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6g4me
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Awesome please PM me when this painting process is finalized as I would then like to order a painted front bumper from y'all!
RedfireV8
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^Very true. Along with the new rear bumper, I dropped off my factory front bumper so they could color match exactly. I know others had some issues with their paint being a shade too dark or light. Luckily mine was on point.
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Is the splitter 3 pieces, or all one part? Anyone have closer pics?
RedfireV8
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It's one piece. I posted some pics some pages back. Post #194 has a lot of pics.
Picked up the rear bumper yesterday. More money than I wanted to spend on paint but they got it done in 2 days and the paint is on point. It's definitely "thicker" than what Ikon's front bumper was. If you remember in my review, even though I'm no paint expert, I felt that the paint on the front bumper was kinda thin feeling. Whether that's due to less paint or clear I'm unsure. The rear definitely feels and looks closer to OEM quality, paint wise, than the front.
Anywho..I feel like I'm rambling now but as far as the front bumper goes it's still going strong and looks good. I hope to get the rear mounted up this weekend. I'll post pics of the install and such when I can.
Picked up the rear bumper yesterday. More money than I wanted to spend on paint but they got it done in 2 days and the paint is on point. It's definitely "thicker" than what Ikon's front bumper was. If you remember in my review, even though I'm no paint expert, I felt that the paint on the front bumper was kinda thin feeling. Whether that's due to less paint or clear I'm unsure. The rear definitely feels and looks closer to OEM quality, paint wise, than the front.
Anywho..I feel like I'm rambling now but as far as the front bumper goes it's still going strong and looks good. I hope to get the rear mounted up this weekend. I'll post pics of the install and such when I can.
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Does this spoiler require drilling ?
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Not sure if it requires drilling, it looks like it will mount just using 3M tape.....Just dont use the tape they supply as it isn't the good kind......get some 3M VHB.
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Synyster06Gates
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What are these tabs/brackets for? It looks like they would hang down and not attach to anything.
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Would also like to know when you resume painting the gt350 bumpers. Had an oopsie and the paint shop quoted me about the same price to fix and paint my front bumper as this one costs painted.
SoulTea
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Does anyone know if the Sto n Sho plate mount for a non-pp GT can be used with this bumper since it works off of the regular GT belly pan? Or would the splitter be in the way now? Trying to figure out how to run a front plate.
RedfireV8
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I've been putting off writing my install/review but the rear GT350 bumper didn't go as smoothly as planned. There has been a lot going on lately and I really wasn't as motivated as I normally am.
It wasn't until after I got the bumper on that I noticed how much brighter it was then the rest of the car. It has been in and out of the paint shop for the past 3 weeks because they couldn't get the color right. Don't get me wrong they did a great job and took care of me but I just got it back for the final time yesterday. I had taken the install pics before I realized the color was off. The color is correct now. Apparently, when it comes to newer vehicles the formula is always a bit different then previous years, what they have in the system, etc and sometimes this happens. Eventually they did get it to match and the bumper looks great now. Of course I did drop off my factory painted bumper so they could match it but idk. Also the argument could always be made that Ikon got it right on the front bumper on the first try and they're all the way out in California to boot buuut that's neither here nor there.
I had a lot of trouble getting this to fit properly. I don't know if the issue is with the bumper or the valence or both but it did not fit together well. Taking the stock bumper off and moving over all the parts from it to the Ikon bumper went fine.
The rear exhaust cutouts don't have the open "grills" that you see on their ebay ad as well as Terminated's thread. This makes me think maybe they had a change in their valence. I don't know.
I had to really pull on the bumper on each end to get it to clip in on the side brackets. I also had to pull the bumper in towards the bottom so I could make the valence fit up.
The holes at the bottom aren't correct as well. I don't know if it's the valence or the bumper however. If you line up the hole in the valence and bumper and push the screw or push-pin through, the valence tucks underneath the bumper. It should be on the outer edge of the bumper like factory. I'll need to pull it to where I want it and then make a new hole in the bumper tab to get it right. Used Terminated's pic to show what I mean. I still need to fix this. Maybe if I had used an OEM premium bumper it would be right? I'm not sure.
Also I had to use some screws and nuts to hold the 2 together on both sides as the push pins weren't cutting it. There's 3 of these on each side. It was just wanting to pull away from each other. It would create a major gap between the bumper and valence with the push pins.
The screws that hold the reverse light to the valence has to be torqued down pretty good to keep the light from jiggling around. You only use 2 out of the factory 4 screws and there's no good way of making use of the other 2 mounting points unfortunately. They created a bulge and almost poked through the bumper. If I would have known, I would have shortened them some before screwing them down. As it's been noted before it doesn't fit the hole in the valence very well. It kind of just sits on top of the hole instead of fitting inside the hole.
