Black uncut bumper plus top mount for my cut bumper and front mount, or buy ?

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midge

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My bumper is not mint and does have marks, i dont know what make the intercooler is, its large and the battery has to be moved to the boot for the pipe work, hoping to find a straight swap, but will buy an uncut front bumper if someone has one (i prefer the oe look)

location Croydon
 
PobodY

PobodY

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You do realise that by putting an OE bumber back on you'll be reducing the airflow across your intercooler and therefore its cooling efficiency? - I appreciate you may have thought of this and decided that the intercooler is big enough that it doesn't need as much air going through it, but I thought I'd point it out just in case.
You may also find the radiator doesn't appreciate it either.

Don't get me wrong; I like the OEM look so I understand stylistically what you're doing.
 
John

John

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Hes ditching his front mount for a stock top mount though, I assume to return the car back to stock, so the airflow issue doesnt really apply.
 
PobodY

PobodY

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My bad - I didn't read that properly. :doh:

Knock yourself out; you might find it's easier to buy from someone like Boby and then try to offload the kit you've just taken off.
 
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midge

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Bob doesnt have an uncut bumper, i'd also point out that an uncut bumper would be perfectly sufficent for numbers over 400bhp (far more than i have/want)
 
PobodY

PobodY

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It's all very well to say that, but do you have any evidence that there is no significant advantage? I would have thought that every little bit helps, but have to admit that I haven't done the sums or measured the difference empirically. - I could be wrong, and it may simply be that it only makes a significant difference when you are (a) driving faster than the national speed limit or (b) making more that 300bhp (as an example).
 
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