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rear bumper mod?
I was looking at all the great pics that Wayne posted for us to enjoy...thanks Wayne!
I found one that makes me think...probably only good for a track only car. I would think the bumper pads would not hold up very well after having that big hole drilled through it. Just my .02  
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02-04-2003, 10:19 AM
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Smitty,
That looks like a fiberglass copy if a OE rear set up.. I don't think those big bubba bumpers are rubber they look like fiberglass to me.. but It's late and I wanna go home and play with my car .. so I may not be thinking clearly HAHAHAAH anyone else see the same thing I see..? Eric
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02-04-2003, 10:39 AM
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my guess is that is a one piece fiberglass rear, so I don't think that is actually a bumper pad.
It's kind of crazy though that they made a f/g copy of the stock rear complete with the bellows, bumper pads, and deco trim. I'm interested can anyone tell me if my assumption is correct about that being a f/g bumper?
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exactly....why would you?
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02-04-2003, 10:56 AM
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Maybe if you were to race the car and want it to have a 100% stock look ,, you could achieve this if you were to paint that bumper like the OE set up .. hell if it were painted right i'd be fooled.. a great sleeper set up .. you have a light ass car that looked heavy!
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Speaking of that picture, has anyone hear used those bolt on type fender flares on their SC or carrera. Thought about doing this to mine to get the wide body thing going.
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02-04-2003, 11:10 AM
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I think for those to work (asthetically) you need to go for the GT2 look which would require more than just the flares.
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call the guy and ask him...his numbers on the window.
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I think it's definitely a one-piece fiberglass reproduction of the stock rear bumper assembly. It was probably made when the bellows bumpers were the latest and greatest 911 styling development.
On a related note, though: what's the function of drilling the big holes in the rear bumper like that? I see it on lots of cars, and it doesn't seem like it would be for cooling -- maybe some sort of aerodynamic function?
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02-04-2003, 01:43 PM
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Both cooling and aerodynamic to some point I would think. The holes in the rear act to suck air out from under the car for cooling and less lift. More cooling than lift probably, but lets not go there.
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02-04-2003, 01:49 PM
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It's for cooling. There is a lot of heat trapped back there, and if you view the cross section of the rear bumper, it acts like a drag chute.
I actually have 2 x 3" holes drilled in the rear bumper panel of my 85 Carrera...in the middle...so it is covered by the rear license plate, and is not normally seen when the car is on the street. For DE's, I take off the plate. The stand-off of the plate with the normal bracket still allows a lot of hot air to escape. Actually, quite remarkable even when standing still after a hard run. Heat noticably rises from these holes. More.... On the lower valance...I had a local hot rod shop stamp a double row of louvers in that area between the 2 bumper bellows. Nice touch a-la early 550's and 356 4 cam Carrera's. Don't have any digital pics to post at this time... --Wil Ferch
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