i think it would look top with the gte bumpers mate , also skirts lol
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i think it would look top with the gte bumpers mate , also skirts lol
I'm thinking that gte bumpers and fitting the skirts is definitly going to be the way to go with it,I'll just be a bit scared about drilling holes in the side of the car to fit the sideskirt clips :(
I would rather clean bounding off then have to get rid of rust from holes drilled.
Would you recommend bonding them on then Scott?
I've got visions of you in a lay-by 2 miles from Billing, removing side skirts. :dQuote:
Originally Posted by Nick J
IMO you need the smaller bumper and grille!
Then you need to pm me a price for both gte bumpers and gte grille lol lol lol
Is that when I decide that I don't like them two minutes from billing haha:tard:Quote:
Originally Posted by craig green
Little bit of an update this evening, i was hoping to get quite a lot done on the car this weekend but it was mainly taken up by prepping and painting the bumpers. Which took a lot longer than i thought!
First off take a front and rear gte bumper in quite good condition, cheers dj wudgey, and also an sr front grill, all in desperate need of a good lick of paint though!
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I have a mate that works in a bodyshop so me and him set about painting them this weekend, i was talking to him about the finish that i wanted on the bumpers and i was wanting to get them as close to the standard gm grey/blue colour as possible really, so after talking to my mate and his boss we decided that using a product similar to the upol mid grey paint would get us the finished result that we were after so we managed to find something at a local paint shop that would do the trick, at £15 a tin they werent cheap but i thought i better get three to be on the safe side and not run out of paint halfway through painting them. I did want to get rid of the dimply finish that the bumpers have from the factory so we used something called a DA which is like a small orbital sander sort of thing that takes away the dimply surface and makes the surface smooth, we then had to use wet and dry 400 to get into the bits we couldnt with the DA to get the rest of the bumpers totally smooth. We then plastic primed and then after this had dried we used quite a few layers of quite thick primer and left this to dry overnight.
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Once they were all in primer like this we could see that the whole days worth of prep was well worth it as we had managed to get rid of any small blemishes in the paint on the bumpers and had also managed to get them quite smooth so i was more than haappy at the end of the day on saturday.
You going for the GTE style then ? :)
You gonna keep the valances in black?
Then it was back into the bodyshop on sunday morning to get the paint onto the bumpers and see how the colour and finish was going to look:
These are just a couple of pictures to show you the colour that the bumpers and grill will finish up, we used the grill as a test to see how they would come out and i'm well impressed, i think its quite a good match to the original factory blue/grey colour. The rattle cans that we bought also had some funky little adjusters on the nozzle so that you could change the spread of the spray which meant you could alter it depending on what you were painting which made life easy, and also made it easy to cover the bumpers with paint :thumb:
Sorry for the turd i phone camera.
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not dry in these shots!
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Put a couple more coats of paint on them after this but didnt get chance to take any pictures as i had to leave but i'm well impressed with how they've turned out, cant wait to get them fitted now too. I'll take some pictures and update the thread once i've fitted them.
I also bought these off auzzy2000 to smarten up the front end, because i think with the new bumpers on the amber indicators may look a bit out of place so on these will go when i get them!
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Ive also bought a 4-2-1 ashley exhaust manifold off Lee H, cheers pal, thats already heat wrapped etc, and the runners are quite a lot larger than those on a standard xe manifold, someone has also atempted to port it i think which will aid gas flow, no pics of this though as its in the boot of my car and cant be assed to go take any pics, also bought a gsi servo off rickardo to fit but again no pics!
More updates to follow soon!
Yep i thought sod it Vaughan gte bumpers ftw on this occasion!
No i've colour coded the bottoms of the bumpers to match the rest of them dude!
That answers my question! lol Kinda need to be colour coded when going that colour. Will look mint mate on what is already an awesome build.
looking good Andy:thumb:
looking forward to the pics,with the bumpers fitted,will look mint :)
Humm I'll wait to see the final product, as i think you might of got it right...
Bumpers look great, the right choice IMO.
:thumb: top stuff mate
Should be good to see how it ends up :)
cheers for all the comments everyone, i've fitted the front bumper and grill now, just uploading pics but photbucket is taking forever!
Agreed :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Edd
Defo agree with the above! Don't you dare fit skirts tho!
Colour of the trim looks good.
Ok then well update time, my mate dropped the bumpers off at my house this eves and lent a quick hand putting the front one and fitting the grill on just to get a couple of pictures of them fitted and check that i do actually like them haha!
Before he came round though i took a bit of time just changing a couple of waterpipes which hadnt fit properly for ages and Lee H cheers dude, managed to dig a couple of the pipes out that i needed so once i had them fitted, after quite an epic coolant spillage i got on to fitting my recently acquired ashley manifold!
A quick picture comparing the ashley manifold to the standard one, the bore on the pipes seems quite a lot larger and were the pipes collect together is also substantially fatter,
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So a pic of the old one on the car,
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and then the new one fitted, looks miles better imo, hope it makes a little difference in power too,
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And then a few with no bumper on to show cleany clean crossmember,
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and then bumper and grill fitted!
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Personally i love the colour and the finish on them is top notch, big thanks to my mate for painting them for me and advising and doing most of the prep haha! I still need to line it up 100% but just put it on for now to see how it looks, also do people think i need to paint the piece of metal that goes from slam panel to cross member black or something? I think it might just be showing up because the cameras flash is on the car, opinions on that? I havent fitted the back on yet as my f*****g topmounts still havent come from GAZ, but htey have promised they will arrive tommorow so fingers crossed.
I think to get a proper idea on the bumoers i need the car out in daylight up on the road or something to take the whole car in and get a true idea, but for now i'm well happy :cool:
Cheers for looking and let me know what you think, good or bad?
They do look better then i thought they would mate, and i would paint the brace black my self, as i hate seeing them through the grill.
All looking good though mate, hope your mounts turn up so you can get the wheels on to see the full effect.
Scott
That's looks really awesome !
Bumpers look really good in that shade of gray.
Looks really well fella, Did you remove the lower valance trim?
As these have a habbit of holding/trapping water, causing the inevitable:(
Cheers for the comments everyone,yeah valance trim was removed matt,the bumper wouldn't go on with this fitted!
Wooooo topmounts have also come now so might crack on with those after :)
very nice mate
reminds me of this
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I was gonna say Karl Rowntree Rep FTW!
look very good mate
nice project btw !
perfect andy :thumb:
Thanks for the comments everyone!
Little bit of an update from last night,fitted the back bumper on,after sorting the carriers out which were really rusty on the bumper,no pics though as I need to get the car out to take some of the back,also fitted my gsi brake servo with the help of lee,cheers dude!
Still need to figure out what to do with these f******g topmounts!
Only a little bit of an update tonight,
I've had my battery box for ages and could never be bothered to put the battery in the boot, but then tonight i thought meh i'll crack on with it and its done then!
So got the battery positioned in the box with some foam in there to stop it sliding around:
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Then take one empty spare wheel well, its no use for anything now anyway as i dont have a spare speedline and a steelie wont fit over my brakes so tyre weld FTW :thumb:
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and then the battery box bolted down and in position!
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Started the car up once everything was in place and all was fine, i mounted the distributor block under the scuttle and under the platic cover which hides the heater blower etc so all good! Nice tody and one less job to do!
I bought new bottom ball joints and track rod ends ages ago aswell so thought i would get on with fitting the bottom ball joints, could be a****d doing the track rods, so shiny balljoint,
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Fitted:
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Only took a picture of one side as theyre both the same haha so you get the idea!
Also my scuttle cover that Mr Rickardo cut out for me :thumb: Just needed trimming a little bit so i put the edging on it first:
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Then after much fecking around and trimming little bits here and there i got it too sit quite nicely, so thats being dropped of for powder coating tommorow along with manifold heatshield and also plug cover just to smarten things up a little!
And lastly the obligatory built up arch shot!
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Cheers
Andy
This is a proper nice nova now Andy,cant wait to see this one :thumb:
Very nice!
Good work again Andy!
Can I recommend having the scuttle cover done in the bobbly black finished paint (can't think of its name). Looks really good. I had a satin one but got the bobbly this time (think it might be called crackle paint?) and really looks factory imo.
Thanks for the comments everyone :)
Hhhmmm sounds like a good idea Simps,I take it the paint gives it quite an original finish sort of thing??? I'll bear it in mind mate!
It's looking really good pal. Can't wait to see it rolling.
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Originally Posted by andy_017
This is the best pic I have of mine I'm afraid but you can see its not all shiny and is a little more matt and understated. Because of the textured finish I just think it looks a little more factory.
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i think it called egg shell buddy ^