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Offline Ann-MairiGTI

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Brain Picking
« on: 06 July 2009, 23:50 »
Hey folks. Wanting a r32 front bumper 4 my golf mk 4, any1 know the best place 2get 1 & ive read sumwhere that u r meant 2get mounting kits 4 the bumper if so where 4rm? I no u have 2 do sumthing wiv the arch liners as well!!! Any help would be appreciated, it would be the body shop that would be doin it, just would like 2have all the equipment & info b4 I started buying everything lol. Thanks :smiley:
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Offline linz

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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #1 on: 07 July 2009, 08:09 »
simple get the bumper off of ebay it prob wont come with fitting bolts but any decent bodydshop should have these!
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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #2 on: 07 July 2009, 08:34 »
I personally don't quite know the answer to your question, BUT if a fitting kit is required i would be tempted to get a genuine one from VW. I have seen some horrors in the past where bodyshops "fit" kits by using self tappers from the outside of the bumper and then smooth over with filler and allsorts! Now i'm not saying all bodyshops do this but just be warned that it is unlikely that they will have the exact fitting kit for an R32 bumper...
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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #3 on: 07 July 2009, 10:57 »
/old git rant mode

Argghh !! Took me forever to try and decipher that encrypted language you wrote that in.
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Offline Waffs1984

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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #4 on: 07 July 2009, 11:37 »
Quote from: AlanD on 07 July 2009, 10:57
/old git rant mode

Argghh !! Took me forever to try and decipher that encrypted language you wrote that in.

+1...  :lipsrsealed:
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Mk4 GTi-T AUM l R-Tech Stage 1 l AP Coilovers l Forge 007p l New Style RS4's 18" l Toyo Proxies 4 l Hofele Bumper Grills l Silver Interior Trim l N249 Bypass l Front & Rear Powerflex bushes l Forge TIP l CAI l GolfGTi.co.uk Stickers l Catch Can Fitted & PCV System Deleted l Redstuff Rear Pads l More to come...

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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #5 on: 07 July 2009, 22:19 »
Thanks, il see if the body shop has the correct mounting kits & then get the bumper :smiley:
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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #6 on: 07 July 2009, 22:32 »
You can take the mounts off your existing bumper. You need the wheel arch liner extensions to fill the gap where the bumper is wider, they're about £30 from vw. The fibreglass ones on ebay aren't great.. the replica ABS plastic ones are a little better but nothing like the quality of a genuine one.

From VW a genuine one in primer with the 3 grill pieces comes to just shy of £460 including the VAT. I dont think that's too bad considering 2nd hand genuine ones fetch near £400 on ebay still, without the grill pieces.
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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #7 on: 07 July 2009, 23:03 »
Quote from: topher on 07 July 2009, 22:32
You can take the mounts off your existing bumper. You need the wheel arch liner extensions to fill the gap where the bumper is wider, they're about £30 from vw. The fibreglass ones on ebay aren't great.. the replica ABS plastic ones are a little better but nothing like the quality of a genuine one.

From VW a genuine one in primer with the 3 grill pieces comes to just shy of £460 including the VAT. I dont think that's too bad considering 2nd hand genuine ones fetch near £400 on ebay still, without the grill pieces.

which i have to say seems totally pointless when yu can but a whole kit for a lil more an not make it look like something its not (that is just my opinion though)
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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #8 on: 07 July 2009, 23:06 »
a whole fibreglass kit maybe.. and i'd stick pins in my eyes before i ever slap fibreglass body parts on any of my cars :grin:
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Re: Brain Picking
« Reply #9 on: 07 July 2009, 23:09 »
Quote from: topher on 07 July 2009, 23:06
a whole fibreglass kit maybe.. and i'd stick pins in my eyes before i ever slap fibreglass body parts on any of my cars :grin:

lol toph each to their own though...... i mean look at me prime example of wanting to be totally different when it comes to cars ... but i like it so tht is all tht matters   :evil:
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