dougie

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i would think the increase in airflow would be beneficial to the intercoolers... not to mention LOOK better... nothing is worse than blocked-off mesh. seems pointless. my friend did this on his GTI with a dremel.

here is a pic for reference... i am referring to the black behind the lower left mesh on this removed bumper.

TTschwing

From a point of greater pressure. Remove it (although seemingly logical) may result in LESS air through the intercooler...

All that ducting is there for a reason..

dougie

so you're saying, aftermarket lowers are decreasing functionality and hindering performance? ;-)

MCPaudiTT - DEFCON 1

Hey, you took my bumper (picture)! [And MarTT's too...]

dougie

it most clearly illustrated my question... thanks for the loan ;-)

TTschwing

Cause the lip shape is different too. If you study the aerodynamics of the front of a car, Higher pressure areas tend to be toward the center, which is why the ducting routes air from the center, out..The engineers didn't put all that plastic in there for no reason...:-)

There was a good writeup on autospeed some time ago on this with lots of test data..

dougie

fine, i'll put the dremel down. haha

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CrazyTT

If you should decide to remove them you won't need the dremel...they clip onto the mesh