mk2 ph2 1.4 16v (pic heavy)

[danzel]

looks great mate, love it!

 

[Knuckles]

Thanks mate

 

[Knuckles]

Right, I was going to wait untill this was finished before I updated but;

I got hold of a 1*2 front bumper, came up cheap off eBay so I thought why not.

Got home to find this a few days after pressing buy

The ad said it had a crack in, I was expecting a bigger one

To my surprise it came with everything; both grills, fogs and washer jets

It also came with one arch liner... What a ballache this was to remove

I started to remove every bit of plastic trim with the intention of spraying it satin black... But I couldn't be arsed

Then I set to sanding it all

This is smooth... Trust me

I removed the majority of the gloss, I saw a guide on here that recommended this

After a trip to the body shop and getting the impression that the guy REALLY didn't want to take this job on, saying he'd need to cut s**t and plastic weld other s**t and saying he'd charge £300 I kindly declined.

Off I went to halfords to pick up some p38 and p40 aswell as

Can't go wrong for £45 on special... Untill I drop a car on myself I suppose

My car hasnt been this high since it had standard suspension

After realising I don't own and torx screws my car stayed like this for an hour untill a friends dad dropped some off

My mate touched my indicator ad the cover fell off :/ anyone else had this?

I have no mechanical experience and I managed to get this far

I set about making a stencil to modify the bolt holes

Which my dad cut out

Jungle jims guide was then followed from here on

Fibreglass in

I stunk the whole house out with it

It's now chilling in my garage drying for the filler to go on tomorrow, if all goes to plan then it'll be in the body shop on Friday... Hopefully

Any help or advice welcomed

Thanks

 

[Kane.]

Will look really good

 

[Rob]

Really like you dedication to this, keep it up.

I'm interested to see how the bumper turns out.

 

[Dweeb]

wow man!
youre certainly motivated haha!

looks good...

 

[Knuckles]

Really like you dedication to this, keep it up.

I'm interested to see how the bumper turns out.

Thanks a lot, me too, I hope it turns out as good as jims ha

wow man!
youre certainly motivated haha!

looks good...

I think I'm more naive, as in not seeing how big of a job my dad was constantly telling me it was and I suppose this is a good way to develop skills

 

[Whiskerz16v]

Looking good man!

Why not have a good at the painting yourself?

 

[Dweeb]

Thanks a lot, me too, I hope it turns out as good as jims ha




I think I'm more naive, as in not seeing how big of a job my dad was constantly telling me it was and I suppose this is a good way to develop skills

haha yeah i know man! my car is a mess because i have started a job and lost motivitaion and i just cba haha

 

[Knuckles]

Looking good man!

Why not have a good at the painting yourself?

I wouldn't try and paint it, I painted the front diamond White and that came up a bit gash, I'll upload pics when its fitted to the car, plus my cars faded something rotten so I couldn't get the colour right :/

 

[S TAYLOR]

Awesome work on the bumper mate

 

[Jon.G]

Sweet! What are you doing about the crack then?

Fibreglass it up and then smooth it?

 

[Jimbo_M]

That will finish off the front end well when its painted dude good stuff

 

[Knuckles]

I'm not sure, I was gonna give it to the bodyshop to plastic weld and fill properly Jon

And thanks jimbo I hope it looks good... Ive never attempted anything like this before. Fingers crossed like

 

[Rob]

Get some fibreglass on the back of the crack and some plastic filler on the front, if you've gone this car you may aswell repair it yourself!!!

 

[Knuckles]

fair enough ill give it a go later on... and post a win or fail picture accordingly

 

[Jon.G]

Yeah, Doing what rob and I said will probably be best. You'll get some more experience and IMO be a lot cheaper than getting the bodyshop to plastic weld it.

 

[kerry-w]

Nice prgress cool too see youve managed to attempt all of this yourself too. Will keep posted for the update

 

[Knuckles]

Sanded back the fibreglass and got the filler in

I also went about filling this crack. I'll fibreglass the back when I can take the bumper off. That should be ok right?

