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i have a r33 series one that i just pulled my broken 400r bumper off. i need to cut my standard bumper to fit over the cooler pipes and possibly the intercooler. does anyone have a picture of how much i need to cut out off the series one standard bumper to fit it over the cooler. or any advise on how to measure it best. i only want to cut the minimum out of it and not end up cutting out too much so it looks crap.

I fitted a Trust kit in an Impul Fibreglass bumper today.

Get a mate to hold the bumper in place for a test fit - you will be able to see where the bumper is hitting on the intercooler. Then measure on the side where it fits up against the light as to how far away you are. I was about 5cm with mine.

I then measured a 5cm line across the bit(s) of bumper that was causing the problem and made a template line with masking tape, then went to it with an angle grinder. Needed a bit of tidying up with a file & sandpaper but came up nice in the end. I cut a little on the conservative side and let the file do the rest. Bumper is now a perfect fit around the core.

Good luck!

what should i cut it with?

Angle grinder with a metal cutting wheel will work fine. Thats what I used to cut up a standard R32 bar.

You can even use a jigsaw with a plastic cutting blade, that might give you a neater cutting providing you have enough room to use a jigsaw.

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ive been trying to put it on and ive cut a fair bit out of the bottom holes where it was hitting on the cooler pipes. the problem now is its hitting on the metal bar bits behind the lights in the bumper. it even hits with the lights out of the bumper. how do i get it onthe rest of the way. i cant get it to line up to the bolt holes on the ends coz where its hitting it wont let me pull the ends of the bumper up to the holes. its on like a slant down and i cant pull it up cos of the metal bars. im thinking it should go on coz its the same bumper that would have came onthe car originallyeven before it had a cooler on it and where its hitting has nothing to do with the cooler or pipes. help me dudes.

its hitting on the big bars that bolt to the rest of the car that hold the bar that goes across the middle at the front. how do i get the thing on. i cant cut it there coz its hitting on the bumper lights. it shud go straight on coz its a original part going on to a car it was designed for.

You have a NON STANDARD (read:home made) reo. Damn that looks bad/unsafe. :D

You'll need to fit the std reo, then fit the front bar.

reo=Reinforcement Bar. The metal bar that sits just below your head lights and is attached to the car by those shitty "c-channel" bars.

its hitting on the c channel bars but hey. are they the original ones or made up also? the bar across the middle doesnt seem to be a problem and has holes in the top that line up with the round holes in the standard bumper i was gunna put on

thanks for that one man. now i see what i need

how much should i be looking at paying for a new reo bar? if anyone has one send me a pm with the price. im on brisbane northside.

i mean a second hand reo not a new one

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