intercooler/skidplate
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thes14project
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intercooler/skidplate
For all you intercooled ones, I have a 98' 240 and I just installed my SR. The problem is the damn intercooler hangs way out. What did you guys do, short of buying a new bumper?
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yeswepromise
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The 3"x12"x24" Hybrid intercooler I got was a tough fit on my Kouki. I drove around with it hanging kinda low for about three weeks. After the bottom mounting bolts kept on hitting the ground, I decided I had to do something about it.
I had already trimmed off the weld seam on the back of the bumper in order to get it to fit, but I couldn't get it any higher because it was running into the vertical support for the hood latch. So, I cut a piece out of that support and was able to raise the intercooler up 1-1/4". I used an air-powered 3" cutoff wheel to cut a "backward 7" shaped piece out of it, then smoothed and painted the expose edges. It looks perfect, and my intercooler doesn't bottom out any more.
I had already trimmed off the weld seam on the back of the bumper in order to get it to fit, but I couldn't get it any higher because it was running into the vertical support for the hood latch. So, I cut a piece out of that support and was able to raise the intercooler up 1-1/4". I used an air-powered 3" cutoff wheel to cut a "backward 7" shaped piece out of it, then smoothed and painted the expose edges. It looks perfect, and my intercooler doesn't bottom out any more.
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BuudWeizErr
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Common problems when using J-Spec intercoolers with US-Spec Kouki bumpers.http://www.store.yahoo.com/pha....html
Go buy a lip, like this kouki S14:http://www.store.yahoo.com/pha....html
Go buy a lip, like this kouki S14:http://www.store.yahoo.com/pha....html