Maggy_NI Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Cheers, I'm hopefully getting a vti lip soon so it should beef the front up abit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggy_NI Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 painted the headlight inserts black today and removed orange cap things.front bumper isn't finished yet, just has a light coat of paint on it atm i'm in the progress of tidying the rest of bodywork so i can paint it all at once. might pick up some vht and paint my rocker cover tomorrowanyway here's a couple of pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtec2011 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 You done a fantastic job smoothing the bumper, I really like it! Just get a vti front lip and that will finish the front end off nicely.. Keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saj16v Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 How hard was it to do the lights mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Stunning job on the bumper mate, fair play to ya! First one I've seen smoothed like that, looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjrzn Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 nice - wonder how you did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggy_NI Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Lights where easy enough, just take them out, stick them in oven for 2-3 mins at around 180-190 and they should pull apart, a few screws to take the chrome surround out, give it a light sand with some high grit sand paper, panel wipe it, blast it with some rattle can paint, then put it back together same way but in reverseBumper was alot more complicated and awkward, the rub strips where done by cutting along the groove in them till there was only 2-3 inches left and then I plastic welded them back in to that it was flush with the bumper surface, then cut up thin strips from an old mk4 golf rear bumper I had for welding rods. I don't have an actual plastic welded so i was using a blowtorch and an old carving style chisel my dad gave me ages ago.For the number plate recess i cut off the part that drops down over the radiator etc and welded it up level with the rest of the bumper line, i them filled the hole with large pieces of plastic from golf bumper, when i Had it all near enough level i filled it with body filler and sanded it smooth. I also smoothed out the fog light inserts the bracket and the part missing at the top but the bumper would not go on afterwards to i had to strip it out again *facepalm*Anyway if i was to do it again i would have cut out the whole numberplate recess and put a fresh piece in rather than filling it then I bought a litre of celly from halford, and had some filler primer from my bike build sitting around so I primed,painted and laquered it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKH25 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Looks great, top job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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knight Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 You can not sell or advertise as you are not a paid member READ THE RULES!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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