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Pillar
15-02-07, 03:36 PM
finished smoothing my rear bumper! dunno wether to stick with a standard tailgate or a smoothed one what do you think?:thumb:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/P2140168.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/P2140167.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/P2140166.jpg
Ste-V
15-02-07, 04:20 PM
Standard...

1) You don't have to start drilling holes in the bumper for the plate

2) They look better standard IMO
Adam
15-02-07, 04:34 PM
Bumper looks a nice job.

Lol at the writing on the boot.
H15 NVA
15-02-07, 04:40 PM
std boot, i feel the bip for plate recess helps look of arches from rear
performance*nova
15-02-07, 05:08 PM
nice job mate how long did it take you
Pillar
15-02-07, 05:12 PM
not long mate bout 3 hours in total i think? ive been doing it on and off.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/P2130165.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/P2070153.jpg
andy_017
15-02-07, 05:38 PM
looks top mate:thumb:

how about removing the grab handle and leaving the recess in, seen a couple of novas with this done and it looks quite good!
Pillar
15-02-07, 05:54 PM
nah to big of a recess, ive got a mk1 tailgate im thinkin about using now
craig green
15-02-07, 06:28 PM
Thought you would have gone to the extra trouble of smoothing out the tow eye recess too.

Should be nice when painted.
Pillar
15-02-07, 06:56 PM
nah tooooooooo much hassle ive just ordered the paint (glacier white)so in a rush trying to get it all together its been sat in my garage for a year just want it done! ill probly put a number plate recess in it in the future as ive decided on going for the smooth bootlid
Adam
15-02-07, 07:04 PM
What did you use to fill in the stripe recess on the bumper?
A lot of filler? or fibreglass?
Pillar
15-02-07, 07:15 PM
Sanded it harshly with 80 grit to give it grip, skimmed with fibreglass resin after masking around cos fibreglass is a bitch to sand. once it was filled it only needed 2 skims of filler to shape also finshed with 80 grit. i then used 1k acrylic putty all over to get rid of all scratches and smoothes the bumper to.
Adam
15-02-07, 07:20 PM
Nice, looks smooth as fooook.
Pillar
15-02-07, 07:22 PM
yeah its done ok quite chuffed, i can be a bit leaniant with it going white after all it hides loads!
sim0ng
17-02-07, 09:46 PM
looks tops and I say go for the smoothed tailgate, looks great on novas I think... try getting the plate press out something like a 106 rearbumper and then sticking it into that one?? would probably be the easyest option???
bigbened
17-02-07, 11:50 PM
fook me mate do you want to do mine
Pillar
18-02-07, 12:16 PM
bigbened pm'd