Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:07 pm
My german num plates came through today, and ive got my smooth front end ready so im just awaiting my rear bumper and grille of ebay!
Cant bloody wait
Cant bloody wait
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:50 pm
your smooth front end - did u buy this or did u do a custom job?
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:47 pm
Custom my freind.. check out my post in the club house 
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:52 pm
What process did u use to fill in the recess?iNfa-ReD wrote:Custom my freind.. check out my post in the club house
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:15 am
Just cleaned and sanded it all down, heated some plastic over the major holes and then used p38 to fill it
I used about 4 passes with filler, sanding and spraying after each pass, to get it to where it is now and its still not perfect, I need an orbital sander really but i couldnt be bothered to buy one
I should also have used a mix of fibre glass resin to give it some strength as it will crack if im not careful but its not that important here as when the bumper is fixed on it should be pretty sturdy.
To finish off i just we and dry sanded the whole lot, primered and sanded again ready for paint
I used about 4 passes with filler, sanding and spraying after each pass, to get it to where it is now and its still not perfect, I need an orbital sander really but i couldnt be bothered to buy one
I should also have used a mix of fibre glass resin to give it some strength as it will crack if im not careful but its not that important here as when the bumper is fixed on it should be pretty sturdy.
To finish off i just we and dry sanded the whole lot, primered and sanded again ready for paint
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:57 am
respect for being braver than me!-Ben-
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:25 pm
Ok what sort of plastic did u use? where did u buy it from? guess it would be alrite to use a blow torch on or did u use another method
As for the fibre glass factor thats cool - i may give it a go sumtime...me first fibre glass project will be takin place over xmas making up some customer speaker pods on me bro mk2 golf
As for the fibre glass factor thats cool - i may give it a go sumtime...me first fibre glass project will be takin place over xmas making up some customer speaker pods on me bro mk2 golf
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:15 pm
Just normal plastic that was hanging around in the garage lol, i used a maked flame to heat it just past melting point and stuck it on, then warmed all around it gently till it had a decent seal
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:24 pm
just normal plastic hahaha
kk then fair does - i have to see if i can find a cheap bumper somewhere and have a go
kk then fair does - i have to see if i can find a cheap bumper somewhere and have a go
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:23 pm
Well you can get some special bumper grade stuff but it was £££
Hence it was just normal
Hence it was just normal