Operation: I hate our normal back bumper!

[noelymack]

So i bought a GTI back bumper from eBay for £27! Bargain. Picked it up on my way back from London, stopped at halfords and bought some sand paper and primer. Then got to work on it that night, sanding down for a smooth surface and then priming. I followed the DIY on here called How to paint your lowers at home the correct way. Anyway this was my first time doing anything like this but I was proud of myself =D

I wasn't brave enough to paint it myself though, so I took it to a body shop. Because I had done all of the prep work myself he only charged me £50. Result.

I went to pick it up and it looked so good, so i started fitting it myself. And do not believe the yanks on here who say its an easy job, it's a dirty one and there are some seriously awkward bolts holding it on!
Anyway got it on and I loved it.

The only problem is the GTI has that double exhaust cutout, so when you look through mine you see a tatty looking tiny downpipe. Bad times.
So up on the ramp it went and

I had this done =D

So in total

Bumper £27
Paint £50
Exhaust £40.

Having an original back end PRICELESSS =D:thumbsup:

 

[Karlos_Saines]

Nice one. :thumbsup:

 

[grego2330]

looks sweet mate,

And a bargain!

is the exhaust just the re done tips?

and what hapened to the private plate?

 

[noelymack]

Yeah just a new tailpipe welded on.
Oh man what a story, well a taxi driver smashed into the back of me and when my dad phoned direct line to claim because obviously he is the main driver of the car I just have it sometimes they said I'm obviously the main driver as my initials were on the reg! Idiots, I hate insurers. Anyway they said I would be covered but they would not reinsure me, so now i'm with More Than but I don't want it happening again so 16NM stays off until I'm on my own name. I also have T1OEL aswell which when spaced properly reads NOEL. =D

 

[Scooba_Steve]

veru nice mate! i was going to do that to my golf at one stage still havent bothered! lol! well done job (Y)

 

[mdtraves]

cars looking great noel!
whered you get the exhaust tips?
did you do the welding yourself?
was it just a case of cutting the exhaust back till straight and welding straight on
mike

 

[noelymack]

I bought the exhaust tips from a place called LTC Tyres.
Yeah I welded them myself, mig weld.
and yeh just cut it till it was straight, but a bent section in, then weld the tips on.

 

[tom619]

youve done a cracking job there mate how would you like to do the same thing for mine!

 

[grego2330]

aue im in for having a go at this just cheapest bumper is £80 ive spotted so far,


Gutted bout the plate eh mate, im thinking of puttin my private plate off till im on my own insurance then

 

[AxiaL]

I have to say it looks ace =]

Painted lowers look sweet as hell.

 

[Crimson]

Excellent work dude - I have to agree the rear bumper on the GT TDI's and TDI's sucks
Im still weighing up to either go down the R32 or GTI conversion route

 

[BrownBear]

Looks sweet mate.
Is no one on there own insurance?

 

[AxiaL]

Me .
Policy for golf - Mine
Policy for bike - Mine

Bike 1nz a bitch :/

 

[tom619]

Excellent work dude - I have to agree the rear bumper on the GT TDI's and TDI's sucks
Im still weighing up to either go down the R32 or GTI conversion route

Im hoping on doing the gti conversion on my golf this summer been prowing these forums and others for tips and advice what route do you think you'll take?

 

[aaran7]

heyyyyyyyy that pretty cool man deffo look into that i also hate the standard golf bumpers make it look so bulky.