Pardon the ignorance, but whats an RSI bumper? Forgive me, I only been a NB owner for 4 weeks, planned to just fix and and sell the car, but I must admit the car grew on me
But is that like one of those cup bumpers? Does the exhaust need to come out of a hole or just exit lower or what?
I changed my mind today. The kit WILL be with a tip. Its going to be a nice, not offensive 3.5" OD, double wall tip from Magnaflow most likely. Its actually very similar to the one that you can barely see on the back of my GTI in the above pics. Exiting out of the rear bumper will decrease the sound level.
As for the intercooler, its damn near impossible to get a FMIC of a worthwhile size that doesnt in some form or another require some level of modification. Fact of the matter remais that the car was not designed for it, and the front end of these things is very....condensed. LOL.... But I think I found a core that WILL fit within the confines of the stock rebar though, so thats good. The first one I was going to use would have looked boss, due to its size, but it would have required cutting out the bottom of the bumper rebar, removal of the grille/fogs/etc. I think this core will work really well, but I have been so busy with the exhaust I havent had a chance to work on it. All things considered I think I should have started with the intercooler, I can't imagine it being as hard as the exhaust has been!
Also, if everything goes well I might have a handful of exhaust systems done in about 2 weeks.
Thanks for the responses all.