gcinfamous

if you look carefully near the gt3rs letters there’s 2 dented spot or deform. Is this due to the heat from the engine? Coz obviously when I touch that area it’s warm

Larry Cable

never seen that before!

that's not a particularly "hot" part of the engine ...

gcinfamous

hmm really? Coz when I touch it it’s hot right after a drive

Larry Cable

really! ... do you have a modified exhaust by any chance?

Larry Cable

I wonder if perhaps you are leaking some exhaust gas from the central muffler up into the rear bumper ... my guess is that is the only way this could happen.

google some GT3RS engine pics you will see what I mean ...

Larry Cable

gcinfamous

I recently installed JCR center muff delete and side delete but I’m going thru old pix it was already there before the exhaust change

gcinfamous

This is the day I bought it seems like it was already there but not as obvious in lava orange but you can still see the spiral in the reflection.

This is when it’s not obvious coz I guess lava has less reflection than black.

This is after wrapping and you can notice the 2 dents

Larry Cable

did the previous owner have an aftermarket exhaust on the car?

regardless I think you are stuck with this unless you want to replace the bumper

gcinfamous

It was stock exhaust previous.

This was the stock exhaust taken out

ahh. Damn wondering if there are ways to fix it? The car only had 8000km on it when I bought it hehe.

dwaldi

Mine has a similar warped look, though more subtle in the same area. Not sure when it happened but I have a center bypass exhaust on it.

Larry Cable

it could well be that ctr bypass generates more heat where the gases meet vs the OEM ... since there is no expansion box...

jp884

Assuming its the exhaust gas and you get this addressed. Shouldn't a competent PDR guy be able to fix the dent to avoid having to do a whole new bumper?

Larry Cable

its plastic ... I dont see how PDR will address this...

gcinfamous

but mine happened already with oem before center delete ah well