*Edit: This may be because I had a base bumper. Looking at the OEM GT350 valence install and reading back on Terminated's install, I believe they used all 4 screws because they have a bracket where the base bumper does not.
The exhaust part is tricky. Many ways to do this. I picked up some 3.5" quad tips off eBay. They look great for the $77 I spent on them. No sound difference from the SLP tips or anything. I cut off 1/2" on both the tips and the mufflers so they would sit back far enough. They could still sit a little farther back but it's ok for now. I want to eventually get 4" tips or I might get the factory GT350 tips and install those instead. The Ikon valence has the provisions for them it appears. I positioned the exhaust as best I could but they sat a little low and would touch the valence. So I came up with a genius but temporary idea to use zip ties to pull up on the hangers and hold them where I want. I've since replaced those plastic ties with stainless steel ties. I don't have any pics of the final position but it looks better than they do above.
Only good pic I have of the finished product. I'll get some better ones...eventually.
***Edit: Maybe it's just me being to picky but looking back at Terminated's thread I see where cpelaez1 rear valence has the same "issues" mine did. The dimples from the reverse light, the lower valence being tucked in and the rear exhaust grills not having the holes. That last one's not a big deal. Just pointing it out. I will say 4" tips look waaay better.
It wasn't until after I got the bumper on that I noticed how much brighter it was then the rest of the car. It has been in and out of the paint shop for the past 3 weeks because they couldn't get the color right. Don't get me wrong they did a great job and took care of me but I just got it back for the final time yesterday. I had taken the install pics before I realized the color was off. The color is correct now. Apparently, when it comes to newer vehicles the formula is always a bit different then previous years, what they have in the system, etc and sometimes this happens. Eventually they did get it to match and the bumper looks great now. Of course I did drop off my factory painted bumper so they could match it but idk. Also the argument could always be made that Ikon got it right on the front bumper on the first try and they're all the way out in California to boot buuut that's neither here nor there.
I had a lot of trouble getting this to fit properly. I don't know if the issue is with the bumper or the valence or both but it did not fit together well. Taking the stock bumper off and moving over all the parts from it to the Ikon bumper went fine.
The rear exhaust cutouts don't have the open "grills" that you see on their ebay ad as well as Terminated's thread. This makes me think maybe they had a change in their valence. I don't know.
I had to really pull on the bumper on each end to get it to clip in on the side brackets. I also had to pull the bumper in towards the bottom so I could make the valence fit up.
The holes at the bottom aren't correct as well. I don't know if it's the valence or the bumper however. If you line up the hole in the valence and bumper and push the screw or push-pin through, the valence tucks underneath the bumper. It should be on the outer edge of the bumper like factory. I'll need to pull it to where I want it and then make a new hole in the bumper tab to get it right. Used Terminated's pic to show what I mean. I still need to fix this. Maybe if I had used an OEM premium bumper it would be right? I'm not sure.
Also I had to use some screws and nuts to hold the 2 together on both sides as the push pins weren't cutting it. There's 3 of these on each side. It was just wanting to pull away from each other. It would create a major gap between the bumper and valence with the push pins.
The screws that hold the reverse light to the valence has to be torqued down pretty good to keep the light from jiggling around. You only use 2 out of the factory 4 screws and there's no good way of making use of the other 2 mounting points unfortunately. They created a bulge and almost poked through the bumper. If I would have known, I would have shortened them some before screwing them down. As it's been noted before it doesn't fit the hole in the valence very well. It kind of just sits on top of the hole instead of fitting inside the hole.
*Edit: This may be because I had a base bumper. Looking at the OEM GT350 valence install and reading back on Terminated's install, I believe they used all 4 screws because they have a bracket where the base bumper does not.
The exhaust part is tricky. Many ways to do this. I picked up some 3.5" quad tips off eBay. They look great for the $77 I spent on them. No sound difference from the SLP tips or anything. I cut off 1/2" on both the tips and the mufflers so they would sit back far enough. They could still sit a little farther back but it's ok for now. I want to eventually get 4" tips or I might get the factory GT350 tips and install those instead. The Ikon valence has the provisions for them it appears. I positioned the exhaust as best I could but they sat a little low and would touch the valence. So I came up with a genius but temporary idea to use zip ties to pull up on the hangers and hold them where I want. I've since replaced those plastic ties with stainless steel ties. I don't have any pics of the final position but it looks better than they do above.
Only good pic I have of the finished product. I'll get some better ones...eventually.
***Edit: Maybe it's just me being to picky but looking back at Terminated's thread I see where cpelaez1 rear valence has the same "issues" mine did. The dimples from the reverse light, the lower valence being tucked in and the rear exhaust grills not having the holes. That last one's not a big deal. Just pointing it out. I will say 4" tips look waaay better.
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