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 Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:30 am |
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hi guys, looking at after xmas putting in a non sport bumper with fogs, how much should I expect it to set me back?
Reckon it'd be alright to rattle can paint it?
+ are they easy to wire up?
cheers
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:33 am |
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You wouldn't pay more than 30 with fogs imo, you could rattle can it but mines eyc and to be honest the paint from a can in halfords is a different shade, loads of parts on my car look slightly odd because of it.
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:21 am |
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I used rattle cans on my upper grille on my car when I had a falling out with a wall, mines china blue, it was alright but I used a few too many layers of lacquer on my first go so it was the wrong shade but I tried again and it's a near perfect match, hm.
30 quid is a good price, woo 
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:33 am |
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Don't ever spray any big panels with rattle cans 
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:34 am |
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| JordGJ wrote: |
| Don't ever spray any big panels with rattle cans |
i'm sure i've read over the forum that people spray their bumpers with rattle cans? 
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:35 am |
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if you take your existing bumper off you'll find a template to cut the holes out for front fogs.
i don't think you'd get a good finish with cans on a panel that size, by the time you factor all costs in it won't be much more getting it done professionally.
is your car pre-plexed or multiplexed?
either way you can run fogs off a spotlamp wiring kit into a switch in the cabin.
pre-plexed there is a whole retrofit kit available from pug, sometimes on ebay for ~£20.
multiplexed can be retrofitted too but check this thread for more info www.206info.co.uk/Foru...19044.html
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:37 am |
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it's multiplexed and ooh i didn't know they were there skard, cheers mate! i've seen you can get rubber outlines incase the cuts are bad? do they come with the fogs?
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:40 am |
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Yeah you can do it with rattle cans but its hardly gonna be a good finish compared to a proper job, just my opinion tho i wouldn't do it on my car 
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:40 am |
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yeh, i think the retrofit fogs are slightly different (to compensate for bad cuts).
normal fogs don't have them.
if you're going through this hassle then get yourself a sports bumper as it looks much nicer.
you won't get much for your current bumper though, so may as well try cutting it yourself first, won't look as bad as a paint can job 
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:41 am |
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you need sport wings to have a sport bumper though? i read that thread, i have the plugs on the loom so i guess id just need the lights, the fuse and a bsi update??
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:43 am |
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| myke wrote: |
| you need sport wings to have a sport bumper though? i read that thread, i have the plugs on the loom so i guess id just need the lights, the fuse and a bsi update?? |
no you dont need sport wings
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:46 am |
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no, you can keep your wings with a sports bumper. it's the arch liners (wheel bay mud guards) you should technically change but your old ones can be adapted to fit.
if you have plugs then yeh that's all you need and it's a proper job.
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:47 am |
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oh I thought you needed sport wings! 
so i'd just need the arch liners?
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:48 am |
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| myke wrote: |
oh I thought you needed sport wings!
so i'd just need the arch liners? |
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 9:53 am |
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awesome!
maybe i'll nip off down the scrappy one day after xmas and see what i can find
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