does anyone have any pics of how they stabilized their rear bumper after removing the rear bumper support?

im thinking about doing the front, but im not sure...any recommendations/pics would be appreciated

 

It a Formula, but I added a couple of straps, made out of aluminum angle.

http://cjcfo.fbody.com/members/injun.../DCP03637a.jpg
http://cjcfo.fbody.com/members/injun.../DCP03668a.jpg

My front bumper is starting so "sag" a little without the support. I did tie the lower edge of the bumper to the plastic radiator baffle by bolting both of them together through an aluminum angle, then supporting the aluminum angle with nylon ties, from the holes in the end of the subframe for the bumper pad mounting bar. Keeps the bottom stable.

But you need something like BMR has done on their project car. I thiink they have photos on the website. A "frame" that bolts to the ends of the subframe and pushes up on the bumper cover.

 

injuneer~ it seems like i saw a picture of your front end after the weight reduction on fbody.com, but i cant find it....do you have any pics of the front?

i couldnt find the bmr support you were referring to, but i cant see it beeing all that hard to fab something up myself.

 

A set-up we built for a freind is different but probably not lighter than engineers. We took some small 3/8 inch steel rod and fastioned a support that bolted down and held the shape of the bumpers front and rear, I don't have any pictures, but there was no sagging involved, they total probably weighed 3 to 4 pounds a peice. The aluminum straps are probably lighter.

 

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The front looks just like it always did. But after the bumper crash-pad being gone for 1.5 years, I "think" the cover has sagged about 1/8" in the center. It still fits up against the fenders and the headlights just fine. But at the very center, where is should be near the leading edge of the hood, it "looks" like it might have dropped slightly. Its made worse by the fact that the gap between my SLP ram air hood and the bumper cover was always larger than I thought it should be. So increasing the gap even slightly looks pretty bad.

A friend of mine took the pad out of his SS, and at 150mph, it was caving in pretty bad... fortunately there was a huge intercooler to keep it from collapsing all the way . He had a small tubular frame made up, with a flat plate for the top of the cover to rest on. Worked fine.