Compromise #1:
Literally half the intercooler is obscured by the bumper. Why else do you think all the shops are posting pictures with the bumper cover + reinforcement missing?
I count 16 vertical rows on the intercooler. Here's Greddy's shot with the bumper reinforcement attached:
Now only 8 rows are visible. That does not even include the bumper cover. You'll maybe have 6 or 7 rows getting active airflow with the stock bumper cover.
Compromise #2
The bumper reinforcement is gutted of all its structural integrity.
Not sure what the bumper reinforcement is good for? Take a gander at this:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv.../07-0105-O.pdf
TL: DR?
See the blue pieces here? These are the structural pieces to distribute load in a frontal crash.
The "bumper reinforcement" is the structural piece that connects the driver's side rails to the passenger's side rails. It needs to be strong so that it can distribute the energy of a crash across both structural rails of your car. When the "bumper reinforcement" front beam fails, the energy goes into your power train instead and your girlfriend winds up with an engine in her lap.
Front beam doing its job:
Front beam failing at its job:
When you gouge the bumper reinforcement to make room for this intercooler, you are turning a structural C-Beam into a thin piece of steel and destroying your car's ability to distribute frontal crash loads.
It doesn't matter how good of a driver you are if an SUV takes a blind turn right in front of you. AMHIK.
Cut that beam at your own risk. Yes that applies to FA20Club kits too.