mk2 ph2 1.4 16v (pic heavy)

[Whiskerz16v]

Rattle can ftw!

Best bet! Even if the colour match ain't great it will be a f**k load cheaper to have sprayed again rather than full prep and spray

 

[Knuckles]

I can't get a colour match, it's faded too much so it's pink, I'm waiting for a callback from a couple of places

 

[Knuckles]

Upsetting update; remember the stencil what I cut out to modify the bolt hole in the wing? I shouldn't have done that, it's now too short to bolt in, oh well, body shops gonna ring me to book it in next week (one of two) so that gives me time to get the bolt holes right and fill in the excess

 

[Mitchell]

Looks good, fair play for doing all the work yourself too! The one thing I am unsure about is the lip that goes up the side of the wing - I think it would look better with the standard gap? Just a thought

 

[Knuckles]

The lip is much better than the gap mate, it would've looked so out of place. I'll see if I can find a pic to show you...

Found one
before cutting the bumper to fit the arches

After cutting and tucking

Best I have but you can see the gap would make it look a bit shoddy if I left it

 

[Knuckles]

Right, the updates are going to be small for a while, I've decided to get the bumper all ready for painting, primed and smooth so all the painter will need to do is apply colour;

Remember I cut the bolt hole too much? I hope this has fixed it

The plan is to sand this and cut it so it's a perfect fit then screw the bolt through to taper it

The cracks almost finished too

Oh, please don't defecate on my rainbow by telling me the fibreglass won't work, id like to find that out on my own

 

[Jon.G]

Shame about cutting too much out. Have you put the bit you cut out back into the fibreglass or was this not possible?

Done a good job of the crack as well! If you're priming it why not paint it and lacquer it? Surely if the rest of you car is different shades of red anyway the 'pro' wont be able to do it much better than yourself? Unless they are blending the it into the wings and bumper in that case, It'll be a lot on money!

 

[Knuckles]

There's no point, I only cut off about a centimetre anyway so it'd be easier to just reshape the fibreglass myself.

I don't trust myself to spray it, plus I don't have a spray gun. And halfrauds don't stock a colour close to mine, I was talking to a doorman I work with who owns a garage the other night, he recommended an apparently cheap decent place not too far away so I shall check there next week

 

[Jon.G]

Fair enough. You hoping to get this done for FCS?

 

[Knuckles]

I'm not going sadly. Too far mate

 

[Jon.G]

b****cks. Only an Hour longer drive than me! Sort your priorities out! :rasp:

 

[Knuckles]

Hmm I'll see, ill check if I can get it off work then I might follow some ne members down, it's a 2 day camping/ hotel event right?

 

[Dweeb]

sweet cardi

 

[Dweeb]

sweet cardi

 

[Jon.G]

Hmm I'll see, ill check if I can get it off work then I might follow some ne members down, it's a 2 day camping/ hotel event right?

It's just for the day, I'm going down on the Saturday. Not sure if im going with the NW or NE lot yet, but a lot of us are staying at the Travelodge Alwalton on the saturday night, then after the show driving home.

 

[danzel]

I really hope for your own sake that the end result is worth all this hassle. It looks like some sort of sea urchin has attached itself to the bumper

 

[Knuckles]

That would be my girlfriends cardi

And danzel it's not really much hassle, apart from the body shop being picky. Tbf it gives me more time to work on it and get more used to body work, always a good skill to have I suppose. It's been a fun couple of weeks and I haven't once thought to pack in and sell on I guess I'll just be more chuffed at the end

 

[Knuckles]

I thought the bumper was all nice and ready to be sprayed the other day, I had some primer lying around so I give it a once over to show up imperfections... There were a few :/

I went over the whole thing with p800 p1200 and p1500 to get it all nice and smooth, filled in any bits that needed filling, resanded. And reprimed.

The plan is to sand it all down so it's all ready to go to the body shop, find a body shop, bolt it on and take it down

 

[Jb.]

Great insight into the work that goes into this kind of thing, I'll be watching this thread closely.
Keep up the good work

 

[Dweeb]

sweet!

 

[Gavin.]

My bumper needs doing again lol! I have wet flatted an polished that much I have now gone through the lacquer, doh!

 

[Knuckles]

Dear me... You must have massive ranking muscles! I mean arm Muscles

Small update in a second when photos upload

 

[Knuckles]

I'm quite chuffed that I managed to get a bumper off in 5 mins without jacking, get another bumper sanded, fitted, marked out, cut and drilled... All in an hour :approve:

Here's today's progress

The fibreglass 'sea urchin' has been cut to shape and drilled so I don't need the metal clips to screw the bolts into

All that's left now is to make the join between the boer and the wing smoother and more flush. Another coat of primer and then to a body shop for spraying I recommend anyone who's thinking of doing this to do it. It's been so much fun and a massive learning experience

 

[Jon.G]

Coming along really well!

Have you got a splitter for that bumper yet? It'll need one!

 

[mwn11]

Looks really good, but any reason you didnt just buy the sport wings?

Would make the skirts easier to fit aswell?

 

[Knuckles]

I don't have one yet, gonna get a skoda one unless a better one comes up cheap...

And i'll say it's because my cars not a sport so I don't wanna make a full rep, these bumpers just look better

But really it's because I'm cheap, wings would mean skirts, arch liners and spacers. Aswell as matching paint to the body and bonnet which have faded to slightly different colours :/ this has been fun though and it's been relatively easy, I've put in a few hours a night. If that. To get this far. It's a short lived hobby ATM lol

 

[Knuckles]

Quick iphonoshop, can't wait for this to be finished

 

[Dweeb]

looks sweet man!

 

[Sam_]

its looking fantastic! just wondering with the rear bumper, did it go straight on with no real adjustment?

 

[Knuckles]

Yep, straight swap, 4? Bolts and 4 torx screws iirc

 

[Sam_]

Great thats just what i wanted to hear! now to find one!

 

[Knuckles]

Someones breaking and iceberg 172 in the for sale section mate

 

[Scott_r888]

I am following this one closely as similar plans for my 1.4 : ) nice work on the bumper.

 

[Dweeb]

any news?

 

[Knuckles]

Yeah, cars in the body shop ATM, getting the paint blended into the bonnet and wings, should be back by next week. Quite lucky that the garage my girlfriend bought her car from had a body shop out back, the guys dead canny and I've seen a bit of progress he made today and the colour match is spot on I'll be updating this and posting a media post soon

 

[Kane.]

Looking good

 

[Knuckles]

I need to learn to not be exited about things before I see results :/

Remember this lovely crack that I repaired so awesomely?

See, no sign of damage at all... When the garage put the bumper in the car to take to the body shop... A front bumper... In a Clio, doesn't really fit. So that put pressure on the bumper making the crack re open. The guy at the body shop said he won't bother fixing it, because if he does. It'll be under too much stress from that kind of crack and any vibration or jolt would make it crack again.

So I'm leaving the normal bumper on and looking for a mint example of a 1*2 bumper and then I'll start again :dapprove:

I am genuinely let down by this... I'm over reacting but I can't help it for now. :/ oh well, ima trawl the for sale section and eBay again

 

[Knuckles]

f**k you double post!

 

[morgam23]

good work pal.
I have a question with the 172 rear bumper. U had to take out the stone shields and use those of a 172?

 

[Knuckles]

Nope, just didn't screw them back into the bumper lol