mk1 sr bumper

[Anonymous]

right then i is in middle of sanding/odding this bumper and i is going for big mouth look, dont start!, and i was wondering how the hell to make it look good on sr bumper?
the bumpers real thin where u cut and im thinking it look all wrong?? i dont wanna play around with fibreglass just for shitty big mouth look, neideas peeps?

[Anonymous]

use a jigsaw 1st

u cant make a big mouth bumper with just sandpaper????????

Micky@novaload.net :)

[Anonymous]

well you could....but you'd have one hell of an arm ache!

Which MKI Bumper is it btw? Pre or post face-lift?

[Anonymous]

i will hack it up with jigsaw, i aint that dumb, wot i was trying to get at was how thin bumper gets where id be cutting away and i thot that would look ruff. so i was asking wot to do there ie build it up of just leave it and mesh the bumper or.......??

its mk1 13sr front bumper and i was sanding bumper cos paint was getting flaky, mainly due to fact i didnt sand bumper first time cos i couldnt be arsed :P

[Anonymous]

dave hay aka Mr Bodge lmao sad but true

[Anonymous]

There's two different designs of MKI SR bumpers...pre face lift,and post face-lift.
The MKII was later on. If it's after 87, it'll be a face-lift MKI. (big grab-handle on tailgate).

[Anonymous]

lol thats quite sad knowing all that really

i just wanted opinions on wot to do with area i would cut into. its an f reg sr.

no offense meant! Dave

[Anonymous]

What's to know...the two bumpers look totally different...the old ones the one with the grill build in.

In know what you mean about the hole in the bumper by the way.....just having a hole through the thin plastic could look dodgy......may be better to try and make a surround for it so that the mesh/grill is set back a bit.

Oh, and yes...I do feel like a bit of an anorak at times :D

[Anonymous]

yeah thats right,the first is a clip/bolt on valance to the mk1 1 piece bumper and grille,and the other one is a seperate big chunky bumper like gte,n grille like gte,I have a tatty mk1 valance kicking round,as this came on my 1.2 when I got it,attached to the same bumper rich dale has,and with my "rare" grille,they are miles different these bumpers!

I want some 15"s!

[Anonymous]

u done it yet mr bodge? ;)

[Anonymous]

lol i couldnt be arsed, it aint done, cant be bothered now, cars a shed i dont care about it no more.

[Anonymous]

oh forgot to say if u were such an anorak ud have know f reg srs have gte spec bumper not huge thing that got discontinued after e reg :)

lol

Dave

[Anonymous]

the hooj thing that fits to the bottom valance?-I thought it died on late D-regs?-my nova has a "gte-spec bumper" fitted,which is what I call the gte/SR front bumper,I refer to the older one as a front skirt or valance,plus older SRs and novas had horrid back bumpers too...plus gtes got a rear flick which simply screws into later spec mk1 rear bumpers

I want some 15"s!

[Anonymous]

Dave....you never said what reg your car is, that's why I asked which bumper it was ;)

Bob...my back bumper is one of those "horrid" back bumpers....the only difference is the lack of the grove around the bottom edge. When you fit the GTE "flick", it slots into this grove (as you'll know)...well, my bumper hasn't got the grove so the GTE flick sits a little further out. Also, I can move it lower down the bumper if I want (using some sort of spacers), without leaving the grove visible. I was thinking of doing this to make the back look even lower.

Why did you call it a huge thing? It's only the same size as the later SR bumper :p
BTW....I use the old style lower valance, but with a normal nova top section, so I can use a separate grill, and I love how it looks.
Also, 'cos the lower edge is flat (unlike the SR/GTE bumper which goes up in the middle), I can fit any splitter I want with ease :)