Help a dubber out..

[Ashley]

I've never been to ed38  twill go next year for sure tho..

I found the following:

Vento Front End
Bonnet - £25.12 (http://www.car-partsonline.co.uk)
Badged Grill - £25ish (eBay or the like probably)
Lights - £50 (http://www.car-partsonline.co.uk)
Front Bumper (part painted) - £35 (http://www.car-partsonline.co.uk)
Rear Bumper (part painted) - £41 (http://www.car-partsonline.co.uk)
Wings - £42 (http://www.car-partsonline.co.uk)

Planning on doing the bonnet and grill, get them painted and obviously the lights, then get the bumpers and eventually the wings in priority order.

this sound about right? think I'm alright getting these parts from that site?

[boneybradley]

them prices do seem rather steep..... have a look round the local ve forum's and you will pick them up much cheaper! like i said I have seen several bonnet,bumper and grille sets around £70-100.. oh and the rear bumper wont fit and you dont need the wings

[Ashley]

the rear bumper won't fit ? why not?

the wings are going to come a lot later, i know they aren't required for the vento front end, but mine aren't mint and I'm 50/50 about wether to fix the old or just buy new..

all of those prices are brand new, unpainted items yeah? you still think that's steep? I thought that was pretty good! lol..

[boneybradley]

the vento rear bumper is longer and little deeper....but 99% identical to the golf one in style....
them prices are not bad for pattern parts but fitment and quality is never as good on them. remember the front wings can have either square or oval indicator holes.
If you have a good body shop I would go for new as they will prime them correctly and they will also make them fit fine (look at the difference in price betwen them an o.e!!) oh and I guess that vat will be extra (another 17.5%!)
sounds like an intersting conversion.. keep us informed 

[kells]

hahaha just seen the bit boney has pointed out 

swine 

sorry i cant help with the already in your colour parts, its hard finding parts in my colour too!!

but just to clarify neither the vento front or rear bumper will fit....longer on the sides 

those parts u mention, are they second hand or new?? very cheep if new, and non OE, and dont forget the early type (and better) vento grill is now no longer availiable to buy at the dealers

[Stu G]

its ok ive got a golf front end on my vento. they are rare to come up as complete sets. and ive never seen it on ebay.

[Ashley]

ohhh right lol.. sorry I copy and pasted the list from my project thread from things I intend to do. I meant the golf bumpers all along! 

cheers for your help guys, muchly appreciate it!

kells when u say older style grill, which do u mean? any of them feature in the 3 pics above? I like the middle pic's grill with the colour going up the side.

[kells]

early vento grill:



personally i think your mad to put a vento front on, not a fan myself

[Ashley]

personally i think your mad to put a vento front on, not a fan myself

you're OE to the bone though!

I wasn't thinking of keeping it original though, think I've been looking through a certain ed38 thread for too long :embarassed: