Storm Beige Citi Golf frontal

Here is Donnavans Citi golf which which was recently involved in a bumper bashing. As seen here, the bumper he replaced the smashed on with is unpainted

Donnavans bumper is a VW OEM part, unpainted and raw.

The Work begins

If compared to the first pic, you can see that I had to cut the middle part of the bumper out, in order to fit the new spec Citi golf bumper grille. Pics of that later down in the post.

Here is the bumper after a noticeable time of sanding...

On the A-frames, and just painted with the ever so important Polypropylene Primer (plastic primer)

Thereafter, the Storm Beige Base coat was applied...

And after a couple minutes of drying, the clear coat was applied to ensure a healthy bit of shine

Here, the newer spec VW Citi golf front bumper grille is fitted. Its a wee bit of a mission, so i'd advise guys wanting to do this to think twice!

It fits nice, and rounds off the bumper well!

Unfortunately, as seen in the pic, the lower valence from the Golf II 16v is not made for a Citigolf, therefore, after fitment of the lip, there is a gap between the two pieces of the lip, right in the middle

The Golf II 16v lip is not made for a MK1 bumper, so the ends needed to be trimmed.

Before:

After: Nice and flush

And a pic of the bumper completed, with numberplate and indicators refitted!

It shines, and its smooth...

VW Golf MK IV Colourcode

Graeme brought me his 2003 Golf 4 1.6i for some colourcoding.

I had to paint the front and rear lower valences, front and rear bumber rubstrips and the door rubstrips...

Here's a pic of the front valence with real damage to it.

Front and rear lower valences sanded and fixed

Ready to paint the plastic primer:

Plastic primer applied. (Silver-grey colour)

Painted with MS Primer and sanded smooth to rid the parts of the nobblie texture that it came out the factory with:

And after the base-coat, clear coat and refitment, the end result looks kinda neat! Subtle yet effective changes is what makes the difference:

Shiny