How to wide mouth vt bumper

1. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

   #1 28th July 2010, 22:23

   As stated above looked all over getting myself a vt front bumper and want to wide mouth and mesh it, heard their was a guide on it could some one show me were it is if their is one lol
   
   Cheers
2. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

   #2 30th July 2010, 17:29

   bump please help
3. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #3 30th July 2010, 17:30

   need to cut out the slats and then plastic weld up the bits of the bumper where the slats were cut away from, then tiny bit of filler, paint and then mesh the back
4. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

   #4 30th July 2010, 18:14

   Cheers could i fiberglass it as it would be easier than plastic welding?
   
   Cheers
5. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #5 30th July 2010, 18:15

   ye but its not ideal, can crack very easily
6. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

   #6 30th July 2010, 18:16

   So how do you plastic weld?
7. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #7 30th July 2010, 18:17

   easiest way is with a soldering iron, need to cut sections of platic to fit the holes/gaps and like melt/fuse the bits edges to the bumper
8. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

   #8 30th July 2010, 18:28

   i have a gas solder iron with blow torch tip will that work, and can any old plastic do just bigger than the gap?
   
   sand down plastic over then weld/melt and filler over sanded
9. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

   #9 30th July 2010, 18:32

   gas solder iron will just melt it and not do much else, you need to like melt it and mix the to edges together to get the weld/join
   
   not any plastic will do, some plastics don't weld, just use the bits you've cut from the bumper
   
   once all done and cool, sand down the welded bits, and surrounding areas, bit of filler, sand down filler and prime/paint
10. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

    #10 2nd August 2010, 21:32

    How would i go about filling up the fogs so that the bumper could be flush as if there were no fogs in the first place?
11. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #11 2nd August 2010, 21:42

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Morgiee How would i go about filling up the fogs so that the bumper could be flush as if there were no fogs in the first place?

    need to cut plastic filler pieces that can be plastic welded into place where the fog holes are then thin skim of filler
    
    heres 2 pics of one i'm de-fogging at minute
    
    
    
12. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

    #12 2nd August 2010, 23:24

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by mirrorblanks need to cut plastic filler pieces that can be plastic welded into place where the fog holes are then thin skim of filler heres 2 pics of one i'm de-fogging at minute

    Cheers mate makes sense, so line plastic up level with bumper plastic weld with solder iron and filler it. If you solder iton it wont you ruin the tip as the plastic will melt onto it?
    
    Cheers
13. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #13 2nd August 2010, 23:25

    thats why i bought a few cheap soldering irons for just doing plastic welding with
14. Morgiee Established Member Joined: Dec 2008 Middlesbrough Posts: 2267 Past: Citroen Saxo Forte W reg posi blue Now: H

    #14 2nd August 2010, 23:42

    cool looked at a couple of video on youtube on what they do and sorry im dump in the sense that i make sure what im doing or say is right so bare with me, sand down the cut bits from the gril i cut out. The to patch the holes get some plastic big enough to cover the hole from the scap ive just removes. Line up and around the edges use a soldering iron to melt/fuse together. Sand down and prime?
    
    and same for fogs. I use to work for Maplin so i can get them for dirt cheap the irons lol
15. mirrorblanks Established Member Joined: Apr 2010 liverpool Posts: 1737

    #15 2nd August 2010, 23:44

    need to use filler after you have sanded the welds down
    
    need to do alot of melting and it helps to have some more plastic to melt into the joins to make them stronger