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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: murraymint on 08 June 2011, 19:00
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i was thinking about spraying my front bumper today as i cant find a fully colour coded one any were, and thort if im sprayin it i may aswell smooth it too,
just wanted to know which is the best way of goin about smoothin the numberplate insert in the frontbumper???
cheers!!
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in the boot where the rear tire sits or on the door sides
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think you've mis-understood the question bud
i wanna smooth the middle of the front bumper were the number plate goes so the bumber looks like this
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y119/cra2y86/4.jpg)
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Lol :grin: i was on about the colour code part of not finding it :wink:
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:grin: no worrys bud
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I'd say plastic weld a plate in the recess, a skim of filler and sand it down will be your best bet :wink:
Send Bellend a PM, he did his and it looked really good.....before he crashed it :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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Don't know how mine is done but I would use fiberglass :undecided:
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The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.
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cheers, gave bellend a message.
The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.
this sounds pritty good, i do want the swage line, i think im gunna have to get a spare front bumper too tho because i dont wanna cut myn up n f*ck it up lol
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The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.
this :afro:
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i've got my old black bumper so just need to find a spare front and im gunna give it a go me thinks!!
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The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.
Spot on :afro:
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The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.
Exactly what i'm doing at the moment :cool: i got given a front and back bumper for free! :grin:
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i've got my old black bumper so just need to find a spare front and im gunna give it a go me thinks!!
Ive got a smooth top Vr6 highline front bumper you can have for £20, needs a respray tho ( but your probley gunna do that anyways). Pm me if you want it. :smiley:
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Pics?
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its what i did :D
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Got your PM mate.
I just got a rear bumper, chopped out a big section, chopped out the same section on the new bumper then plastic welded it in.
I used a fine tip torch and just melted strips of the plastic in.
DON'T use fibreglass! It just cracks, plastic weld it properly, then decent U-Pol filler try and weld it well enough to use little filler.
I then crashed it.
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Got your PM mate.
I just got a rear bumper, chopped out a big section, chopped out the same section on the new bumper then plastic welded it in.
I used a fine tip torch and just melted strips of the plastic in.
DON'T use fibreglass! It just cracks, plastic weld it properly, then decent U-Pol filler try and weld it well enough to use little filler.
I then crashed it.
yh think this is what im goin to attempt, have you got any pic's of the bumper as you were doin it by any chance??
cheers
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Got your PM mate.
I just got a rear bumper, chopped out a big section, chopped out the same section on the new bumper then plastic welded it in.
I used a fine tip torch and just melted strips of the plastic in.
DON'T use fibreglass! It just cracks, plastic weld it properly, then decent U-Pol filler try and weld it well enough to use little filler.
*I then crashed it.
*Optional.
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How did it hold out after the crash?
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I think there's a pic if you look through his previous posts.
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0951.jpg)
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:shocked: :cry:
i think i would have cried if that was my car after all that hard work!!!
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(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/JoshoRey/IMAG0931.jpg)
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i dunno wether of not to do a vento front end or not? i like it but think its a bit over done now, (bellends does look mint tho!!)
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Gotta be more golf fronted golfs on the road than vento fronted golfs.
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my point exactly lol, i think standrd golf lights are less common then vento fronts and hello quads!!
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Reason I haven't redone it is cause cars off road for a respray next month. :cool:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=152540.msg1736957#msg1736957
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"hello quads" ?
Bellend - can I ask why you stuck your front number plate on over your freshly smoothed bumper, hardly seems worth it?
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The best way to do it imo and the way i plan on doing is to get a spare rear bumper and chop a long section out of it and plastic weld it into a cut out in the front bumper. Less filler and same plastic used means a stronger and more durable finish. Plus you can still keep the swarge lines if you so desire.
+1 they way i'd do it/want to do it!
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"hello quads" ?
Bellend - can I ask why you stuck your front number plate on over your freshly smoothed bumper, hardly seems worth it?
Purely because my mother was using the car at the time.
I just ran with it off.
With the bumper on the car now, there's 10 magnets behind the bumper and ten on the plate. Just testing and held up so far.