grooves in gte rear bumper

[mowgli]

I bought baxters old gte front bumper a few weeks ago. it is painted in three bits, top-black, middle-blue, bottom-black

now I plan to make it: top-grey, middle-red, bottom black

this bit is easy cos there are grooves that I can mask to..

BUT the rear gte bumper has no extra groove between the top & middle bits... just the normal bumper ones:(

has anyone considered or actually carved out an extra groove to make matching up possible??

I am thinking of making a plyboard jig & running my router round it..

[gazjoiner]

i have mk1 gte rear bumper in my mates shed! imo i would remove the lower black part of the rear bumper?, then colour code the top part as you say!! top grey bottom red

[mowgli]

I already have the bumper, but I want to paint the lower (add on) bit black, the (non grooved) middle bit red & the top (grooved) grey.
BUT there isn't a demarcation line on the rear bumper like there is on the front......

[gazjoiner]

oh right, i know what your saying, you want a another line under the angle of the bumper to paint to! i cant see any reason why you couldn't do so! just dont cut through it :)

[gazjoiner]

i dont supose you have pic of the f/bumper?

[mowgli]

i dont supose you have pic of the f/bumper?

i'll get some tomorrow

[gazjoiner]

ok i will look, gaz.

[jimbob-mcgrew]

bloody el, gettin your router out on it mowgli, u brave... i give u that.
hows about just masking it the very best u can, and stepping back and taking a long hard look at the level to see if its good enough.

[mowgli]

bloody el, gettin your router out on it mowgli, u brave... i give u that.
hows about just masking it the very best u can, and stepping back and taking a long hard look at the level to see if its good enough.

yeah, but masking along a bumper will always give a crap joint line that will cause the paint to flake off the first sign of a car wash..

I am only planning to show it the router, & scratch a line into it..

anyway, I have a spare bumper that is only fit for the skip, so I've got nowt to lose..

[jimbob-mcgrew]

yeh true that, unless you put 10 tonnes of laquer on it, which is not really ideal.
give it a go and show us some pics, proper custom stuff this.

[mowgli]

as promised, a photo to show the differences

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/mowglinova/P2060032.jpg?t=1233947845

[andrew1988]

I reckon the rear would look better with the lower splitter black and rest red

[Benn]

as promised, a photo to show the differences

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/mowglinova/P2060032.jpg?t=1233947845

Is that rear yeah?
Mask to the bottom lip, so the tape is at the bottom of the L shape in the lower grove, then lacquar everything in, makes it tidy and will match the front better.

[gazjoiner]

hows that rear bumper looking now?

[mowgli]

not got round to it yet, I have been rather busy doing other stuff, & i'm still trying to find a good stock looking bumper paint

[Asa-James]

if your on about the black the front is, i think it was plastikote satin black when i painted it. dont know if baxter re did the black or not, if theres still taxi yellow primer then its my (poor) handiwork for the top...