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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: CM690 on 21 June 2012, 10:22

Title: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: CM690 on 21 June 2012, 10:22

I want to go for this look

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7076/7292009512_22c3095a0f_b.jpg)

and me and my dad were going to smooth it when my car was going in for its respray but my dad suggested filling it with fiberglass filler and then normal filler but then said it would probably crack too easily and he simply didn't have the time to do it anyway as I was pushing it for a free respray as it was :rolleyes:

I thought about plastic welding the rub strips but how would I go about this really? what section could I cut out of a bumper to plastic weld into the gaps? Anyone done this?

cheers

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 10:27

been done a few times mate you need another rear bumper to cut out the section just below the rub strips and then plastic weld them into the one you want to smooth

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: CM690 on 21 June 2012, 10:29

Quote from: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 10:27

been done a few times mate you need another rear bumper to cut out the section just below the rub strips and then plastic weld them into the one you want to smooth

Cheers mate sounds simple enough :smiley: I think they should have come smoothed from VW to be honest :cool:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 10:32

yeah i quite like it im in a dilemma if i should do mine or not  :grin:

take a look through the build threads should see summat in there of how its been done  :wink:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: 1.6mk4GOLF16v on 21 June 2012, 11:28

that looks wicked, got a link?

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 11:38

take a look at balderz build thread looks so much better with the anni valance  :wink:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: ALBEEEEY on 21 June 2012, 12:55

Mk5 came with smoothed bumpers!! Maybe this was because the cool kids smoothed their mk4's  :laugh:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: ALBEEEEY on 21 June 2012, 13:35

I also heard somewhere that you can buy replica bumpers that are already smoothed from German eBay?  :huh:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: balderz on 21 June 2012, 16:04

(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o108/balderz_photos/93288f0a.jpg)

As cullygti says look at my build :)

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: ALBEEEEY on 21 June 2012, 16:28

Did you buy that already smoothed though Balderz?  :huh:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 21 June 2012, 17:53

you need air pull off the smooth look.

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 17:55

erm i aint got air  :lipsrsealed:
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af149/cullygti/IMAG0393.jpg)
(http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af149/cullygti/IMAG0394.jpg)

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 21 June 2012, 18:56

your not smooth though

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 18:58

well i shaved this morning  :grin:

not yet mate its a cant decide thing at the moment  :undecided:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 21 June 2012, 19:05

Quote from: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 18:58

well i shaved this morning  :grin:

not yet mate its a cant decide thing at the moment  :undecided:

lmfao

personal opinion about the smooth and air thing but if you going get it done then it has to be done properly, no spoiler, bump strips smoothed, door trim smoothed, us front bumper strip, rear us bumper, anni valance smoothed in, desiel anni rear valance smoothed in & wing indicators smoothed.

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: cullygti on 21 June 2012, 19:07

got it all here brand new  :smug:  :grin:

dont know if id run the us rub strip with a smoothed in valance though  :undecided:

Title: Re: Smoothing rear rub strips and anni valance
Post by: balderz on 21 June 2012, 19:21

Quote from: ALBEEEEY on 21 June 2012, 16:28

Did you buy that already smoothed though Balderz?  :huh:

Yea got it already smoothed :) bonus :) I was goIng to do myself as I did practice on a old bumper last year but it came up and a good price so saved me the time