bumper help

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:53 pm

need help with my bumper, whoever owned the car before me put on these GTI plates

as you can see there are four screws attaching it to the bumper

i have a set of german surround and german plates to go on, but i dont want to be making more holes into the bumper, as i think its bad enough as it is

the german surrounds dont fit perfectly with the holes and the registration plate position on the car

i dont know what to do to get this right...

any help would be appreciated, thank you

ElWarnio

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:01 pm

With the surrounds i have/had, i just drilled new holes in them to make them line up - otherwise mount the backs with number plate tape, and the plates with the same.

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:07 pm

from the pics you have Alex, isnt you bumper smooth in the registration place?

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:09 pm

nope - the recess is there, but theres like 4 coats on there which almosts smooths it over see here:

But previous to this, before the colour coding, i had little VW surrounds on and i just used the old holes, matching them on the surrounds.

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:20 pm

so should i just drill holes into this

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:25 pm

Your saying none of those holes line up!?

If you have to then yes, thats what you may have to do.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:28 pm

yeh if possible drill through the surrounds, then stick the plates to the surrounds.

If it's not possible i wouldn't worry about it too much, my bumper has about 3 different sets of holes!!

if your plans are to smooth it in the future, a couple more holes aren't going to be alot more work, i wouldnt worry about it

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:29 pm

they do line up, but not so it looks alright on the car when it is fixed

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:33 pm

mwarner87 wrote:they do line up, but not so it looks alright on the car when it is fixed

yeh, so can't you re-drill the surrounds so they do fit And look right?

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:39 pm

im going to go and have a look at both the back and the front now to see what i can do

just didnt want to make more of a mess on my bumper by drilling loadsa holes into it

bbspolo · Post by **bbspolo** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:14 pm

Thats what god made double sided tape for

No seriously i dont drill bumpers any more even on new cars i just double side them all on! If u do it well and use good tape (they make super strong stuff 4 number plates) they will NOT fall off

GTI V · Post by **GTI V** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:23 am

Yep a good make double sided tape, i.e. Wurth will be a total bastid to remove the plate. Will not come off easy!

We prep new cars for a company, and always double side them wherever possible.

Hate dealers/people who drill into fresh new bumpers, number plate holders!

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:05 pm

new plates and surrounds are now on

used abit of adhesive tape but managed to align surround up with holes on the back and on the front used normal plates screws into two holes you might just be able to see on the front

thanks for your help guys