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Old 27 July 2011 | 08:25 PM
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Default Ebay FMIC any good?

as above are these any good?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL-...ht_1893wt_1199
Old 27 July 2011 | 08:28 PM
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Hard to beat Harvey's Hybrid FMIC......properly tested with Charge temp monitoring etc.



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Old 27 July 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Hard to beat Harvey's Hybrid FMIC......properly tested with Charge temp monitoring etc.



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not looking to spend that much money..
Old 27 July 2011 | 08:47 PM
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If that is your budget I would put a newage sti top mount on, they are good for 450bhp. even if you have a classic the work involed making it fit would probably be on par with fitting a front mount.
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Originally Posted by Turbo Tez
If that is your budget I would put a newage sti top mount on, they are good for 450bhp. even if you have a classic the work involed making it fit would probably be on par with fitting a front mount.
hi am not after big bhp, my type r is standard, bought a p1 bumper, but didnt realise it has been cut so wanted put one just for the bumper
Old 27 July 2011 | 09:11 PM
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Buy cheap e-bay and bolt in place without the pipes for the look.........and keep your TMIC

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Old 27 July 2011 | 09:20 PM
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As above. At standard level, front mount is overkill. I personally wouldn't touch the Ebay one before I'd had someone who knows what they're looking at check it over. Buy cheap, buy twice. The world Universal rings alarm bells with me
Old 27 July 2011 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Buy cheap e-bay and bolt in place without the pipes for the look.........and keep your TMIC

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Didnt think of that lol.. Has been a very long day..
Old 27 July 2011 | 09:38 PM
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As above. At standard level, front mount is overkill. I personally wouldn't touch the Ebay one before I'd had someone who knows what they're looking at check it over. Buy cheap, buy twice. The world Universal rings alarm bells with me
True.. Mite just put bolt 1 on without the pipes..
Old 27 July 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by stryker
True.. Mite just put bolt 1 on without the pipes..
why bother ?
Old 27 July 2011 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by P1Drifter
why bother ?
He said because

"my type r is standard, bought a p1 bumper, but didnt realise it has been cut so wanted put one just for the bumper"
Old 27 July 2011 | 10:24 PM
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HKS is a good fmic , and can be had at a good price 2nd hand, with all the fittings ,
Old 27 July 2011 | 11:08 PM
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ive gota ebay front mount on my02 sti and its fine i got it from a company called uk-performance they based in lancs
Old 27 July 2011 | 11:27 PM
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Be cheaper to buy a decent 2nd hand bumper and save yourself all the hassle.

Cheap ebay fmic are cheap for a reason. They're a pile of S**T.

If you wanna go front mount save ya pennies for a month or two and by a GT2 spec hybrid. They're around £300 inc del and will be more than enough for anything you're gonna throw at it.

Why bolt some POS to your car just for show? Bit daft imho.
Old 27 July 2011 | 11:42 PM
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alanbell is seling an HKS FMIC LOL

Taking a tip from Viz magazine where they suggest getting a corn flake box and sticking on your roof and pretending to be a Taxi....... why not tape 3 corn flake boxes together, spray silver and install behind P1 bumper as FMIC

All in jest as It's late and I have a quiet day tomorrow

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Very small core. 450 x 225 x 65. I think you get what you pay for.
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