Front Bar Cutting ?

[Sammie]

hey al li just got a FMIC installed on my 33 gtst it has a mspec kit iwas wandering if it is safe to cut that part in front of the FMIC ? i heard it's illegal and if i can where is it best to get it cut at.

[Pulp]

Shit I hope it ain't illegal! I was going to get mine done too!

[mitchy_]

cutting the front bar, or cutting the re-enforcement bar?

front bar is ok as long as its not dodgy, and is all cleaned up, and has mesh over any holes.

cutting the re-enforcement bar *is* however, illegal.

[ossie_21]

If you have a big core intercooler, I would be extremly interested in seeing how it has fit without cutting the reinforcement bar. Look at this time consuming pic I done, that shows where it was & how much is left. Hours this took me.

[mitchy_]

mine was hacked up baaaaaaaaaaad. (was done before i owned the car).

if you think of the re-enforcment bar as a C shape, i have the top sideof the C left, and thats it.

alot of the time you can fit it by just cutting out the bottom of the C, ~600 wide, to suit the cooler, and bolting the top of it to the top of the bar.

[KeeFy]

Mine has already been cut when i got the car... a little bit of a dodgy work but overall it's ok .... will post some pics soon

[ossie_21]

Yeah, the green is what's left, the yellow roughly is what is was beforehand. It was the cutting of the actual bumper that was the hard part, mine is a s1 bumper. It is an m-spec, but that was before I aquaplaned into a f**king kerb

[KeeFy]

This is an example of a cut front bar from my line with a fmic. 600x300x75. I kinda like it somehow and it's still abs plastic... which is way more durable than fibreglass.. =D

[Sammie]

i want mine cut exactly like keefys the section he got cut out is what i still have

[ix9]

I cut mine too - yes, part of the front metal thing (behind the plastic front bar) has been cut away when I got my cooler fitted.

Took me about 30mins

[MacGuyver]

I've cut my front reinforcement bar when installing my FMIC, but I've only cut it just enough so the FMIC could fit. I think you would want to keep it there, for safety reasons wouldn't you? It doesn't look as cool as KeeFy's front bar however.

[mitchy_]

yeah, thats why its a re-enforcement bar... works like a crumple zone.

[KeeFy]

hrmmmm.... there is a re enforcement bar on the bumper itself ? cause as far as i know ... no part of the chasis was cut.

[Sammie]

yea i undertsand the safety to it however it doesnt look very good to me

[GWP021]

dunno i kinda like my stealth fmic just took enuf out of the steel to fit it then fit most of the stock front bar back over took a lil time a few beers and a grinder with diamond disc sounds ruff bit if your carefull it gives a good finish would post pics but no digi cam atm

[Pal]

will be going over the pits soon to get the car licence changed to a manual, i was going to ask if i can legaly cut this section out. will let u know

[mitchy_]

leagally you cant cut it

don't ask them

[Booya]

When i took mine over the pits i didnt dear ask them, hey is this legal or what! LOL

[mitchy_]

When i took mine over the pits i didnt dear ask them, hey is this legal or what! LOL

ya, exactly..

if they dont see it, your safe.

but if they dont see it, then you ask them.. your stuffed

[KeeFy]

ya, exactly..

if they dont see it, your safe.

but if they dont see it, then you ask them.. your stuffed

LoL. "Hi Cop, i just took some xtcy.. is it legal ?"