Got my SPP FMIC installed but there are some issues with the install...
12-20-2003, 09:26 AM
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Hey can't take a pic right now as I'm in the middle of another mod, but...
...yeah, it's bulging down, although the guys at my installer think that might just be because it's bulging out and causing the valance to stretch at the bottom too, hence the downward bulge. I'm going in Monday and they're going to try to raise it a bit, so hopefully that will do it...
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12-20-2003, 09:46 AM
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mine doesnt bulge at all.
But I have the Oettinger lip on lol. You can look and see how much mine hangs down though.
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12-20-2003, 10:17 AM
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YES!! I had the same problem and it destroyed my bumper...
I had Anthony @ Greedspeed install mine Greedspeed FMIC(bought use) and he told me thats the way it is.. which I disagree with, he than refused to fix it becuase he was going away for 2 weeks.
The bumper has since torn in 1/2 and has screwed up my entire front end from catching on all the cement parking things, becuase it cought being superlowfrom being pushed down.
I than switched to the Racetec Z-Flow and it's size/piping was much more even and alot nicer.
It(greedspeed) really hung low on the driverside, and it pissed me off. I know have to buy a new front and and reinforce it up to prevent this if I am keepning my car.
the only way to fix this is to support the FMIC in some manner to the front end and have it held at a certian heigh since there is nothing to support it.
Good Luck.
The bumper has since torn in 1/2 and has screwed up my entire front end from catching on all the cement parking things, becuase it cought being superlowfrom being pushed down.
I than switched to the Racetec Z-Flow and it's size/piping was much more even and alot nicer.
It(greedspeed) really hung low on the driverside, and it pissed me off. I know have to buy a new front and and reinforce it up to prevent this if I am keepning my car.
the only way to fix this is to support the FMIC in some manner to the front end and have it held at a certian heigh since there is nothing to support it.
Good Luck.
12-20-2003, 10:50 AM
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Yeah but something's funny with this install besides the location of the FMIC...
...because even running K05 (the non-FMIC software), the engine bucks a TON (I put a snub mount on too so I'm not sure what's causing the problem), and sometimes it goes into limp mode. When it's running okay it feels freaking amazing.
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12-20-2003, 10:51 AM
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:-/ My installer showed me some pics which also had a bulge but much less, so...
...we're gonna try on Monday to see about moving it up slightly to make the bulge less, even if it's not completely gone. Maybe I'll get an Oettinger lip at some point, I do kinda like the way it looks...
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12-20-2003, 11:06 AM
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Really? On stock bumper?
Sure you just didn't notice perhaps, because the lowers were not painted? The bulging I saw in some pictures was slight enough that, had the lowers on that car not been painted, it might not have been noticeable..
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