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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Tomonator1985 on 14 March 2012, 10:42
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I'm thinking of doing a big bumper conversion....discuss...
....due to my previous fails this should be quite fun to try and do myself.....
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Anything below a G plate. Don't do it.
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Go for it.
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Anything below a G plate. Don't do it.
why not anything below a G plate?
Please explain?
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below g plates never came with them so wouldnt have the side strips to match ......im guessing....
mine is a 89' so technically the year befor the big bumper.....i think.....
is the bigger bumper actually heavier?
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A B C D E F and some early G plates just look odd with big bumpers :sick:
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Not true.
Big bumpers came out in '89.
My '89 "F" Plate has big bumpers as standard from factory.
Mind you, it's also Bright Blue Metallic, which makes it a bit of an oddball on an "F" plate. :smiley:
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God no. If anything its lighter!
:grin:
Small bumper is like a steel girder.
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Not true.
Big bumpers came out in '89.
My '89 "F" Plate has big bumpers as standard from factory.
Mind you, it's also Bright Blue Metallic, which makes it a bit of an oddball on an "F" plate. :smiley:
I stand corrected! how can i check to see if mine had one originally, guy i bought it off said he put the small bumper on but he was exactly mr honest with other things...
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What date was your car registered?
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If it left the factory with small bumpers then it should have small bumpers.
If it left the factory with big bumpers it should have big bumpers.
If you want to change, buy a new car.
It really annoys me seeing pre-90 spec cars with big bumpers.
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If it left the factory with small bumpers then it should have small bumpers.
If it left the factory with big bumpers it should have big bumpers.
If you want to change, buy a new car.
It really annoys me seeing pre-90 spec cars with big bumpers.
Or G60 arches
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Agree that they look better how they left the factory!
Just remember "90 Spec" came out in '89...
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It's your car - do what you want.... :grin: :grin:
But if you go for it - you need to do it properly... :wink:
New Arches, New Side Trim, Bottom Sill Covers & Big Bumpers.... :smiley:
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I like both looks. The small bumper makes it look more of a classic IMO!
I had a BB '89 and now I have a SB '89. Both on a G plate.
Change over year ;)
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Mine was a small bumpered 1.3, h-reg/1991. Its now big bumpered with g60 arches. Have I commited a sin as it wouldve left factory with bb if it left with the 16v engine it has now..? Not that I care- b/b ftw!
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Its a car, not a museum piece.
If the lad want's big bumpers, he can have big bumpers.
It'll still be recognisable as a MK2 Golf.
Anyway, I thought scene points weren't accepted here.
:grin:
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the whole idea was to give it what it came out of the factory with really. need to look at the dates on it.
i like the small look as it is but i got the car to take it back to how it was or just the original look at least, its a bit of a mess at the mo.
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big bumper
(http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv106/i_am_me_18/SP_A0306.jpg)
small bumper
(http://i674.photobucket.com/albums/vv106/i_am_me_18/SP_A0244.jpg)
you decide
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small ftw :cool:
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small ftw :cool:
Hi.
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Not true.
Big bumpers came out in '89.
My '89 "F" Plate has big bumpers as standard from factory.
Mind you, it's also Bright Blue Metallic, which makes it a bit of an oddball on an "F" plate. :smiley:
Really? Where's your hazzard light switch?
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I take it mine is a big bumper? It's a G Reg 1990, I assume it's not been changed,
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422505_10150637740239326_719059325_8948695_1348759674_n.jpg)
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My car is registered Dec 89, and is a small bumper, and always has been.
Somewhere on the build code sticker in the boot, there will be a 3 or 4 digit code that will/should correspond to the bumpers fitted to your car, so we just need the code for big bumpers! this could get interesting :evil:
Thom
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Not true.
Big bumpers came out in '89.
My '89 "F" Plate has big bumpers as standard from factory.
Mind you, it's also Bright Blue Metallic, which makes it a bit of an oddball on an "F" plate. :smiley:
Really? Where's your hazzard light switch?
Yes really, hazard light switch is on the steering column... :smiley:
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Not true.
Big bumpers came out in '89.
My '89 "F" Plate has big bumpers as standard from factory.
Mind you, it's also Bright Blue Metallic, which makes it a bit of an oddball on an "F" plate. :smiley:
Really? Where's your hazzard light switch?
Yes really, hazard light switch is on the steering column... :smiley:
Blimey. That has to be one of the very first. I'd be keeping that car for ever.
