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Corey (Discobro)
Senior Member
Username: Discobro

Post Number: 330
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 01:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I am going to cut the lower part of the air dam off of the lower part of the front bumper and was wondering if anyone had advice on where to cut, what to cut with and pics if possible.

It is getting all dented and scratched anyway so I would rather just get rid of it. Oh and anyone have problems with the stock brush gaurd tubes hitting the ground at inclines after they cut their air dam off?
 

Clif Ashley (Cta586)
Senior Member
Username: Cta586

Post Number: 506
Registered: 04-2002
Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 01:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Search, there have to be close to a dozen active threads discussing this.

The middle portion of the air dam unbolts, and then the end caps have a natural line on them you can follow to cut with a Dremel.
 

Corey (Discobro)
Senior Member
Username: Discobro

Post Number: 334
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 01:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks! Should be all the info I need...
 

Robert Pate (Racerx)
Member
Username: Racerx

Post Number: 77
Registered: 08-2003
Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 05:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Corey I had much better luck using a box cutter. The plastic was very easy to cut.
 

Jack Edwards (Olered)
Senior Member
Username: Olered

Post Number: 482
Registered: 04-2002
Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 05:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

You could always un-bolt the air dam and replace the endcaps with XD endcaps for a cleaner more refined look. Just a thought. Better yet, just replace the whole bumper with ARB or TjM.
 

Jay Raja (Jayr)
New Member
Username: Jayr

Post Number: 9
Registered: 01-2004
Posted on Friday, February 06, 2004 - 07:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I removed the air dam and just cut the bottom part of the end caps using a dremel. The end cap has a horizontal ridge where I cut. I taped it with Duct tape and then used a dremel. Got a clean cut without any running.

Hope this helps.
Jay.

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