Mam Fmic Install
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After seeing 2 MSP FMIC installed and them cutting the bumper has concerned me.We are going to redo the instructions and write up to ensure this does not happen again.Our MSP,Sleeper and Thumper kits use the same intercooler and piping.The only pipe that is different is the first charge pipe off the turb
ther than that they are the same kits.Of the 5 Thumper kits,30+ Sleeper kits and 7 MSP FMIC on the market, only 2 MSP users have cut their bumper.This concerns me very much.I hate nothing more than to see someone cut their facia up because they didn't read or know just how important it is to push the 3.5" thick intercooler ALL THE WAY BACK.If you don't, the bumper will not go back on right and the pipes will hit the backside of the foglights.Push it all the way back and it will clear,BARELY.It's a tight fit.Our intercooler measures 33x6x3.5 over all
ther than that they are the same kits.Of the 5 Thumper kits,30+ Sleeper kits and 7 MSP FMIC on the market, only 2 MSP users have cut their bumper.This concerns me very much.I hate nothing more than to see someone cut their facia up because they didn't read or know just how important it is to push the 3.5" thick intercooler ALL THE WAY BACK.If you don't, the bumper will not go back on right and the pipes will hit the backside of the foglights.Push it all the way back and it will clear,BARELY.It's a tight fit.Our intercooler measures 33x6x3.5 over all- :
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sorry FSDET. i was there at the time of the install and it was not a pretty site to see
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laracroft said:
Can you take a picture of how far it's back? Ghost said he cut it because you have stock mounts and he thought it would be best.
I'd have to get alot of things out of the way in order to take the pics, including taking the bumper off again and we barely got it back on straight between the two of us the first time. And he's not here to help me, he's in FL. But if it wasnt cut, the pipes definetly wouldn't have fit. Wish I had pics for ya Beau.
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Take a pic from the top of the radiator going down(between the grill and core support).You will be able to see how far the intercooler is back.
its just about touching the radiator. Any further back and there wouldnt have been anywhere left to mount it. But I'll try to take some pics of it tomorrow if it's not raining from the top. I dont think its still going to be good pics unless you see where it was actually mounted from the bottom.
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yea the kit is bolt-on, no cutting, i didnt have to cut except part of the splash gaurd which was proably lik 6inchs, and the hardest part for me was taking off the bumper.
Friends dont let friends install FMIC's!
If you gotta cut part of the body.....I think I would stop and start double checking things first....Measure twice...cut once....ughh ...or not at all.Now its gonna run you another 5-7 hundred dollars to fix your **** up....thats a big oops!
Matt(second)
If you gotta cut part of the body.....I think I would stop and start double checking things first....Measure twice...cut once....ughh ...or not at all.Now its gonna run you another 5-7 hundred dollars to fix your **** up....thats a big oops!
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It's hard to see in the picture, but it looks like the core could go back another 1/2" or so.
