Installing Drfit Rear Bumper?

Ok I just got a drift rear bumper for my 2002 Cavalier LS and the company i bought it from said if would fit a 95-02.. when comparing it to my old stock bumper it seems alot bigger but this might be because its alot stiffer then my stock one is and hasn't really been formed yet. I was wondering if anyone else has installed a drift rear bumper on ther cavalier??.. also do i need to modify the stock rear bumper support or the ruber support guard or do I need to remove the rubber guard off the metal rear support? Or do i need to buy a custume bumper support to replace the stock one?? I've cut the crap out of the back end to try and get this thing to fit properly over my rear bumper support with the rubber still intact. I have one to replace it with if I have to go back stock but I dont see this thing fitting on the back of the car with out modifing the stock stuff. when i got the drift bumper it had a notch in it almost like if it was for the tail pipe but later i realised that it was a diagram to cut the bottum of the bumper a bit or at least that what i've seen on other cars with the same drift kit. Anyways if anyone could give me some info or point me in the right direction maybe with some installation guids?? I work for a body shop and i've never seen anything like im almost to the point of replacing it with a diffrent bumper.. so far i have a blitz front bumper and drift side skirts not sure what else would look goood in the back.

Derk the one guy on here just bought a drift kit and is in the middle of installing it on his cavy. so wait until he posts on here with his advice. You should of just went with the Drift kit all the way around instead of using the Blitz from bumper.

Yes ur gonna have to remove the back bumper support otherwise it isnt going to fit.

....hope you guys don't get tanked from behind.

....hope you guys don't get tanked from behind.

:eek: um shiz... cuz i've had some really bad luck with getting hit lately i've been hit 3 times twice in the back and once in the front.. are u sure thers not suposed to be any support in the back?? becaue your right if i get tanked in the back that the end of my car theyd go straight thro the trunk lol... can u verifie this?? I might just wont to get a diffrent bumper. ANy sugesstions? on a bumper that would go with a blitz front and drfit side skirts?? the reason i went with blitz front and drift back and sides is because i've seen it done before and it looks very nice not may peopel do this but damn if im going to take both the rubber and the metal support out lol.. but this would explain why you can see it hanging out at the bottum huh??

check here for rear bumpers, im not sure what would look good with a blitz from bumper..http://gravanatuning.com/applications/2002_Chevrolet_Cavalier_Coupe_2.2.aspx?cat=5

Maybe if you went with an 03+ Cavalier Ls sport bumper

Maybe if you went with an 03+ Cavalier Ls sport bumper

:banghead: na thats what i got bro.. my car 2002-2003 model Cavalier LS sport edition with the total package ground kit and all Im looking for custom build ya know??

What about this one I think it would go good with the drift skirts
http://gravanatuning.com/prod_images/large/VRS-35009.jpghttp://gravanatuning.com/prod_images/large/VIS-95CHCAV2DBZ-004STR.jpg

Yea I've seen that one.. and i like its looks still looking tho. who'd you say was puting a drift kit on his car?? can i get some contact info for him forum name e-mail if hes provided one somthing??

Yea I've seen that one.. and i like its looks still looking tho. who'd you say was puting a drift kit on his car?? can i get some contact info for him forum name e-mail if hes provided one somthing??Yeah his username is Derk_eliso and if you go back a page find his name and click on it then you can send him a PM. But I can almost gaurntee that once he gets on he will post in this thread because it has to do with the drift kit.

ok thanks for the info man ill keep this post hot and keep and eye out for him.

ok thanks for the info man ill keep this post hot and keep and eye out for him.No problem bro, do you have any pics of the car even though it isnt finished?

yea but u gotta remember any bodykit ur puttin on ur gonna have to take the rear foam support out reguardless

:banghead: na thats what i got bro.. my car 2002-2003 model Cavalier LS sport edition with the total package ground kit and all Im looking for custom build ya know??
02 and 03 ls sport bumpers look totally different from each other, and if you're worried about the support in the bumper, maybe you wouldnt have to remove it with an 03+ bumper, and they almost look like body kits as well. You could spend the money on another aftermarket bumper and be stuck with the same problem.

yea but u gotta remember any bodykit ur puttin on ur gonna have to take the rear foam support out reguardless
lol exactly, he must've posted this while i was typing all that.

Here's an 03 ls sport bumper...
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/PropsRI/002351-E.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/PropsRI/002683-E.jpg

yea but u gotta remember any bodykit ur puttin on ur gonna have to take the rear foam support out reguardless

Well mine was rubber.. but either way its not the foam/rubber im woried about its removing the metal support bar in the back.. with out either one of them.. somone hits me in the back -=The End=- that a drift rear bumper in that picture of yours insn't it?

