I understand... I just personally like the chrome and mesh. I've got mesh over my front grills and side air vents too. I was thinking though that you could do this with black painted perforated metal (either flat black or gloss) instead of the silver. Then you'd use black trim around the edge instead of the chrome. It might be cool to use stainless steel too, instead of the clear coated steel.

Sure you can do that. It's probably expensive though, I'm not sure on the cost. Remember Danny's car that Tool Pants posted a picture of below? I believe this is his car in a later iteration. You can see that he went away from the bumperette cover and to the complete Eurpoean bumper.

yeah u can get the euro bumper, or just drill out the bumperettes and fill in the holes trough a body shop.

and no, im not all against mesh, i have it in my side intakes, and on the front bumper, but its black, so its not really noticeable.

but that shiny chrome look kinda isnt flowing, but if youre loving it then awesome, you did a good job btw, i dont mean to put down your work :cheers:

What do you guys mean drill out the bumperette mounts?
How are they mounted? :confused:

the actual rubber/plastic part is held by only one bold on the bottom.
once you remove that you will see what it was attached to, a metal plate of a sort, that is pretty much riveted to the metal rear support. so you can drill that out and it will be outta there, and you will be left with holes in your bumper...

heres what it looks like when you remove one, old pic but shows
http://i19.tinypic.com/4g448dh.jpg

There's an allen bolt on the bottom that holds on the rubber cover. The rubber cover goes over a metal piece that is attached to the bumper (the metal bumper under the bumper cover). That metal piece is riveted to the bumper in three places. You have to drill out these rivets to get the metal pieces off and to get a flat rear bumper. You'd have to do this for a European bumper cover or a bumperette hole cover.

heres what it would look like if you just stick with a colormatched plexi :cheers:
http://i13.tinypic.com/4mclbg3.jpg

Here's what it looks like actually removed from the car, with my assistant. You can see the three mounting holes in the metal bracket that holds the bumperette. I figure that if you want to go back, you can always tap the holes in the bumper and re-mount the bumperettes.

Just a closer view of the perforated metal. I'm going to check and see if they sell this stuff in stainless steel.

hahahha, LOL, good ol Kirk and his assistant..hhaha... I remember her from the 'lower stress bar' thread, and the ernie/kirk bars...

So, what's the story with the assistant Kirk? haha... :cheers:

Oh this skinny little Chinese chick is always hanging around my house, half naked, and fondling my Porsche parts, so it's hard to not accidentally get her in some of my pictures. :D Sorry about that!

hahhahaha. Well Kirk, the only way to truly apologize on these forums, is by apologizing in the form of posting more pictures.

We'll be awaiting your sincere 'apology'... hahha :D


:cheers:

^ Nice Pic!
Thanks, that makes sense. :cheers: