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Accidental Custom Front Bumper

killeran

By killeran,
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killeran

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So this is what my car looked like the day I bought it, complete with Dolphin body kit :)

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Yep nice and clean, note the ACT plates (you guys have lovely roads).

Well this was very short-lived, after introducing the Stagea to the 'fantastic' roads we have to offer in NSW it wasn't long until it was copping a few bumps and scrapes.

Then one dark night a chopped up drum of some kind was left in the middle of the road in an 80km/h zone which fatefully met with my front bumper causing much damage and distress.

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It wasn't a good look, but I didn't want to spend the time and money fixing it with the thought that somewhere down the track it might happen again.

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So I thought why not clean it up and create a custom front bumper! I was forced to drive around for about a week without a front bumper since I was having problems with my forester... and somehow escaping the glares of about 6 cop cars we made it without incident and re-attached the bumper today!

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I've grown fond of the look (although my black FM Intercooler is now a bit visible), what does SAU think?

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my first thought was thats sucks, id be pissed if that happened to my car!!!
second thought, you can now cruise round vl calais style...

personally im not a huge fan of it, i dont hate it though.... but end of the day, if you like it then its all good :D

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Your look is hilarious.

Your intercooler should have the same kind of sad face too; as the amount of air that will now completely avoid going through the core is quite surprising.

If I were you I'd be saving for a new bar.

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