bumper project

[kipper]

dunno if n e one remebers the rear bumper i did, as great as i think it looked it was inpractical as i would of had to remove the rear reinforcement bar behind the bumper so i got rid of it........however...........

i decided its time to bite the bullet and go for the front bumper instead...... plans are, i swapped the original bumper for a donner bumper so i can use the original factory bumper.....

plans are:
smooth out lower two grills
smooth out the bump strip
blend in and colour code gti splitter
remove centre grill and remake to screw metal mesh in its place.......


P.S. PLEASE IGNORE THE MESS IN MY GARAGE.... I CAN NEVER BE BOTHERED TO TIDY IT!!!!


this is how it looks so far...........

in the first pic i removed the big plastic bit so i can do the welded easier...... gotta pray it will work fine when i put it back on and weld it back in place. thats y i left those 3 bits on the bumper where the bump strip goes so i got something to weld it back on to.



in the second pic u can see how the grills are welded and if u look at the splitter u can see where i started sanding the splitter for painting and started welding the gti splitter into the bumper........



in the third pic u can see where i cut out the grill case where it clips in and welded some plastic blocks for screws to hold the mesh in place......

[Tim_GTi]

Will bean interesting turn out!

You spraying it yourself also?

[kipper]

lol i believe u were the first one to post on my rear bumper project to with the same reply.....

i will spray it myself with quality halfords paints at least then i can get it on the colour and it wont look totally bad then i'll get it properly sprayed at a body shop when i get enough money.... same witht he rest of my car.

[kipper]

update time...........

finally finished all the plastic welding, now u can see wat it looks like with the mesh in place to. now i can start doing all the filling and sanding....... should be fun.....

hope u like.............. i think it'll look pretty sweet when its all finished..........

[Tim_GTi]

Hhmmm will have to wait til the finished project!

[Joe_Mk5]

i think it will look smart when its done, will be interested to see its finished stage!

[kipper]

well as you can tell, its not finished yet. far from it. but u get the idea of how its gonna look..... hopefully it'll look great when its finally done and on the car.......





the main problem i got now is............

where do i put the number plate?

[Tim_GTi]

If you can't make a bracket for it (Like Haris') go with the OEM positioning, that's my recent views on it! I'm over the lower grill thing now, think it looks silly. So I don't have one until I get a new plate and make a bracket!

[kipper]

wat bracket does he have?

im thinking i might do wat i did originally and have it lower then standard so it hangs over the grill but still fixed to the plastic bumper... i dont like the reg on grill thing n e way but also dont like the reg in original position. thats why i put it half way between.... i will see when its done tho.

[Tim_GTi]

[kipper]

thats kinda the position i was thinking n e way but it would be attached to the bumper instead of brackets.

[kipper]

im finally getting somewhere with it now.... altho its not finished i wanted to see wat it would look like on the car so i decided to fit it and see....





only problem i had was the mesh sticking up to high at the top so had to move it down a bit.. think its sorted now tho....

only problem now is where do i put the reg plate???????

[Josh_polo]

Its looks loverly and smooth but id have left the orignal honey comb grills in if i was you as the mesh looks chavy IMO.

[kipper]

i did think it looks a bit odd but at the same time its so very different and cause its screwed in mesh i can change it to black mesh so it doesnt look as chavy.....

in total id say so far im happy with it tho.

[Joe_Mk5]

i think it looks nice, different from the standard!
i think the black mesh and perhaps the silver bit around the top grill black too could maybe tweak it a little bit? =]