cuts in my rear bumper - Fuelly Forums

Click here to see important news regarding the aCar App

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 06-28-2006, 09:19 PM   #1
|V3|2D
 
thisisntjared's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,186
Country: United States
Send a message via AIM to thisisntjared
cuts in my rear bumper

i have mentioned in other threads that i cut the lower half of my bumper with a circular saw in order to reduce the 'parachute' effect from my rear bumper. another alternative is the oem diffuser from honda, which is really just a peice of plastic blocking the 'parachute'.

cutting the bumper is better because it eliminates some of the wake behind the car as well. ultimately the best setup would involve cutting the rear bumper and adding some panel to smooth out the air flow.

anyway some pics:
__________________

__________________
don't waste your time or time will waste you
thisisntjared is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2006, 09:24 PM   #2
Supporting Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 318
Country: United States
That is Clean!
__________________

budomove is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2006, 09:26 PM   #3
Registered Member
 
Bunger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 311
Country: United States
What monster rear sway bar is that?
__________________
Anger is a gift!
- Zack de la Rocha
Bunger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2006, 09:37 PM   #4
|V3|2D
 
thisisntjared's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,186
Country: United States
Send a message via AIM to thisisntjared
man you really think its clean? i think its filthy.

anyway thats the itr 22mm rear bar with the beaks kit. dont let the pics fool you, the car looks pretty high, but since the camera was on the ground when i took the pics it really changes the perspective. like you physically couldnt get this view by putting your head on the ground, it would still be too high. my car really is kinda low.

i am unsure of the gains from this mod. but i made the cuts early in march. if you look at my gas log for this car you will see that there is an increase in mpg however that could also be because of the return of summer. anyway i speculate that this is worth anywhere between .5 and 3.5mpg
__________________
don't waste your time or time will waste you
thisisntjared is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2006, 09:39 PM   #5
Registered Member
 
Bunger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 311
Country: United States
Quote:
Originally Posted by thisisntjared
thats the itr 22mm rear bar with the beaks kit
Ahh... thats what I figured... weren't people have issues with the bar mounting bolts tearing without the beaks kit?
__________________
Anger is a gift!
- Zack de la Rocha
Bunger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2006, 10:03 PM   #6
|V3|2D
 
thisisntjared's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,186
Country: United States
Send a message via AIM to thisisntjared
yea there were a lot of problems with that, mainly with the 96-00 civics, but others did have some issues. i would rather be safe than sorry.
__________________
don't waste your time or time will waste you
thisisntjared is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-30-2006, 08:37 PM   #7
|V3|2D
 
thisisntjared's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,186
Country: United States
Send a message via AIM to thisisntjared
man i thought there was more interest in this...
__________________
don't waste your time or time will waste you
thisisntjared is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-30-2006, 10:31 PM   #8
*shrug*
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,195
Country: United States
[comment] [\comment]
SVOboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-30-2006, 10:32 PM   #9
*shrug*
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,195
Country: United States
But seriously, my bumper doesn't like this, I'm hoping I can do something good with my undertray, because this would look severely ugly on the crx. Good job though.
SVOboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2006, 02:29 AM   #10
Registered Member
 
krousdb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,480
Country: United States
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Im wondering it it would be worth it on the VX. Does the VX have the diffuser you spoke of?

BTW, nice looking car. Those are HX wheels? What tires?
__________________

__________________


krousdb is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
iphone mobile broken RicksCafe Fuelly Web Support and Community News 2 01-22-2012 06:02 AM
history limit? Mosler Fuelly Web Support and Community News 2 07-21-2010 04:33 AM
"Missed a fuelling" option rodbegbie Fuelly Web Support and Community News 5 08-12-2008 03:49 AM
Nissan Altima REAR wind diffuser/belly Compaq888 General Fuel Topics 36 02-08-2006 12:10 PM
Concerning methods of measurement Flatland2D General Fuel Topics 3 09-17-2005 10:04 AM

» Fuelly iOS Apps
No Threads to Display.
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:50 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.