EDK Bumper MKII - COMPLETED!

Much cutting later. Other side to do then welding.

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Feels like the hone stretch now :)

Skirts and rear bumper

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Fixing the front bumper. The left grille mount was under a lot of tension when secured so needed to move that side back and up a bit.

Cut. You can see how it's automatically lifted showing how much it was under tension.

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Also fixed the left grille locator that got broken in transit from Malaysia. Secured on the underside with fibreglass.

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Checking grille/bumper/bonnet alignment. All good.

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Locating holes to make the bond between parts stronger. A great tip from my bodywork guys at JD Modified. Especially when putting fibreglass on plastic.

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Fibreglass paste applied. held it in place while it set. Will remove bumper tomorrow and fix up the back with ali mesh too. Had to stop to go to work.

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Looking sorry for itself with no skirts and unfinished bumper.

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i'm not saying i don't like it but i think the area below the lights looks a little empty i hope its just down to the flat black colour and it will fill out once it is sprayed. As for all the steps you've taken to get this bumper to where it is its outstanding bud
 
Yeah I know what you mean mate but I think like you say it'll be a whole lot better when it's sprayed. Don't forget all that area is stock anyway so it's not going to look bad. Also with the number not there is does look a little blank, and the wide angle closeup show and the shadow cast on the lower part of the bumper... lol so it's not a flattering photo! Once it's all lacquered up it'll pick up the light and give it more depth :Thumbs:

Thanks mate, it's certainly been a hard slog, but with the end in sight I feel now it'll be worth it. I can't help but look at old pics of the grey car's version though and think how good that looked, so I do hope this'll be an improvement.
 
The fiberglass through the holes ready to bond with a layer on the back.

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Mesh and fiberglass applied then left fixed to car to cure.

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All smoothed off on the front ready for a thin layer of filler. Got some more Plastic filler from Wayside in the post today :-)

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Car taking shape

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Thanks for looking ;-)



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Bottom of N15 bumper and top middle of N16 p2 bumper flipped round and blended together :-)

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Looks more and more of an improvement over the first one with each update plus it's adding to your skill set so it's a win, win.


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