That picture of the 03 LS is almost the same as mine expect a little diffrence in the very back of the bumper. and the skirt is alot lower on mine and cut diffrent for my crome tail pipe

I guess that makes me the go to guy then eh? Well I havn't attempted putting my DRIFT rear on yet. I was just looking at the steps it would take. Is yours wider then your stock bumper too? Mine is about 3 inches wider, so Needless to say it's going to have to bend. I had to remove the bumper guard or whatever you called it, in the front, if not it would have stuck out about 3 inches farther than it should and the spots where you're suppose to pre-drill wouldn't line up...Plus there's no room for my intercooler, lol so we had to chuck that... I wasn't sure if there was one in the back or not, I figured that much. and As far as I knew, you had to remove them to install aftermarket kits anyway... Did you do your side-skirts yourself, or did you have a pro do it? Cuz that's what I'm pondering on right now.

Also it doesnt really matter how much foam you have in there to begin with, if someone hits your hard enough the foam really isnt going to help lol

yup. yea u dont have to remove the medal support just the foam or in ur case rubber.

I was just looking at the steps it would take. Is yours wider then your stock bumper too? Mine is about 3 inches wider, so Needless to say it's going to have to bend. The things you discover if you read...:thumbsup:

when comparing it to my old stock bumper it seems alot bigger but this might be because its alot stiffer then my stock one is and hasn't really been formed yet.

yea the install is gonna suck cause theres only like 2 after market bodykit rear bumpers that actually fit the cavalier and the drift kit isnt one of them :shakehead

The things you discover if you read...:thumbsup:

yeah I saw Bigger..i wasn't sure if Bigger constituted Larger in size vertically or horizontally... thanks Cheech:flipa:
:bananadie

I guess that makes me the go to guy then eh? Well I havn't attempted putting my DRIFT rear on yet. I was just looking at the steps it would take. Is yours wider then your stock bumper too? Mine is about 3 inches wider, so Needless to say it's going to have to bend. I had to remove the bumper guard or whatever you called it, in the front, if not it would have stuck out about 3 inches farther than it should and the spots where you're suppose to pre-drill wouldn't line up...Plus there's no room for my intercooler, lol so we had to chuck that... I wasn't sure if there was one in the back or not, I figured that much. and As far as I knew, you had to remove them to install aftermarket kits anyway... Did you do your side-skirts yourself, or did you have a pro do it? Cuz that's what I'm pondering on right now.

First off no i haven't done the side skirts but ther kinda the least of my problem lol Because at least from what i've seen those aren't 3 inches bigger then the stock. My dad and I work for a body shop.. and we do most the work out of my dads garage.. so far the things I have tryed in the back..
One I cut the Rubber/foam on the bottum to try and get it to fit. ten i cut the medal support bar on the bottom.. then finally riped the shiz off outa fustration... and now it atleast fits to the back of the car.. something i've noticed tho the medal support bar in the back is still visible underneath and looks terible all though mine could be hanging an inch or 2 lower then its suposed to because i got hit in the back and the back was pushed in a good bit and I had to pull it out. But anyways yeah it hang out about an inch underneath and looks really bad.. and then trying to get it pushed in on both side to drill it to the back its about 2-3 inches bigger it seems like... than the stock one almost as if it was made for a wider body style?? I looked up on alot of website and beleave it or not I found one website that said the drift kit they where selling was for an older modle wide body cavalier. but i refuse to listen to one source of information. Did your drift kit come already cut out on the bottom of does yours have a cut out on the back left side.. that looks like where u would put the tail pipe?? because if seen one other person wioth a drift kit and they cut the bottom side to side useing that pre-cut as a diagram?

^No problem derk just giving ya a hard time.

Just playing back Zach, lol. and yes It's pre-cut for the muffler. Actually great spot, fits perfect, lol. I havn't tried to fit it on there, with the old bumper off yet. So I'm not sure on the placement, and the hanging..but which support bar are we talking about? You mean the one that the actual bumper is bolted into? b/c if so then it must be seriously bent dude, lol.

Just playing back Zach, lol. and yes It's pre-cut for the muffler. Actually great spot, fits perfect, lol. I havn't tried to fit it on there, with the old bumper off yet. So I'm not sure on the placement, and the hanging..but which support bar are we talking about? You mean the one that the actual bumper is bolted into? b/c if so then it must be seriously bent dude, lol.

