# to cut or not to cut? v. my rear bumper **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 14, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863 "2007-03-14T11:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/1 "2007-03-14T11:11:52Z")
I’m going to be looking into getting an exhaust system for my car pretty soon (whether I get one that just bolts right up or have one made is still TBD). heres the dilemma I have: the one thing i never liked about the '04 GTOs was that they have true dual exhaust, but the passenger side pipe crosses over the axle and both come out the drivers side. I’d really like to have duals out both sides, so I have a couple options here: There are templates available so that you can cut out the other side of the rear bumper and I can have an exhaust system made up (apparently I am not the only person to have this crazy idea to cut the bumper). I have looked under the car, and it will work without structurally damaging anything. The downside to this would be the risk i take in possibly screwing this up and ruining my bumper. It would also be impossible to put the car back to stock should i want to. The other option is just get a pre-made cat back system and keep the true dual/one side exit setup. this is a pic of what the back of my car looks like: ![http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9803/gto012oi1.jpg](http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9803/gto012oi1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/2 "2007-03-14T11:13:05Z")
wha wha whaaaaaaaaaaaaa ---
**Author:** ![bladez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bladez/32/7237_2.png) [@bladez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bladez)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/3 "2007-03-14T11:14:41Z")
buy an 05+ rear bumper with the dual cutouts!!! ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/4 "2007-03-14T11:15:49Z")
[quote=“bladez,post:3,topic:25863"”] buy an 05+ rear bumper with the dual cutouts!!! [/quote] ^^^^^^^^6 ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/5 "2007-03-14T11:15:57Z")
[quote=“bladez,post:3,topic:25863"”] buy an 05+ rear bumper with the dual cutouts!!! [/quote] +1 ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/6 "2007-03-14T11:16:11Z")
i say you get a steak knife and just start cutting! do it! ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/7 "2007-03-14T11:16:27Z")
:word: ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/8 "2007-03-14T11:17:01Z")
[quote=“bladez,post:3,topic:25863"”] buy an 05+ rear bumper with the dual cutouts!!! [/quote] teh win ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/9 "2007-03-14T11:18:27Z")
make your own bumper. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/10 "2007-03-14T11:20:21Z")
[quote=“LAFENGAS,post:9,topic:25863"”] make your own bumper. [/quote] Entirely out of carbon fiber :pimp: ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/11 "2007-03-14T11:26:23Z")
A MikeRI “should I” thread. Never! ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/12 "2007-03-14T11:26:53Z")
perhaps i should add, i have considered getting a 05-06 rear bumper, but the lines on it are a little different and i dont like it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/13 "2007-03-14T11:46:21Z")
[quote=“MPD47,post:11,topic:25863"”] A MikeRI “should I” thread. Never! [/quote] Another kitten just died. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/14 "2007-03-14T11:49:08Z")
[quote=“MikeRi24,post:12,topic:25863"”] perhaps i should add, i have considered getting a 05-06 rear bumper, but the lines on it are a little different and i dont like it. [/quote] anything available aftermarket…or off the Monaro ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/15 "2007-03-14T11:59:05Z")
[http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89222](http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89222) ![http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/gtols2/EzhaustTips031.jpg](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a110/gtols2/EzhaustTips031.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/16 "2007-03-14T12:03:34Z")
:smash2: :smash2: :smash2: ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/17 "2007-03-14T12:45:07Z")
yeah i just looked that up on the GTO board. prob going to end up going with cutting the bumper and getting those inserts. that seems to be the cleanest way of doing it, although i think $150 for those inserts is a lot of money, but they look good so i’ll pay it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/18 "2007-03-14T13:01:27Z")
Inserts for Clean look is your best way to go. Dont be a n00b and cheap out on your nice car. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/19 "2007-03-14T13:08:44Z")
[quote=“ryanmcell,post:10,topic:25863"”] Entirely out of carbon fiber :pimp: [/quote] and other shit you have just “laying around”.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863/20 "2007-03-14T13:09:55Z")
Go with out the bumper altogether you don’t see many people doing that [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/to-cut-or-not-to-cut-v-my-rear-bumper/25863.md?page=2)