MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: waynos on February 05, 2014, 05:53:08 pm

Title: Just a little something im working on
Post by: waynos on February 05, 2014, 05:53:08 pm
So a while back i got a votex bumper off ebay for cheap. Main reason being was that it was missing the bottom insert and it was warped in places. A few blasts of the heat gun made it straight again!

As it was minus the insert and i couldn't locate one i thought i'd have a play around.  Decided id recreate that missing piece with my own twist.

Made a frame out of mdf and screwed it together

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Came out better than i thought.  The next thing i did was get some fleece and fibreglass resin. Covered the fram with the fleece and painted the resin on. Left it for a day to go hard.

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After that came filler!

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After days of flattening. I thought id add this

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Coat of filler primer then normal on top

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Still needs work but its getting there.  The plan is to use this as a mould and then make a carbon fibre piece from it.  What do you guys think?
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: J12spk on February 05, 2014, 07:46:40 pm
 Bloody fair play mate! Guna be a one off!!! Interested to see it all painted and fitted!  :happy2: :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: brookesb32 on February 05, 2014, 08:48:09 pm
^^^^ what he said! Top effort
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: doylebros on February 05, 2014, 09:02:04 pm
Plenty time and effort there - hope it works out for you :happy2:
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: JoeDarKa on February 05, 2014, 09:27:02 pm
Looking forward to the finished article. Good effort on having a go
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: G40will on February 05, 2014, 11:02:58 pm
That was a bargain if I remember correctly :congrats:

Top job!
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: OLLIE_JETTA_MK5 on February 06, 2014, 11:47:26 am
you must be single ! or have a very nice misses letting you do that in the house lol !! good work mate
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: waynos on February 07, 2014, 06:44:07 pm
Cheers guys, cant wait to get it finished. The girlfriend loves the filler dust lol
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: xjay1337 on February 07, 2014, 06:47:00 pm
Fair frigging play mate nice one!
Want to see the finished article.
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: Wooosh on February 08, 2014, 01:40:32 pm
Fair play mate look forward to the finished result. :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: Pikey Motorsports on February 09, 2014, 08:34:33 pm
design a big diffuser :)
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: MC71 on February 09, 2014, 08:46:38 pm
Can't believe the effort you've gone to, bloody speechless.  :notworthy: :notworthy:
Title: Re: Just a little something im working on
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on February 09, 2014, 09:33:16 pm
How's it progressing now?! :party: So hope all this work pays off!!!  :drool:

Looking good so far!  :notworthy: