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twanmoney
06-06-2002, 06:28 PM
Ok I got my action packed '02 in jan.
I dont run a front plate.
With the plate and the plate mounting bracket off there is that stupid hole in the bumper. You can actually see the stryo-foam insert in the slit.

Looksie:
http://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v5/0/34/82/34703482pgzABC_ph.jpg

So, short of goin to a body shop and doin 1 of 2 things:
1.) getting it filled and sanded/repainted
2.) having a piece of fiberglass custom made to slide in there

WHAT CAN ONE DO? lol
any help/opinions would be greatly appreciated
twanmoney
06-06-2002, 06:35 PM
grrrrr
cut and paste this link

.http://community.webshots.com/photo/34435215/34703482pgzABC.



p.s. its not my car in that pic
Sups
06-06-2002, 06:44 PM
i say to get a shop to fill it in, thats probably the easiest and best way to get it covered...
twanmoney
06-06-2002, 06:57 PM
im leaning towards that.
really dont wanna do any body wrk though
cause its a lease (reason i went with a factory body-kit as well)
MSR27
06-06-2002, 07:03 PM
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/xyr27/lst?.dir=/My+Car&.view=t
twanmoney
06-06-2002, 07:28 PM
accomplished how MSR27?
Sups
06-06-2002, 09:52 PM
i think thats a replica version... the sides looks like wings west.. so its prob some knockoff...

edit: oh yeah, duh.. his sig says it all. guessing the knockoff ones have that sealed already. if not, then ask him
dodiet
06-06-2002, 10:03 PM
Well since you need to paint it anyways, getting a body shop to fill it before they do it is no big deal.
MSR27
06-07-2002, 04:24 AM
The knockoff one does not come sealed, it also says in my sig it has custom molds, thats what those mold are.
hoverboy
06-07-2002, 06:15 AM
There is a guy on e-bay that's selling a carbon fiber cover just for that reason. It goes for like $15. Just do a search for Celica and carbon fiber. He calls it a bracket cover.
twanmoney
06-07-2002, 10:38 AM
i looked at it....looks horrible
thanks for the heads-up tho
Jesse IL
06-07-2002, 10:46 AM
Originally posted by dodiet
Well since you need to paint it anyways, getting a body shop to fill it before they do it is no big deal.

Actually not that easy since the bumper is urethane. But it can be done.
twanmoney
06-07-2002, 01:56 PM
bumper is already on the car
i ordered it with the XY package
its a lease
dont wanna put that much time / effort into it.
filling / repainting isnt in my plans
ill try to get a piece of fiberglass made to slide in there and rivet into the stock mounting holes.
there will be a gap.
you will see the lines
but it will be better than it is now