DIY: Making Air Vents Out Of The OEM Fog Light Bezels - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

retrosmiths · 04-21-2014, 02:19 AM

Sorry, I'm just really confused by the purpose of this mod.

Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry.

suaveflooder · 04-21-2014, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by retrosmiths

Sorry, I'm just really confused by the purpose of this mod.

Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry.

air flow to….whatever. I his case an oil cooler

blackfireball5 · 04-21-2014, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by retrosmiths

Sorry, I'm just really confused by the purpose of this mod.

Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry.

On top of my oil cooler, my car has a Full Blown Motorsports turbo kit. It gets a LOT hotter in the engine bay. So any kind of additional airflow helps.

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retrosmiths · 04-21-2014, 12:07 PM

Oh, ok. I thought it was some sort of faux brake duct before lol.

Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry.

blackfireball5 · 04-21-2014, 12:20 PM

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Oh, ok. I thought it was some sort of faux brake duct before lol.

Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry.

It very well could be adapted to be brake ducts by adding some tubing on the inside and directing it at the rotors.

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alpine · 04-24-2014, 01:56 PM

this looks great would love to do something similar to my BRZ when I get an oil cooler for the summer

Lonewolf · 05-24-2014, 09:13 AM

Here is another potential twist on this DIY...purchase the side grills from Grillcraft and adapt to fit your needs:

dp1 · 05-24-2014, 10:46 AM

So, on the driver side the opening is in front of the windshield washer fluid tank, and on the passenger side it is in front of the wheel well lining unless oil cooler or something else is installed there. Wonder if air going through the opening on the passenger side, at highway or track speeds, with nothing but the lining behind it, would push on the lining and deform it, causing tire rub? I had APR CF duct pieces installed and a bracket for a trans cooler pump right behind the opening, and had some wheel rub near full lock. May have been the bracket that caused the rub as it pushed against wheel well liner, don't know. Had both trans cooler and APR pieces taken out since and no more rub. In the OP application, doubt it would be an issue with the rad behind the hole.

I have the big center grille from Grillcraft to protect SC cooler, oil cooler and Koyo rad behind them, since it has smaller openings than stock grille. Bought the small side pieces also but won't install them since a new plastic piece with LED strips (DRL) is going in next week.

Just an FYI

OjiGeorge · 05-24-2014, 09:41 PM

How much space is there between your oil cooler and the bezel? I was planning to modify one of these to provide the most possible airflow to the oil cooler, but a worried that there may not be enough room for it:

The shroud/duct is 6" deep.

blackfireball5 · 05-25-2014, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dp1

So, on the driver side the opening is in front of the windshield washer fluid tank, and on the passenger side it is in front of the wheel well lining unless oil cooler or something else is installed there. Wonder if air going through the opening on the passenger side, at highway or track speeds, with nothing but the lining behind it, would push on the lining and deform it, causing tire rub? I had APR CF duct pieces installed and a bracket for a trans cooler pump right behind the opening, and had some wheel rub near full lock. May have been the bracket that caused the rub as it pushed against wheel well liner, don't know. Had both trans cooler and APR pieces taken out since and no more rub. In the OP application, doubt it would be an issue with the rad behind the hole.

I have the big center grille from Grillcraft to protect SC cooler, oil cooler and Koyo rad behind them, since it has smaller openings than stock grille. Bought the small side pieces also but won't install them since a new plastic piece with LED strips (DRL) is going in next week.

Just an FYI

Interesting. I haven't experienced any issues with that.

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blackfireball5 · 05-25-2014, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by OjiGeorge

How much space is there between your oil cooler and the bezel? I was planning to modify one of these to provide the most possible airflow to the oil cooler, but a worried that there may not be enough room for it:

The shroud/duct is 6" deep.

Hmmm. I'll have to go look. I have a feeling you might have issues getting that in there. There's not much space. Then again, I was surprised I was able to get the 19 row oil cooler in there at all. Lol. The only thing might be the turn signal bulb on the inside gets really close to the oil cooler nozzle on the top of the cooler.

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OjiGeorge · 05-25-2014, 06:32 PM

Usually I'd just pop the bumper cover off and look, but with front splitter attached it's no longer a 5 min process.

I'll probably buy the core, mount it up and reassess. It would be great to have a ducting kit for this. Might be time I learn how to lay CF and make something for the community.

blackhawkdown · 05-27-2014, 08:19 AM

Why don't you guys just use RTV, takes time to cure but man, does it hold like a champ! we use it on our helicopter turbine engine sensors when we need to seal them up from getting moisture and water into them.

blackfireball5 · 05-27-2014, 08:32 AM

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Why don't you guys just use RTV, takes time to cure but man, does it hold like a champ! we use it on our helicopter turbine engine sensors when we need to seal them up from getting moisture and water into them.

Never heard of it. Thanks for the suggestion! Maybe someone can give it a try and post their experience with it. I'm going to be redoing mine with JB Plastic Weld here shortly. I already purchased it.

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04-21-2014, 02:19 AM	#29
retrosmiths Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Whiteout Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 962 Thanks: 297 Thanked 241 Times in 137 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sorry, I'm just really confused by the purpose of this mod. Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry. __________________ 2013 Scion FR-S

04-21-2014, 12:07 PM	#32
retrosmiths Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Whiteout Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 962 Thanks: 297 Thanked 241 Times in 137 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Oh, ok. I thought it was some sort of faux brake duct before lol. Sent from my phone. Might have typos. Sorry. __________________ 2013 Scion FR-S

05-24-2014, 10:46 AM	#36
dp1 driving smoother faster Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Sold Location: Some Posts: 990 Thanks: 630 Thanked 471 Times in 286 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	DIY: Making Air Vents Out Of The OEM Fog Light Bezels So, on the driver side the opening is in front of the windshield washer fluid tank, and on the passenger side it is in front of the wheel well lining unless oil cooler or something else is installed there. Wonder if air going through the opening on the passenger side, at highway or track speeds, with nothing but the lining behind it, would push on the lining and deform it, causing tire rub? I had APR CF duct pieces installed and a bracket for a trans cooler pump right behind the opening, and had some wheel rub near full lock. May have been the bracket that caused the rub as it pushed against wheel well liner, don't know. Had both trans cooler and APR pieces taken out since and no more rub. In the OP application, doubt it would be an issue with the rad behind the hole. I have the big center grille from Grillcraft to protect SC cooler, oil cooler and Koyo rad behind them, since it has smaller openings than stock grille. Bought the small side pieces also but won't install them since a new plastic piece with LED strips (DRL) is going in next week. Just an FYI Last edited by dp1; 05-24-2014 at 10:57 AM.

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