changing mk1 bumpers to mk2 .

[Morton]

what needs to be dne to fit them ...do i need all mk2 fittings to fit the mk2 bumpers or will mk1 fittings fit it or some help and guidence please.

[w88rdy]

think you use the mk2 fixings etc and you may have to redrill the holes for the side brackets to line them up correctly.

Im sure someone will back this up lol

[brainsnova]

once i fitted a mk1 bumper bar to a mk2 and the moutings never lined up but i might welded the studs in the wrong place lol

[Pistol Pete]

You need a mk2 to fit them lol

If you're doing the bumpers are you going the whole hog and doing a front end swap??

Mk2 bumpers will look odd on a mk1 front end IMO.

[mowgli]

what's going on morton????

the other day you were trying to fit mk1 bumpers to a mk2, now you are doing the opposite.....

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133896

[bmw156]

mk1 bumpers go on mk1 novas. like for like for mk2 novas

[Adam*D]

They don't fit. And it's wrong. And it's naughty. And it's not right. And your car will become worthless. End of! lol

[Pistol Pete]

lol

[Morton]

firstly that theard from the other day wasnt mine mowgli :L
and secondly i know it can be done ! i have a mk1 for rallying but the regulations are that my nova has to have mk2 bumpers gay i know and i dont understand it atal but rules are rules i was thinking i mite fob them off with a gte or an sr mk1 bumper as its full length and fuller like the mk2 ..

[Plug]

your rally scruteniring (sp?) have stated that your mk1 nova needs mk2 bumpers to compete?

Very strange, considering the nova sport was a mk1 with mk1 bumpers and was a rally car

[Morton]

yes well i dont understand why it is either but yes .. ive clearly been told my mk1 needs mk2 bumpers thats the rules end off !i rang up the organizer he didnt like me haseling him ..but i was baffled .

[mowgli]

homologation dates might have something to do with it

[matt_vaughan]

Something to do with the exposed front panel on pov spec front standard bumpers? they may be thinking of that?? There's probably some daft regulation somewhere that states the bumper needs to cover the whole of the bottom of the front.

or are you using GTE/SR bumpers already?

[Morton]

by what they said it sounded like they where trying to say they where deeper which made them safer ..but again i cant see it would make much difference

[Morton]

no i dont have any bumper bar standard skinny crappy ones hah

[mowgli]

if the car was made as a mk1, then i can't see why it needs altering in any way. a mk2 escort has poxy sharp chrome corner bumpers & they seem fine.

what championship is it for?? if it is for a local motor club, then they are just being picky.. a mk2 nova has completely different spec engines and if the mk1 engine is legal, the bumpers should be

[Morton]

they call it alltrack but its bascially a rally curcuit type run 6 times 2 laps but its a chapionship run throughout northern ireland ... with a few different venuse ... i really cant understand ... i think ill go sr front bump and grill and maybe if funds allow sr rear to .. but im unsure what to do .

[mowgli]

is it simply because of the fact you want to run an old car & they prefer new ones??

[rednova]

are you the only nova competing?

[Morton]

no theres plenty off old cars about .. i think its do with safty as im entering the junior 1.2 .. and opted for the older carb engine which is alound i think the believe sumhow its safer

[Morton]

no there are around 30 novas in the juniors and 10 ish others in different classes my class is 1 which is a "nova corsa cup" 1.2s only