Weight saving mod to show off exhausts

rG-tom · 26 Feb 2008 at 23:07

Lesson number one, DONT buy third party crap bumpers. The holding bolts are still there, they went through the bloody holes.

Lesson number two, things will fall off at inopportune times...it fell off, bounced a few times, and a bit hit a BRAND NEW bright yellow audi TT that the guy was driving home from the dealership :|

Luckily not a single mark on the TT, thank god it was fibreglass and just shattered.

Anyone got a rear RSAP bumper with twin exits in electric current red? Didnt think so

Tom.

rG-tom · 26 Feb 2008 at 23:19

btw i bought this as part of a kit the front and sides are genuine ford, but it was from a bumper and the guy through in a rear bumper....so i couldnt really say no!

rG-tom · 26 Feb 2008 at 23:24

agw_01 said:
How on earth did that fall off?

it came off one screw...... then it got caught in the wind....the rear bumper is almost like a parchute in shape i suppose

rG-tom · 27 Feb 2008 at 00:13

lol yea, i took the visible part of the towbar off as getting to the structured bit was a pita with a bumper on, and i never got round to finishing =[

rG-tom · 27 Feb 2008 at 00:18

Gaygle said:
Jebus! Thank god it didn't come off on the motorway or something!

it DID come off on the motorway....

rG-tom · 27 Feb 2008 at 00:25

Gaygle said:
Jebus. Thats dodgy!! How much is it for a new bumper and sprayed?

if i buy it from ford? £681.50 plus about £100 spraying........

gonna get a used ford one.

rG-tom · 27 Feb 2008 at 00:30

Tim said:
Ouch

Get that rust sorted while the bumper's off?

the rust is on whats left of the towbar mate

the actual frame is fairly rust free

rG-tom · 27 Feb 2008 at 17:09

Tesla said:
Unlucky. Can't believe it didn't even make a mark on the TT!

indeed, i was crapping myself when i got out my car to look at the TT! ;x

rG-tom · 27 Feb 2008 at 22:11

just bought a genuine ford st200 bumper in primer (used, but reconditioned) for £65

Shouldnt cost TOO much for spraying either, my bodyshop only charged £200 to do both side skirts, both front wings and my bonnet, including quite heavy repairs to my skirts after an encounter with a steep mechanics ramp :x

good thing about it being a real st200 bumper rather than st24 is that it has twin exits properly moulded into it, with tunnels, not just holes

Hoping to receive it by friday, and im phoning the body shop i use once i know when it'll be here to get it booked in asap.

Tom.

rG-tom · 2 Mar 2008 at 00:33

well, 4 bolts and a lot of brute force later and the rest of the tow bar is now in my neighbours skip

also took the chance to properly get at the back boxes which i cant normally access very easily, nor my tips properly!

Then, about 45 minutes of Autosoling later:

I ran out of time before i could work on getting rid of the small scratches but tbh it's hidden anyway!

Any better?

Tom.

EDIT: oh yea, my ST200 bumper is here but still in it's packaging, it's going into powerflow to have the exhaust reshaped to fit the new bumper (old bumper had the holes in slightly the wrong places) and then fitted on Monday morning, going on holiday and need the car so it'll have to stay white!

Tom.

rG-tom · 2 Mar 2008 at 09:53

Kreeeee said:
That's a heavily modified photo.

what? get out of here, please inform me of what is modified in that photo? There is NOTHING changed in it?

rG-tom · 2 Mar 2008 at 10:10

MrSix said:
Kreee speaketh truth....underneath all that heavy photoshop work lurks a Nissan Micra.

foiled