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I take it mine is a big bumper? It's a G Reg 1990, I assume it's not been changed,
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong on this, but if the hazzard light switch is on the dash, it should have small bumpers. On the steering column, big bumpers.
This is the case for GTI's and either CL or GL's, I can't remember which. All other models had small bumpers. Drivers and GTD's included.
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My car is registered Dec 89, and is a small bumper, and always has been.
Somewhere on the build code sticker in the boot, there will be a 3 or 4 digit code that will/should correspond to the bumpers fitted to your car, so we just need the code for big bumpers! this could get interesting :evil:
Thom
http://igorweb.org/equidec/Default.aspx
1AF = Power brake
3FB = Spoiler roof
5J1 = Rear spoiler
1C1 = Antifreeze up to -25 degree celsius tolerance up to -30 degree C
4KC = Side and rear windows in heat-insulatingglass
4GF = Windshield in heat-insulating glass
3NB = Rear seat bench/backrest, completely folding
1ME = Steering wheel
8J1 = Hand brake/low brake fluid level warninglight without inscription
8K2 = Separate daytime running lights --NAR--
8M1 = Rear window wiper and washer system with intermittent control
8BK = Twin headlight for driving on the left, with integrated high beam
8D7 = 6 speakers (passive)
3D1 = Center console
8TD = Rear fog light for driving on the left
8WD = Integrated front fog light
8F2 = Side turn signal lights
8U0 = Without additional instruments for distance measurement
1TB = Fuel tank vent line with gravity valve and PVC breather hose
1H1 = Load-sensitive proportioning valve
ADDENDUM:
Mines a 91 16v. That's all there was on the option list on my sticker. I couldn't make out the first code it was "something 2B" so that's not on the list above.
Nothing to denote big bumpers as far as I can see.
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Interesting - where's the sticker?
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Interesting - where's the sticker?
On the rear panel inside the boot, and inside the front cover of the service book.
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I take it mine is a big bumper? It's a G Reg 1990, I assume it's not been changed,
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong on this, but if the hazzard light switch is on the dash, it should have small bumpers. On the steering column, big bumpers.
This is the case for GTI's and either CL or GL's, I can't remember which. All other models had small bumpers. Drivers and GTD's included.
thanks, i'll check that later, I'm pretty certain it is on the dash, but can't fully remember...
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My car is registered Dec 89, and is a small bumper, and always has been.
Somewhere on the build code sticker in the boot, there will be a 3 or 4 digit code that will/should correspond to the bumpers fitted to your car, so we just need the code for big bumpers! this could get interesting :evil:
Thom
http://igorweb.org/equidec/Default.aspx
1AF = Power brake
3FB = Spoiler roof
5J1 = Rear spoiler
1C1 = Antifreeze up to -25 degree celsius tolerance up to -30 degree C
4KC = Side and rear windows in heat-insulatingglass
4GF = Windshield in heat-insulating glass
3NB = Rear seat bench/backrest, completely folding
1ME = Steering wheel
8J1 = Hand brake/low brake fluid level warninglight without inscription
8K2 = Separate daytime running lights --NAR--
8M1 = Rear window wiper and washer system with intermittent control
8BK = Twin headlight for driving on the left, with integrated high beam
8D7 = 6 speakers (passive)
3D1 = Center console
8TD = Rear fog light for driving on the left
8WD = Integrated front fog light
8F2 = Side turn signal lights
8U0 = Without additional instruments for distance measurement
1TB = Fuel tank vent line with gravity valve and PVC breather hose
1H1 = Load-sensitive proportioning valve
ADDENDUM:
Mines a 91 16v. That's all there was on the option list on my sticker. I couldn't make out the first code it was "something 2B" so that's not on the list above.
Nothing to denote big bumpers as far as I can see.
integrated front fog lights wouldnt that be only on a big bumper? :undecided:
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1ME = Steering wheel
Make's me laff...
Dear sir, Here is you 15K Mk2 Golf GTI but VW supplied it without a steering wheel..... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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1ME = Steering wheel
Make's me laff...
Dear sir, Here is you 15K Mk2 Golf GTI but VW supplied it without a steering wheel..... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
£15K???
Did they have scene tax in the time that really was back in the day?
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1ME = Steering wheel
Make's me laff...
Dear sir, Here is you 15K Mk2 Golf GTI but VW supplied it without a steering wheel..... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
£15K???
Did they have scene tax in the time that really was back in the day?
With all option's on a run out Model... :tongue: