I am somewhat sad to be posting in this thread but happy as well. I am sad for the fact I had this car running for a few weeks (driving too I might add), then suddenly it decided to break itself. In nothing but true DSM fashion of course. I am happy as of the direction this car will FINALLY be taking!
Now to answer all of the questions; yes the front bumper came off. It was to attempt to fit the MAP FMIC kit I picked up for cheap. I just left it that way because I had a feeling something stupid was going to happen and I'd likely need it off anyhow. Guess who was right?
Sometime this week I took the car out to go grab some McDonald's. I pulled up to a stop light with intentions to turn right and did so. As I completely the turn the transmission seemed to nearly downshift then maybe slip. It revved to probably 8k then jump back down. I instantly got over to the other side of the road and costed into Holiday.
I called a bunch of people and finally found a friend to help. I attempted to drive it as this grinding sound persisted from the transmission. I was about 5 blocks from Northwest Tech. so I wasn't worried. After about 4 blocks of going 20MPH (the max speed it would go), I gave up and we pulled it with a mini-ass strap.