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Old 05-01-2009   #1
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Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

Well I know alot of us have removed our front ones for big front mounts but what about the rear? On my car I did a bunch of weight savings up front, including removing the bumper for my front mount, but none in the back. I need to try and keep an equal weight distribution or remove even more from the rear since my car is FWD. I just removed mine today and made a nice little bracket to hold the bottom of the bumper cover. I'm just curious to how many of you removed you'rs or didn't and why? I know there is a bit of a safety hazard but it's the same with the front..
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I removed the rear bumper on both my old 1G's.
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o snap this totally slipped my mind looks like a big chunk of metal is leaving my garage
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

I'm thinking about replacing my front one with an aluminum beam from a buick lesabre. The rear one I couldn't care less about though. How do you mount the bumper cover then?
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

The rear cover is not attached to the crash beam on 1G's (exept for the bottom)

It just bolts to the body. The bottom of the cover holds it's shape with no support.
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

I removed the rear bumper on my old gst.
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

Nice, thanks.
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

come on dustin your intercooler is your bumper, well when you got one the size of mine it is
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come on dustin your intercooler is your bumper, well when you got one the size of mine it is
Mine is half as tall as yours. lol It bolts to the bottom of the stock crash beam, otherwise I would've gotten rid of it a while ago.
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Mine is half as tall as yours. lol It bolts to the bottom of the stock crash beam, otherwise I would've gotten rid of it a while ago.
arnt these bumpers only good for like a 20mph hit?
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arnt these bumpers only good for like a 20mph hit?
The crash beams are rated for up to 5 mph
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

I'll post a pic of how I mounted the bottom of the bumper. It was actually really easy, I just went to Fleet Farm and picked up a 90 degree piece of metal. I was just curious cause you never hear of anyone removing the rear one.
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I'll post a pic of how I mounted the bottom of the bumper. It was actually really easy, I just went to Fleet Farm and picked up a 90 degree piece of metal.
Meh, just adding back more weight
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

I will take one that any of you guys are throwing away.
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Old 05-02-2009   #15
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Re: Who here has removed their rear bumper? (crash beam)

^^ You can have mine.

Here is the bracket. They sell them at fleet farm and it happened to be the perfect width and length. Bolted it right to the bottom of (whatever you call those things) and the bumper cover bolted right up.

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