You're liable to mess up airflow (totally block) to your radiator the "other" way.. I wouldn't go that route...

 

KPV,

Great job on the entire car.

Did you get pre-cut silver mesh for your rear bumper or did you custom fit it yourself?

I'm planning on doing silver mesh front and rear and have not decided with way to go yet.

Where did you buy it? How did you get it mounted inside the bumper cover?

Thank you for you help,

Oliver

 

The rear cutout and mesh looks nice.

 

Kabol,
First off, thank you very much for the compliment. To answer your question about the bumper, although I went the whole soup-to-nuts tilted radiator method, you can simply hang the GT2 bumper in place of the stock TT bumper as long as you replace the 2 side ducts for the side radiators. They are at different angles to allow the correct mating with the bumper openings.

The car actually has 6 ducts. Three in front of the three radiators and three behind them (right, left and center). By doing a simple rehang (no center radiator tilt), the three located behind the raditators stay as is. If you leave the center radiator alone and do not tilt it, the original front duct may work (not 100%sure, but likely). You cannot use the GT2 center front duct since it is angled to match the angled GT2 radiator. You will need the new front ducts for the two side radiators.

Other than the above, the only difference is the headlight shape. You will need the TT/GT2/Carerra 4 lights as opposed to the Carrera 2 headlights.

Doing the conversion in this economical way will not alter the radiator cooling capacity (As long as the stock TT's center radiator duct mates well with the GT2 bumper) since the airflow stays the same as the original concept. The sides have no change, the center radiator dumps its flow-through air down to the ground. The louvers at the base of the hood would essentially be for show.

Doing the conversion in this economical manner will alter the car's high speed stability quite appreciaby in my opinion since the over-the-car and under-the-car air pressures will be significantly altered. This will definitely affect lift at speed. As I previously pointed out, the GT2 dumps its radiator flow-through air over the hood, thereby increasing the air pressure above the car and lower lift force. The stock TT dumps its flow-through air beneath the car increasing the under-car air pressure and increasing lift. The GT2 bumper undoubtedly has greater downforce and is was designed to work with the upwardly exhausted air as a whole.

I hope that helps.

Sharkster,
I disagree with your comment, as I pointed out above.

Oliver,
Every bit of mesh on the car is custom fitted. THe rear decklid mesh came from Germany. The IC outlet mesh came from Home Depot believe it or not.

Jas,
Thanks.

Although some of you have probably seen the following photos, I figured I would add them here while I was posting anyway.........

 

A bit late to the party here but I echo the comments of everyone else Ken - Jesus - it looks fantastic! Your brakes look like they could stop an oil tanker!!!

 

Ken - looks good !!
Quick Q: do you have a closeup pic of the mesh alone?? I wanted to see the 'lattice' size and compare to Endra's mesh in his type II front...
Also, I think you should do silver mesh in your front like that gemballa car HOT!!!

 

Your wish is my command. Here are the mesh close ups:

 

limitup,
This is a good place to see what the car is all about.