I filled in some little dents and chips too

 

[Knuckles]

The bumper popped off after prying away the tape

The 'wall of fibreglass' as promised by jungle jims guide, quite reassuring to see that I'm doing it right lol

Back onto the car to see how much needed sanding off

I used an orbital sander to take the majority off, I shat myself as it took so much off so quickly :s I got the hang of it quick ish. Then bumper on the floor to get more off and round it off

And back on to get the 'angle' right...

I think I managed to smooth the end of the bumper into the wing

Im gonna ring the body shop tomorrow and hopefully all will be ok and it can be sprayed over the weekend.

Now, I cba to jack it up to rebolt it in place to drive 10 mins to unbolt it again, would cable ties suffice to hold it in place for a 10 min drive?

 

[kerry-w]

Nice job! Impressive work to be honest if youve never done anything like that before. About the cable ties situation, id have thought they would be fine, I drove mine for a week with string holding on the bumper and it was fine apart from slight jiggling around.

 

[Knuckles]

Lol oh dear, why?

And thanks, im a little chuffed at the fit and that it took two days I hope the spray guy has no hangups about spraying it

 

[kerry-w]

Lol oh dear, why?

And thanks, im a little chuffed at the fit and that it took two days I hope the spray guy has no hangups about spraying it

Collided with a brand new fiat 500 on a dual carriageway sideways :rasp: mounts or something must have popped out, happened to have string in the car so tied it on using that rather sturdy until it got fixed, sides of the bumper are sagged though connecting with the wing

Ohh nice, doubt the sprayer will have a problem considering you have already basically done the sanding for it, all he needs to do is primer, paint and laquer right?

 

[Knuckles]

Aah I see.

And yeah hopefully, he'll probablies wanna tidy it up a bit, I accidentally melted a bit of bumper after my dad recommended I use an orbital sander... Bad idea, but I've tidied it up as much as I can, I couldn't get the rear trim off to fix the crack properly so there's another job for him lol

 

[Dweeb]

sweet man

why not fill the washer holes while your at it?

 

[Gavin.]

^ Agree, get the filler out and get them filled in!

 

[Jon.G]

Awesome work!

As for holding the bumper on cable ties will be fine. My bumper's held on with 1 arch liner screw and one bolt that is located under the arch liner. Both on the same side.

f**king ghetto, and never had any problems!

 

[Knuckles]

sweet man

why not fill the washer holes while your at it?

Nope gonna have non working washer jets I think they look cool ha

 

[Knuckles]

Awesome work!

As for holding the bumper on cable ties will be fine. My bumper's held on with 1 arch liner screw and one bolt that is located under the arch liner. Both on the same side.

f**king ghetto, and never had any problems!

Lmao oarsumn!!! I'm not gonna have the archliners bolte in, don't think they fit :dapprove:

 

[Jon.G]

Nah they wont, there not wide enough. You don't need them anyway. I'm missing one on one side.

reading this back makes my car sound fucked! It's not, honest.

 

[Dweeb]

i havent got any of my arch liners in

 

[Knuckles]

Haha it sounds RATTED Jon! Get some rust going

I'll take my archliners out one day, the rear ones don't fit anymore either

 

[Jon.G]

LOL. I honestly couldn't ever go rat. Its gash.

I love my paintwork too much.

Spoiler

even though its swirled again FML

 

[Knuckles]

Mines swirlier than the inside of a solero lol, waiting till it's finished till I get it machine polished

 

[roberto.]

Good work, itl look spot on when its finished like mate. Kudose for doing it all yourself too. What bodyshop you taking it too? Could reccomend one if need be

 

[Knuckles]

One next to b&q and the mini garage by the queen alex bridge, he's really good. I just think this was too big of a job for him mate :/

 

[Knuckles]

the guy reckons there's still £250 worth of work left to do... Im trying another place down hendon, if these won't do it then I may need some recommendations :/

 

[Knuckles]

How my car stands after being told that there's still £250 worth of work left. Waiting on a call from another body shop now

 

[Gavin.]

Have a go yourself mate. If it turns out shite then pay for it to be done. That's my idea with the 172 bumper anyway

 

[kerry-w]

Why dont you make an attempt at it yourself first? Ov even do some prep work like sanding down and adding primer, that will lower the costs