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Offline Andy P

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Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« on: 24 February 2011, 14:40 »
Anyone done it? There is a product called Upol which some people use. Anybody had any experience with it? And if so is the colour match ok?

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Offline Horney

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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #1 on: 24 February 2011, 14:43 »
THink that's the stuff my mate used on his Mrs MKII Polo and it looked awesome.

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Offline Andy P

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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2011, 15:04 »
The colour they say you need is black but it's nothing like black is it? More of a dark grey. Can you ask your mate what colour he bought?
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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2011, 15:42 »
Bit hard, he's currently dodging bullets in Afghanistan! :grin:

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Offline Andy P

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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2011, 15:53 »
Quote from: Horney on 24 February 2011, 15:42
Bit hard, he's currently dodging bullets in Afghanistan! :grin:

nick

I'm sure he has bigger problems on his mind haha. Is your 8v standard? 15.4 isn't bad mate
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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2011, 17:44 »
Nah it's a tweaked 1.9 and stripped out. :cool:

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Offline Andy P

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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #6 on: 09 March 2011, 18:51 »
Had the bumpers done yesterday. They came out a little bit darker than the arch trims. The bodyshop done them for £30 for both bumpers. Hopefully they will fade a bit over time. I should be able to restore the arch trim with a heat gun or loads of bumper gel.

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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: Retexturing bumpers on a Mk2
« Reply #7 on: 11 March 2011, 22:09 »
Some peeps use a heat gun to melt back the faded surface plastic.  Be careful though.

Some people use chip fat.

I used a good scrubbing brush and then used either:

1. Autogylm bumpe care
2. Black shoe polish - the one from the sponge applicator.

Both work well.


Jonathan.
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