r/t bumper

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:28 pm

sooo i'm lookin into gettin an 02 r/t rear bumper and i've been looking at them and is there any other difference other then the cutouts? like could i juss cut my 00 LE bumper?

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:31 pm

No difference other than the cut-outs.

Depending on which exhaust you are going to get, not having the cut-outs is better. The OE R/T bumper has the cuts made to high IMO. When I installed a SRT rear section on a 2000, I only had to make very shallow cuts to clear the tips. It looked so much cleaner. If you are getting the R/T muffler, you would need very little cutting of the bumper as well.

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:39 pm

ok i may go that route and juss make small cuts in my bumper now, thanks for the help

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:52 pm

If you mean make the cuts before you get the exhaust, don't. You would want to see where the tips sit first before you do any cutting.

Another trick I used when I installed the SRT section...I installed the exhaust and marked where the tips would hit the bumper. I made the cut as small as possible. They still contacted the bumper slightly, so I drove the car that way for a couple of days. The tips melted the cover where it made contact. I pulled the melted bits off with my fingers, and the bumper had perfectly shaped cut-outs with no damage what-so-ever to the rest of the cover. The exhaust is still on that car today 5 years later and no bumper damage

Mat00ES · Post by **Mat00ES** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:51 pm

I tried to make no cut outs and just let the tips melted into the bumper, it kind ofmessed up the tips. So, after my accident I had them do some cuts, I mean its not too bad.