riceburner
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hells yeah. do you have a guide/diy source for removing the rear bumper?
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MKVI BOSER?!?!?
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I don't but it's pretty easy. You'll wanna remove the outer tail lights, some screws out of the splash shields that connect to the bumper and there are two screws that connect to tabs underneath the car. There are also two tabs that the diffuser connects to on the car so you'll wanna make sure all four are taken out. I havent had splash shields in years so I don't remember how involved the wheel wells are anymore lol
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Better pics after it dried
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Piece of plastic from a donor bumper
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
The GTI will finally be able to rest in doors from now on. A few friends and myself will be splitting this storage unit for the time being. One friend has a 2 post lift and a tig welder he will be installing as well.
This means CARBON FIBER TIME!!!
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The GTI will finally be able to rest in doors from now on. A few friends and myself will be splitting this storage unit for the time being. One friend has a 2 post lift and a tig welder he will be installing as well.
This means CARBON FIBER TIME!!!
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Got more air bits, gotta order more air bits [emoji2357]
Now with the second exo ring I can route the center 1/4inch hole on the bottom through the floor and put my water trap finally. This time around the underneath portion will be much much cleaner looking thanks to finally installing some bulkhead fittings to route the air line from the bags into the hatch and a shit ton of fittings so I can still put my spare tire in [emoji123]
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Now with the second exo ring I can route the center 1/4inch hole on the bottom through the floor and put my water trap finally. This time around the underneath portion will be much much cleaner looking thanks to finally installing some bulkhead fittings to route the air line from the bags into the hatch and a shit ton of fittings so I can still put my spare tire in [emoji123]
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Holeee shit I got lucky. Now I'll be able to do Aston handles on the rear doors as well [emoji108][emoji108]
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They're on!!!
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smanierre
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Tony48
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Cosmo, I've been following your posts for awhile and amazing progress + updates. I have a question on your method for shaving items like the reflectors, side markers, etc. Do you take plastic from a donor bumper and simply epoxy it in from the back side? I know there are plenty of companies that make epoxy for this type of job (SEM, 3M, Norton, etc) but I'm wondering if you also plastic weld or otherwise reinforce the shaved area before body filler?
Thanks for the inspiration--Largely due to you I've acquired a spare front/rear bumper and hood that I'm going to work on!
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Not necessarily. It all depends on how the brake is setup to cool in the center. Rolloface designed these to flow this way is all.
Yep just cut out the piece of plastic from the donor as close to the same shape and glue it in place!
Exactly! I've been using PLIOGRIP since my body shop buddy loves it and that's all I useI had a few spots shaved on my mkv front bumper. He plastic welded donor pieces in place, applied a reinforcing mesh to the back side, and smoothed over the front side with 3M TPO plastic parts repair. End result is all plastic, no body filler. Came out amazing.
I'd love to but there are some issues associated with doing that. Mainly the door jam toward the rear quarter. It's stamped in the current shape and cutting/welding (lots of heat) can distort the shape of it and you can end up with a ton of issues immediately and/or later on so that's why I scraped the idea of the rear doors being widened.
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Some better pictures of the brakes. Once the cars finished the rest of the video will be shot for rolloface [emoji108][emoji108]
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