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16V Front Bumper Grilles Information
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:33 am
by iggy350
I thought I wolud just create a post to tell you guys who have bought a 16v Front bumper and found no grilles
I have decided to order them new from the VW Dealer. The total cost is as follows:
Centre Grill: £24 + VAT = £28
Lower Right Grill: £6 + VAT = £7
Lower Left Grill: £6 + VAT = £7
Upper Right Strip Grill: £6 + VAT = £7
Upper Left Strip Grill: £6 + VAT = £7
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TOTAL £56
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Give or take a Quid
I hope this helps some of you.
Thanks
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:00 pm
by JoeG07
wow! glad i bodge-jobd mine with mesh now lol!
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:29 pm
by NOZ
Wouldn't really say its extortionatly priced but they are brand new and from the dealer, was expecting to be higher! Did you try GSF first before you went ahead with the dealers?
One of the slates on my centre grille has a chunk missing which really p's me off
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:47 pm
by iggy350
well i havent bought them yet, u actually have to go into the dealers to order them, however i'll try them now
Thanks for info Nos
oh and the front spoiler for the 16v bumper is £40 + VAT if any of you was wondering.
Personally i dont think that the price of the grills is that much, but am getting the 2 strip ones filled in cos i think they look silly
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:57 pm
by NOZ
Yeah, usually people fill in the upper vents which I must say is the best looking. I've opted to fill all of them except the middle big vent as most people choose the other option.
Will you be doinganything else like smoothing off the numberplate indent? think that really smooths the bumper off nicely.
Somehow 'Josh_polo' managed to get a front and back bumper aling with 16v lights n spoiler for £120 from the breakers
, some people are always lucky.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:32 pm
by iggy350
haha i know the lucky sod. But no i dont wanna fill the number plate area.
First Reason I cant afford and secondly i dont wanna make it look too fat from Stock.
My poor car was in a bump and all the front was pushed back. The bumper finally came last week after waiting 2 months for it. So i took the smashed up bumper to see the real damage. Had to go to the scrappers and get a new Front bumper reinforcement
£15 and i had the pleasure of destroying the polo it was on to get at it haha.
So im now jus gunna get it painted this week and hopefully fit it this weekend. Need to pull my Fog lights forward tho. A long bolt and some platic pipe should do the job nicely. Will post the pic of my car when its back to full fitness
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:34 pm
by CraigMK4
I didn't fill any of the grilles on mine, i actually made the four smaller ones into two big ones! Plus i only payed £60 for the front and back bumpers
just gotta keep looking until you find a good deal.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:32 pm
by iggy350
lol too many jammy people. I'm jus too lazy to go and look around the Breakers Yards
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:36 pm
by CraigMK4
Haha you can't afford to be lazy in the dub scene unless you're a millionaire lol get out there and grab yourself a bargain mate, its all out there just gotta go and find it
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:46 pm
by Polo96CL
I need 16v bits for my Polo and I cba to go round a breakers yard either. You can't find many 16V models in flash red which is a pain in the arse too
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:00 pm
by iggy350
Just bought all the Bits I need from VW, I get them on Thursday, jus need to be arsed to take this Bumper for Filling and Painting. Anyways, I bought the 3 bottom sections and the Bumper Spoiler, Cost me a grand total of £88 :/
Good news is, my Dad bought the Spoiler lol for it cost me £47 haha
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:30 pm
by NOZ
get some pics up when its fully done
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:07 pm
by iggy350
Will do m8.
The Bumper is in for filling and painting, cost £120 for it doing, i thought it was reasonable, the first place i went wanted £250 so i laughed and went else where =P
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:14 pm
by JoeG07
iggy350 wrote:Will do m8.
The Bumper is in for filling and painting, cost £120 for it doing, i thought it was reasonable, the first place i went wanted £250 so i laughed and went else where =P
wow I saved a bob there! I did mine myself from halfords crap it dosnt look so nice closeup but from about a metre it looks fine.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:24 am
by iggy350
JoeG07 wrote:iggy350 wrote:Will do m8.
The Bumper is in for filling and painting, cost £120 for it doing, i thought it was reasonable, the first place i went wanted £250 so i laughed and went else where =P
wow I saved a bob there! I did mine myself from halfords crap it dosnt look so nice closeup but from about a metre it looks fine.
hehe im too busy to even attempt it on my own atm so I'll just outsource for stuff like that doing