considering the vento front end....

[robz]

hi all...
ok, i know this has been up a few times... i have just spent an hour or so reading up on the search etc... but just want to clear a couple of quieries up:)

after i crashed the golf, smashing the best aspect of the car, the front, i now hate it, lol!
i hate the standard lights and im not getting far in fixing the old hella quad that is in a thousand peices...
so i had the bright idea of doing a vento front end, lol.
the reason is i prefer the square head light.
so my question is...
do i need the slam panel and bumper iron off the vento, or do i just need the lights, bumper(if i want the chunky one), bonnet, and the grill??
or does the slam panel and bumper iron need to be vento,
its just from what i have read there seems to be some contadiction!!lol
any help greatfully appreciated!!

also, has anyone got a pic of one in purple so i can see if its derfo what i want, maybe a photoshop request, lol!!

[Wayne]

Lights, bonnet and grill are all you need plus the bumper if you want to change it.

Only other thing to watch out for is that early Golf / Vento headlamps had different plugs to the later cars so try to find some the same year as your car or you can make adaptor looms.

[robz]

ok, cheers for that m8!
will prob do this now its only a few easy jobs, not ripping the whole thing apart again!
we had to chop the hella quad plugs off to fit some standard ones back on, so will have to see what i can find, lol!
classifieds here i come!!
cheers for that!!

[Wayne]

No worries

[ace]

yeah as wayne said u only really need the lights, grille and bonnet.

im also thinking of doing this or then getting my front bumper fully smoothed, just need to figure out where to relocate my indicators to if i do smooth the front.

[robz]

yeah, its a tempting one, but looking at what people want for the bits im not sure i can justify it yet!!
think it would suit my golf too!!
that kind of low slung smooth rally look!
theres one set of lights grill and bonnet on here for 150 notes 
i got a whole front end for that, lol.
they dont seem to be around much either

[Wayne]

yeah, its a tempting one, but looking at what people want for the bits im not sure i can justify it yet!!
think it would suit my golf too!!
that kind of low slung smooth rally look!
theres one set of lights grill and bonnet on here for 150 notes 
i got a whole front end for that, lol.
they dont seem to be around much either

Well worth keeping a look out on ebay, they can turn up in the breakers and you might get lucky.

[robz]

think i will be doing. as im in no rush, lol
there just doesnt seem to be that many pics of them either...
google is rubbish for em, and i havent seen that many on here!
ya reckon i could start a vento front end pics thread, or has that been done before, sure i didnt see one!!

[ace]

have a look at mikesters little golf project hes doing it.

also everyone on edition38 is doing it so have a look on there.

[VR6-Joe]

Vento fronts are cool but a bit played out now. I wanna put the standard Golf front back on my car but can't afford some GTI headlights.