Post Up Your Customised Front Standard Bumpers

1. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #1 16th March 2010, 19:59

   Post up pics of your custom front bumpers, not body kit things, but standard bumpers, widemouthed, colour coded, smoothed etcc...
   
   Heres mine, finishing it tomorrow, just needs the lil verticle slats cutting out tomorrow then ready for respray:
   
   
2. Adz Established Member Joined: Feb 2008 Derby Posts: 2343 at power bodied yellow 106gti monster

   #2 16th March 2010, 20:03

   Looks good danny, but if you take all the verticle slats out, the bar going across will sag down, my mates did this and it looked shit,
   will be better to cut them all out, and just leave the one in the middle at the bottom, so it holds it right, and you will hardly be able to notice it
   
   Adz
3. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #3 16th March 2010, 20:06

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Adz Looks good danny, but if you take all the verticle slats out, the bar going across will sag down, my mates did this and it looked shit, will be better to cut them all out, and just leave the one in the middle at the bottom, so it holds it right, and you will hardly be able to notice it Adz

   Rekon i could strengthen it behind, like a bar going through? I cant rmember now if its open backed. If not il jus cut out top slats lol
4. Qucifer666 Established Member Joined: Jul 2006 Clevedon Posts: 2255

   #4 16th March 2010, 20:50

   vt bumper, vertical slats removed and smoothed in splitter
   
   
   
   flat arch bumper, wide mouthed, fogs smoothed and the bumpstrip smoothed in
   
   
5. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

   #5 16th March 2010, 22:37

   ^ any problems with your slat sagging?
6. newqs36 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 swansea Posts: 1356 vts

   #6 16th March 2010, 22:55

   
7. Qucifer666 Established Member Joined: Jul 2006 Clevedon Posts: 2255

   #7 16th March 2010, 23:03

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by db_sax ^ any problems with your slat sagging?

   i have a stiff slat
   
   i reinforced it just incase it did. put a bit of metal i had lying around behind it and expanding foamed it in place.
8. Tom5190 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire

   #8 16th March 2010, 23:16

   VT* Bumper on my Flat-arch
   
   Widemouthed, smoothed splitter, color coded:
   
   
9. user_31039 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 Woking / Plymouth Posts: 1031 saxo 1.1 posi blue, saxo 1.4 furio black

   #9 17th March 2010, 00:33

   newqs 36 is looking lush good job mate! gotta love the 106 mirrors in the pic too
10. Paulp Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE

    #10 17th March 2010, 00:35

    Check my progress thread
    
    Page 4 is the front bumper build (however i'm changing it again now )
    
    Link to PG thread : http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=205182
    
    Heres a decent picture:
    
    
11. frankie Saxperience Addict Joined: Apr 2006 Frome, down deepest, darkest zummerset Posts: 12971 VTRallye

    #11 17th March 2010, 00:38

    
    
    cut the slats out, and drove into a verge
12. crustyclown777 Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2009 Gloucester Posts: 647 saxo mk2 vtr

    #12 17th March 2010, 17:01

    
    
    cut all slats out, and painted the splitter and painted black widemouth.
13. VTomR Established Member Joined: Aug 2008 Dartford Posts: 1794 VTR

    #13 17th March 2010, 17:04

    Check my thread linked below. Its got no plate, splitter, fogs toeing eye all smoothed in. c/c and widemouthed.
14. PhoenixSaxo Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Ninfield, East Sussex Posts: 384 Black Vtr.. 03 Impreza

    #14 17th March 2010, 17:08

    DeSlatted and Colour Coded. Not exactly uncommon
    
    
15. liam_VTR Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Stoke on trent Posts: 1132 Corsa GSI C20LET

    #15 17th March 2010, 20:22

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Qucifer666 vt bumper, vertical slats removed and smoothed in splitter flat arch bumper, wide mouthed, fogs smoothed and the bumpstrip smoothed in

    looks sweet ... but the mirrors are a big no no
16. Qucifer666 Established Member Joined: Jul 2006 Clevedon Posts: 2255

    #16 17th March 2010, 21:39

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by liam_VTR looks sweet ... but the mirrors are a big no no

    mirrors are a big yes
    
    http://s92.photobucket.com/albums/l2...7012009019.flv
17. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #17 17th March 2010, 22:28

    btw, its not if theyre common or uncommon, its just a thread for all custom bumpers! so Post no matter how common they are either!
    
    Some nice ones being posted up so far
    
    Ive now changed my design, having it widemouthed with oil cooler mounted in there.
18. FisherVTS Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Milton keynes Posts: 1633 Saxo 1.6 16v VTS

    #18 17th March 2010, 23:31

    Haha ermmmm
    gloss back bumper strip gloss black standerd splitter with gloss black added splitter, smoothed numberplate recess. big mouth cut out and grilled, relocated numberplate on special mounts attached under the bumper
    
19. Phreaktwo Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Wetwang, east yorkshire Posts: 372 BMW 320 e46

    #19 18th March 2010, 00:28

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by FisherVTS Haha ermmmm gloss back bumper strip gloss black standerd splitter with gloss black added splitter, smoothed numberplate recess. big mouth cut out and grilled, relocated numberplate on special mounts attached under the bumper

    Now this is nice! Is that extra splitter custom?
20. FisherVTS Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Milton keynes Posts: 1633 Saxo 1.6 16v VTS

    #20 18th March 2010, 11:02

    nah the extra splitter you can get from anywhere on the net
21. SunderZ Established Member Joined: Sep 2005 Guiseley, Leeds Posts: 1064 Vts turbo, 1.1 dsire, Pug 207.

    #21 18th March 2010, 11:07

    
    
    
22. saxovtsdriver Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Woking Posts: 790 Citroen saxo 1.1 desire Silver Citroen saxo 1.6 1

    #22 18th March 2010, 11:07

    that last splitter looks lush, where can i get one from??
    
    and easy to fit?
23. user_39660 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 Shropshire Posts: 652 1.4 - FuriO

    #23 18th March 2010, 11:24

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SunderZ

    This front end looks very similar to the one on the cover of the Max power Haynes Manual