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Title: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: mr mk2 on 25 January 2011, 16:44

at the bottom of this post should be my signiture which is a picture of my mk2, i just cant decide if i should go big bumper or not. what do u think

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: Wayne on 25 January 2011, 16:46

If it was mine I would leave it small bumper, but it is your car at the end of the day.

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: mk2bal on 25 January 2011, 16:48

No offense but I think you should make your own mind up.. Its your car isn't it? Not ours so why does it matter? but ill admit I prefer big bumpers to goofy small 1's. I'd say it depends what else your doing tho.. You can't use dished wheels and g60 arches etc with small 1's,but then big can look worse dependent on height/rims/arches etc

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: the_stink on 25 January 2011, 16:53

personally i preffer Big bumper, as said above all down to you buddy and what you think, i think a big bumper would look good, you can buy them new for a reasonable price or find one in the classifieds budget is another factor really

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: weazgti on 25 January 2011, 17:14

Dont really look right with big bumpers and small arches though in my opinion.
If you got the arches and the rest of the kit you ll also have a big line where the bigger door strips used to be.

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: jackytwoshoes on 25 January 2011, 17:17

The agony of choosing is the fun part  :wink:

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: dubber36 on 25 January 2011, 17:24

You could get away with big bumpers as it is a G reg car, but would ideally need the arches, sill covers and bump strips to match. Even then the purists would notice your hazard light switch been in the wrong place.

Personally I think they should remain as the factory intended. VW designed the big bumpers to make the car look more modern at the time, but that was 21 years ago.

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: dan_apps on 25 January 2011, 20:04

keep it original and small bumper! just tidy up abit with some back to black, new strips if required and it will be shiney new again!

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: Cory on 25 January 2011, 22:28

sml bumper for ftw  :cool:

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: Phil1980 on 25 January 2011, 22:53

Keep it original, not enough small bumpers about. :smiley:

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: tech1889 on 25 January 2011, 23:15

big bumper on front and small on rear ??

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: rubjonny on 26 January 2011, 10:33

if it was me i woudl change the arches and trims for big bumper ones, but leave the small bumpers. cleans up the lines a little bit

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: leigh_harty on 26 January 2011, 19:01

Quote from: mk2bal on 25 January 2011, 16:48

No offense but I think you should make your own mind up.. Its your car isn't it? Not ours so why does it matter? but ill admit I prefer big bumpers to goofy small 1's. I'd say it depends what else your doing tho.. You can't use dished wheels and g60 arches etc with small 1's,but then big can look worse dependent on height/rims/arches etc

I object... if done correctly though  :smiley:

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: mr mk2 on 27 January 2011, 13:29

thanx 4 ur sudjestions ive been having a head scratch and i think im gunna leave it looking fairly standard with some bbs's and invest in a 90 spec shell to play with if i can persued the miss having 2 mk2 to spend money on is a good idea :grin:

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: dan_apps on 27 January 2011, 21:26

Quote from: tech1889 on 25 January 2011, 23:15

big bumper on front and small on rear ??

 :huh:

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: tech1889 on 27 January 2011, 22:32

mate resize your signature pic its too big and a b!tch to load when viewing from a phone or anything with 3g... many thanks

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: mr mk2 on 28 January 2011, 11:24

I CANT WORK OUT HOW TO RESIZE IT DOES ANY1 KNOW

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: THE_Liam on 30 January 2011, 09:40

Personally I prefer the small bumper cars, thats what I'm looking for :)

Title: Re: do i go big bumper or not?
Post by: maisy on 30 January 2011, 18:57

I think it looks nice the way it is, I'm a big bumper fan mostly, but yours looks  :cool: