Hey guys, I have a FMIC that is 3" thick, and I am still using my OEM bumper
Instead of being this :


I bought a new bumper already, and I REALLY want to keep the stock grill, Is there anybody that has stock grill with FMIC, if so, how did you guys do it??

I have checked the measurements between the FMIC and the bumper, there's like 1.5 " on the top and 1" on the bottom IN THE MIDDLE.. but as for the sides of the FMIC, there is no space at all....

so what can I do??

thank you !

 

If u have an IC period, i think theres no way to keep yer stock grill.. i dont think u can keep it...but then again, i could be wrong

 

mount ur IC differently..... push it back a few inches...... and cut each fin with exacto knife so that its thinner

 

I kept mine, but then again I have an EK.

 

I cut my grill out completely, dusted the intercooler black, and then put a black grill in the cutout. It looks stock until you get right up on it. I don't know how to get picture up, if you want to see it let me know how to get them up or I can e-mail them for somebody to post.

 

on my friends eg hatch his fmic wasn't even that thick but he still had to cut out the stock grille so that everything would fit. what we ended up doing was cutting out the whole grille as neat as we could, and then trimmed it down depth-wise. when we got the stock grille thinner than it used to be, we managed to (after reinstalling IC and bumper) slide the grille back where it used to be and then using black zipties on the insides to hold it in place. if i remember correctly it is very very hard to get it to the point where it will sit exactly where it used to, but we got it to sit just flush with the front of the bumper. so it didnt look exactly stock if you looked close enough, but at just a glance the bumper looked fine with the grille still intact. good luck with whatever you choose to do

-alan

 

i will cut and test fit and keep doing it until it fits...

if it doesn't, then i will probably cut the whole thing out

i really don't like showing the WHOLE FMIC out...

thanks guys

 

i kept mine
i have an 92 hatchback, with the bigger intercooler. i had to thing em out a tiny bit, but you honestly can't tell i have an ic.

 

thats exactly what I did. hours and hours of fun. ok it wasn't fun at all, but it did take a long time to get it right.
a dremel helps a lot.

 

hahha i kept mine like 30m min of cutting but i removed my bumper support...but o well.....i used kitchen scissors too lol...here's a pic...



the intercooler core is 26x3.5x7.9 spearco core....what u guys think with stock grill?

 

That is CLEAN!!!! i have every intention on keeping my stock grill!! good job

 

chopped out my grille.


....SHhhhhhhh.....I'm "sleeping"

 

HOW did you do it !!!???

 

Here is mine on the EK, I just thinned out the depth of the grille. Took a little time, that is all.

 

how did you fasten that mesh screening behind your bumper? That looks really good! I was going to just cut my bumper and let my fmic hang out, but it would probably be better to add a mesh grill, it looks hella good and will save my intercooler from big *** highway rocks! Got any more pics?????

 

i just trimmed along to see where the intercooler hit the bumper and cut along it...but keep in mind i removed the bumper support it gave me room to move the whole things higher which cleared alot of the lower bumper....but since i took that pic i have had a small confrontation with a tree so when the body shop redid everything they also cut the whole grill off ...but its okay i guess...







[Modified by eg6turbo, 12:24 PM 2/16/2003]

 

I cant wait to get my FMIC on my 92 civic. I hope I can keep the stock grill.
Looks so clean.

 

wow that looks really good man. how low is your car? my friends eg hatch was lowered like 2 and had the b18c in it which made it a little lower. with the fins of the stock grill in front of the fmic, you could barely see the ic until you got like a block away

to a clean job

 

here is ur pic:

 

alright now that is the shitz hella hidden damn...i should do this to mine hmmmm...i dunno yet lol.....i lowered my car about 3-3.5 all around its pretty low and will go a little lower when i get my koni sp3 shocks....

 

Thanks for posting my pic. Yeah, it's really hidden. My car is pretty low, I have KW fully adjustable coilovers on it. I don't have problems with the intercooler, just the radiator. I converted to a GSR radiator, I 'm changing it over to a Fluidyne or PWR in the next week or two so I can get my traction bars in.

 

damn, i stand corrected, but even when retaining yer stock grill, you have to trim it, and can easily see the IC in most cases, oh wells, nice work guys..

 

hey, sorry, i forgot ur username hehehe

VERY VERY hidden !