Im talkin about the medal support bar that is bolted onto the back of the car. Mine then had a rubber guard over it that lined up pretty good underneath the trunk lid. my bumper it self was mainly attached the side under the trunk and on the side behind the wheels. Dont recall it actually being bolted ont the medal support in the back or the rubber either. the rubber was tacked on with ribits. Could u post a picture of your drift bumper i swear i had to cut mine because the medal support bar was in the way even with the rubber guard off.. and like I said before yea mine hang out and that with an inch cut off. This is after i cut it straight across from the pre-cut they already but in it... the reson i cut it is because the square they cut in the bottom looked crazy for the tail pipe and I was planing on making my duel piped in the back and every car i've seen duel piped the drift kit was cut out across the bottom to open it up.. even with out the cut... the pre-cut the factory or who ever cut on the left side.. the medal support bar was still visible. The car would defently have to be lowerd a good bit. not to mention when u push it in on both side it bubles the middle of the bumber under the trunk so that would have to be filled in.

also along with the trunk bubling in the middle i notice the place on mine for the LIC TAG isn't big enoufe my Lic Tag wont fit in it. my dads like ther is no way this thing is made for this car but atleast i see im not the only one that has a bumber about 3 inches bigger then its supposed to be.

I don't have it installed yet. and I read through that twice and still didn't get it...but it's okay, lol. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/Derk_eliso/DSC00597.jpg

I don't have it installed yet. and I read through that twice and still didn't get it...but it's okay, lol.

Damn WTF mine is like BLack and I dont think my Lic. Plate Tag place is as big as yours.. I swear im thinking more and more that this is not the right bumper for my car but I see your does hand out a little on the sides. is it a little flexable?? or completly stiff and have to use some man power to get the sides to move in a little bit?? sorry my typing sucks if I was talking to you on the phone you'd understand me im jsut fustrated.. im riding around charlottle North Carolina with no bumper on my car.. have u tryed to fit your tag on if or held it up to it im just curious.. do you think its going to fit fine??

whered u get your bumper?? and have you ever taken your stock bumper off? because the pices under the tail lights are attached to the stock bumper so u have to get replacements... I supposed of cut them off and completly viberglass them to the car and smoth it out?? I duno haven't gotten that far yet any ideas?

the bumper should def fit with the metal brace attatched. i kno with my car i had to cut that bottom piece out cause my muffler was to big and kept rubbing against the one side.

the bumper should def fit with the metal brace attatched. i kno with my car i had to cut that bottom piece out cause my muffler was to big and kept rubbing against the one side.
what about the tag could u post a picture of the back of your car??

You can buy those squarish panels above the bumper at www.aplusperformance.com

hows that?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/mxb987/DSC04454-1.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/mxb987/DSC04454-1.jpg

have I mentioned lately that I love you? lol. I can't get those brackets to fit on my trunk..they're too big to go down in the holes, how'd you get yours in there??

hows that?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/mxb987/DSC04454-1.jpg:naughty: Very sexy!! :boink:

Yea so them brackets....u get them off of ebay? If so....yea throw them out or use them for a door or something lol. Certain cars cant use brackets (cavaliers,sunfires, grand am, pretty much anything american) What your gonna have to do is cut part of the metal off the trunk where the existing bolts are and make new ones that come in from the side.

Yea so them brackets....u get them off of ebay? If so....yea throw them out or use them for a door or something lol. Certain cars cant use brackets (cavaliers,sunfires, grand am, pretty much anything american) What your gonna have to do is cut part of the metal off the trunk where the existing bolts are and make new ones that come in from the side.

what brackets are u guys talking baout.. I must be really lost... i dont even know how to mount this thing .. how do you get it to stay up in the middle under the trunk, and wher'd you guys get your drift bumpers because im still thinking mine isn't the right one or a really crapy maker because like i said before the tag doesn't even fit.

Rear bumpers on these cars are a pain in the ass...

before...

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4629/dscf0615ax7.jpg

Then using my noodle...

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8650/dscf0715bo6.jpg

I used L-brackets and put them behind the bolts that hold the filler plates in place.

well i measured the bumper and its like 2-2 1/2 inches shorter than the stock one and the place for the tag is like 5-51/2 inches and a normal tag is like over 6 inches so its like an inch-inch 1/2 to small to even place the tag in it. I just really wont to know where u guys got your drift bumper because im going to try returning this one and going with a diffrent company.

Derk got his kit from ebay so..... Not too sure where the other guys got theres from, me on the other hand found it in a dumpster behind me work :).

..Where are you from dude? Perhaps you got a europeon or Vuaxhall Cavalier one? What you guys think?

Do you have a picture of it?

..Where are you from dude? Perhaps you got a europeon or Vuaxhall Cavalier one? What you guys think?Well hes from North Carolina, again the things you learn from reading(like his profile :thumbsup:) I really dont think he got a Vauxhall cavalier bumper lol

..Where are you from dude? Perhaps you got a europeon or Vuaxhall Cavalier one? What you guys think?

Do you have a picture of it?

Actually I would have to agree... the drift kit or drfit bumper has been made for more cars than just the cavalier.... I got the kit from kidimports.com. My kit was completly white just like the picture shown on page 2 of the post, exepct for the drift bumper (it was black). Now kid imports had to get this order from a ware house.. the ware house calls me and tells me the one they have in stock is cracked, and they try to sell me of trade me a diffrent bumper I tell them no I like the drift rear bumper thats why I purchased it. He said ok sir but we will have to get one shiped into us and it could take 2-3 weeks for them to ship it to us. So I said ok thats fine im not in a hurry. Now like I said the front bumper and side skirts are white but this thing comes black, I only check it for crack and damage. I see none so I say okay this si cool, and sighned off on it. So now that I'm trying to install the bumper I notice that it look nothing like the picture on page 2 of this post or any of the picture, it is alot wider, and alot shorter It is 10inches compared to my stock 12 and a 1/2 inches... and I also notice that the place for the tag is much smaller and it dosen't fit. So it may be a foreign bumper?? Any one else agree???

Well there was your first mistake, ordering a kit out of the country :shakehead: then yes I find it highly likely that it could be a foreign bumper is the place for the plate long and pretty skinny?.....pics?

Ok i still want other peoples opinions but I think i have comfirmed that this is a european calavier bumper not only is that moddle wider but its much lower to the ground witch explain it being shorter then the others i've seen.. also european tags are much smaller witch explain why my tag doesn't fit in the place for the Lic Plate. So... :uhoh: uh!

Well there was your first mistake, ordering a kit out of the country :shakehead: then yes I find it highly likely that it could be a foreign bumper is the place for the plate long and pretty skinny?.....pics?

Yes long and skinny like a euro tag... I can't take a pic because the car is in my garage and the bumper is in my dads garage lol. ill get u guys pics later. Um the rest of the kit from what I can see looks fine.. Kid Imports is in the US and so is the ware house, but the ware house and kid imports dont work for each other so the ware house ship kid imports the wrong one.. and more then likely it was ship out of country.

TAKE PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...sorry, that would help me see it better, lol. and when I said European I was implying "foreign license" lol

^Please post some pics :) there you go me to say please so now you have to take some pics.

I'll tell you my hopeful success story, we'll put it on Wednesday.

Please do and if u can post pics.. i would really love to get a pic of the bumper at eye level not a downward looking shoot. Thanks for all of the info everyone.. im just waiting on info from kid-imports... hes suposed to be getting ahold of the manufacturer, then getting back to me. Hopefully will beable to send this COD then get a new one this time a US version lol.

About the Vauxhall, I looked them up today. I was amazed. They have a turbo 2.5 V6 version, producing near 200 horses stock. Also checked out car domain, I was searching for the body kit (like the rear bumper) but they all had the license plate on the trunk lid, not the bumper...so it wasn't from a european (Vauxhall) Cavalier, probably just a generic Drift kit

About the Vauxhall, I looked them up today. I was amazed. They have a turbo 2.5 V6 version, producing near 200 horses stock. Also checked out car domain, I was searching for the body kit (like the rear bumper) but they all had the license plate on the trunk lid, not the bumper...so it wasn't from a european (Vauxhall) Cavalier, probably just a generic Drift kit

Well either way it was a pice of shiz.. was to small, and tag dosen't fit.. I just want it replaced. :banghead:

Hey anyone know somone that makes this spoiler??
Venom Custom Fiberglass Spoiler


http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/413000-413999/413925_89_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/413000-413999/413925_90_full.jpg

I don't like it...leave a message on that guys Car Domain site and ask him.

I don't like it...leave a message on that guys Car Domain site and ask him.

Yea.. im still looking. What spoilers look good on the cavy?? I think I want to stay clear of putting a wing on it I haven't seen any wings that look good. Thats the first spoiler that i've seen that looks half way decent and not to over bulky. I want one that comes off the trunk a little, the stock one I have looks good and its dif from most cavys around my area, but washing the damn thing is a pain in the arse water gets up under it and leaks through out the day so I want one thats raised a little.

I'm not sure if I can do it. But I would love to have one of the stock wings off of a 3000 GT P.I.M.P! http://www.theautochannel.com/media/photos/mitsubishi/1998/98_mitsubishi_3000gt_vr4_2.jpg
http://www.kitdown.com/%5Cimages%5CMitsubishi%5CGTW%5CMIGTW0001%5CMIGTW00 01.jpg

Don't they have somthing really close to that only smaller?? I've seen one floating around here somwhere.. if I find it ill post it. Unless u already know where to look.

I like that Venom one alot, i've never seen it before tho. I personally want to throw a Celica TRD wing or an Evo8+ wing on mine. You could always try a Cobalt SS wing.

I like that Venom one alot, i've never seen it before tho. I personally want to throw a Celica TRD wing or an Evo8+ wing on mine. You could always try a Cobalt SS wing.:iagree: I think that Venom spoiler doesnt look too bad, alos I like the Celica TRD or EVO wings alot, also think they would look pretty sweet on a cavy. Maybe something for Lance to photoshop hmmmmmmmm.....

Then again I think the stock z24 spoiler looks really good too.