tabs, just for congruence. Also i had to grind down the foglight housings a tad but i got to keep them and the headight sprayers too. It looks pretty good i think, just unprotected which kinda sucks

[Spykce]

I'd so like to put a FMIC on but I really want to keep the fog lights at a minimum... grills would be nice as well. More searching to do. I am hoping to do it next spring.

discontained your install is amazing

[solowb5]

If you plan on not going above a kkk turbo then I'd recommend this FMIC kit from autobahn88
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=220282201789
Just installed it on mine. You will loose the sai if you have one. I only had to trim a very small amount off the side fog brackets on the s4 bumper. Couldn't get the fogs in but, havent tried that hard to do so.