Chopped Rear Bumper

[Gilhooligan]

Whilst my car was off the road I had a go at cutting the bottom portion of my rear bumper. The main reason being to get rid of that horrible UK spec, off -centre, rear fog light (driver's side reverse light gets used as the fog).
Getting the bumper off was surprsingly easy with only eight bolts holding it to the ends of the chassis legs, plus a couple of screws at each wheel arch. The hardest part was marking out where to cut. In my case it was measure about 20 times, nervously cut once.

Apparently it helps reduce the build up of pressurised air at the rear of the car and thus, increase stability, when travelling at speed but I haven't noticed any improvement other than aesthetic.

Before


After

[HaylingJag]

Tidy job, well done,

though whats that on top of the car, where the fresh air should be? C'mon, its March already

[gforceg]

Good job!

[Gilhooligan]

HaylingJag said:

Tidy job, well done,

though whats that on top of the car, where the fresh air should be? C'mon, its March already

Cheers. I actually don't have a soft top as it decided to become a water feature and I prefer the look of the hardtop. because race car and all that haha.

[PATTERNPART]

I like it.

[Mattlan]

Gilhooligan, lovely looking car! Should you ever decide to reverse the process I have a rear bumper (nothing as lovely as yours) and a full hood and frame in good nick!