06GRPLGT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 ...aaaaaaand here's some pics of the finished product just in time for FormFest. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/Albero%20Bumper/2014-09-08194226_zps79ac62d4.jpg http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/10536713_10203666491055190_1530558801959313265_o_zpsf0b30737.jpg http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/9300_10152662687767248_2967749218335813422_n_zps8a199eee.jpg http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/10599363_10203666491295196_4517531661552311604_n_zps9c7e0626.jpg And here's some other pics from the Larry Miller Meet/Show http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/10697416_1476242442636561_5289294094315312219_o_zpsc6547dfe.jpg http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/1617682_1476244355969703_8483069382700888505_o_zpse2adeafa.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06GRPLGT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Here's the pic of the undertray with the cutouts we made circled. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Underliner_zpsc775931e.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06GRPLGT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Not sure if I mentioned that all popits and bolts touching fiberglass now have rubber washers to protect the glass. Varying sizes for each location. Oh, and the saga continues. Below are the best pics I could get attempting to show the clear bra I had installed. If you look very closely you can see the seam of where the clear bra ends and the bare paint is. All exposed vertical and horizontal surfaces are covered. After spending all this time and money getting the bumper to where it needed to be, I didn't want it to just end up with a big rock chip in it, so it now having become an investment, so to speak, I needed to protect my investment. lol Further, I wasn't surprised to learn that an uber-rare JDM bumper wasn't on the list of thousands of pre-programmed cuts in the computer at the clear bra place, so lucky for me they had to do it completely custom to the tune of $450! http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/2_zps427ea5ac.jpg http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x312/kagenmateer/Suby/1_zpsc2facaaf.jpg Side note: Albero sent two of the upper (smaller) size mesh pieces and trying to go back through Japan channels to get the right one proved more difficult than sourcing another one stateside. After tons of searching, I ended up getting a tighter mesh for the bottom opening (if you look closely at above pics u can see they're slightly different) so you couldn't see into the bottom opening very well since I don't like FMIC lag and prefer to stay top mount and inside there is ugly. Might as well total this up for you fellas... Bare bumper: Got a deal at $1850 shipped and took six months to arrive Paint (2 rounds): $250 Aluminum filler plates and labor to help with install: About $100 Miscellaneous oddball hardware: About $50 Custom Clear Bra: $450 Total (not including countless hours of my own time): $2700 Edited February 16, 2015 by '06GRPLGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06GRPLGT Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 More notes if you're still listening... It snows here and I don't want to risk hurting the bumper during storms in the winter months, so it comes off and goes back on seasonally. This is where I resent those of you in nicer climates where it doesn't snow. Anyhoo, it drives my wife crazy that I store it in our theater room during the winter 'cause I gotta protect my boo. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac88 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Wow thanks for that write-up! I might just be inclined to order a JDM bumper myself now since I work in a Autobody Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_KT Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Excellent documentation of the process. Would love to get some of those filler plates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SneakyGT Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Amazing work! Super clean. Got me wanting to hit up all the JDM shops in town to see what they have laying around... So perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06GRPLGT Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Excellent documentation of the process. Would love to get some of those filler plates! Just lemme know! Alright JDM crew... Hopefully you can see the forum link below without being a member. This is my build thread on a local motorsport forum. Starting at post #183 is my trials and tribulations for completing the Albero bumper. In there are pictures of filler plates my friend made to fill the gap from the JDM bumper to the USDM fender liners under the car. He says if you ship him a template of your setup and send pics of yours, he can make you some from aluminum for $25 shipped. If yours are exactly like mine, it'd be a little cheaper. Also, if some of you go in together, it'd be cheaper on a group buy kinda thing. If you're someone involved with sourcing and providing JDM bumpers, this could be a good collaboration. Once he did the hard work making them, the install is SUPER easy. Just popits and done. Hope this can help some LGT friends in need. Would be cool for at least one or two of you to be guinea pigs to try this out to see how him making one for you remotely would go. He's one of those super cool people that is the kinda guy we all wish all sellers/buyers would be like, so I can pretty much promise he'd go out of his way to make it a good experience for you. The price he's offering is pretty low margin for him, so hopefully you might see this as a good opportunity. He's just a fellow Subaguru that likes to help the community. Here's the link: http://www.idahomotorsports.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/21/08532348a1418ee9f852ed38d80cc7e8.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleylegacy Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks man. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/23/ca57414affec57518e4dffb3dee8a475.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniStiGuy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 WTF are those giant brown things in the bowls? OEM HID's Rx330 Retro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) WTF are those giant brown things in the bowls? Nuts, my grandma says they are good for you Edited February 24, 2015 by famaya26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Baby steps. Gonna try to get fogs by Christmas, will look at paint this summer and end up getting a lip Also going to apply a honeycomb mesh across the bottom. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/25/d8a89c577731f54f8ceaf1db5c979ab4.jpg http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/25/2f85e0c1827dcf520ebe4ba6b4c3c71e.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegacyDan Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 the color is a bit off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleylegacy Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Oh shoot famaya26 is now joining the JDM front end club. Very nice. I know your repaint will be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 the color is a bit off It is, I really like the pearl on the half skirt. Can't paint the whole car though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingling1337 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It is, I really like the pearl on the half skirt. Can't paint the whole car though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk does it look like swp or is there a different white in jdm-land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famaya26 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 does it look like swp or is there a different white in jdm-land? Guy i bought it from painted his car a custom pearl white and was planning to install the skirt but never did. I like it over the OEM SWP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 does it look like swp or is there a different white in jdm-land? SWP is paint code 37J, this could be Arctic White Pearl (36J). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalien32 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Thanks to Valley Legacy for all his help with parts. Couldn't be happier. http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u542/Kalien32/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03-03%2023.17.56_zpsclznbz1g.jpg http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u542/Kalien32/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03-03%2023.16.23_zps2crrgdqp.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleylegacy Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Good God that is sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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