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As promised, more details on the Lightweight rear bumper, and first pictures of the Lightweight front bumper (prototype).
NOTE: The pictures are not in order, but you should be able to figure out what pic goes with what description - sorry..
Light Weight Rear Bumper:
The original rear bumper assembly – steel beam, foam, plastic cover, nuts & bolts, weighs about 28.2 lbs.
Since my car is a non-streetable drag racer, I got rid of the steel beam and foam – and only am using the plastic cover. I removed the steel stiffening brackets from the interior corners of the cover. When the cover is installed, it makes the car look “stock”.
You need to drill some small screw holes below the rear hatch to fasten the cover on, and drill a couple of extra holes in the rear body work behind the wheel well opening to fully secure it. The bottom edge of the cover fastens onto the lower body work.
This is a pretty quick and easy modification to do.
Installed, the lighten cover weighs 2.2-lbs, so you are saving 26-lbs. Definitely worth while for racing purposes!
If you want to change the color of the cover, you only have to clean it with paint thinner and put a coat of Rustoleum All Purpose Primer on it, and then your finish color.
Light Weight Front Bumper Protoype:
Since it was “bumper day” I started a rough mock up of the front bumper, which is still a long way off before I really start working on it – but it gives me ideas about the front frame re-enforcing.
The bumper is again a light weight cover only. It is from the rear of an Aspire. I like it because it has no lower opening grill (more aerodynamic) and it sticks out pretty far – giving room behind it to put things.
My current plane is to build a lightweight frame to secure the bumper cover to the car. The frame will also be able to support a small tractor battery and the AFFF fire bottle.
As mentioned, this is a “one day I'll get to it” project, but from the mock-up it looks pretty “can do” simple.
NOTE: The pictures are not in order, but you should be able to figure out what pic goes with what description - sorry..
Light Weight Rear Bumper:
The original rear bumper assembly – steel beam, foam, plastic cover, nuts & bolts, weighs about 28.2 lbs.
Since my car is a non-streetable drag racer, I got rid of the steel beam and foam – and only am using the plastic cover. I removed the steel stiffening brackets from the interior corners of the cover. When the cover is installed, it makes the car look “stock”.
You need to drill some small screw holes below the rear hatch to fasten the cover on, and drill a couple of extra holes in the rear body work behind the wheel well opening to fully secure it. The bottom edge of the cover fastens onto the lower body work.
This is a pretty quick and easy modification to do.
Installed, the lighten cover weighs 2.2-lbs, so you are saving 26-lbs. Definitely worth while for racing purposes!
If you want to change the color of the cover, you only have to clean it with paint thinner and put a coat of Rustoleum All Purpose Primer on it, and then your finish color.
Light Weight Front Bumper Protoype:
Since it was “bumper day” I started a rough mock up of the front bumper, which is still a long way off before I really start working on it – but it gives me ideas about the front frame re-enforcing.
The bumper is again a light weight cover only. It is from the rear of an Aspire. I like it because it has no lower opening grill (more aerodynamic) and it sticks out pretty far – giving room behind it to put things.
My current plane is to build a lightweight frame to secure the bumper cover to the car. The frame will also be able to support a small tractor battery and the AFFF fire bottle.
As mentioned, this is a “one day I'll get to it” project, but from the mock-up it looks pretty “can do” simple.
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