Front bumper respray... and then a few extras...

[M-R-P]

Been gathering the bits for a few weeks now and this weekend, the wife and little'un are away to the mice will play lol.

I'll start it as a bit of a "how to" as bumper removal was something I never fancied and I know a few members have been wondering.

1. remove all the rivets where the bomper meets the slam panel...



2. Headlight wipers (if you have them) - undo the 8mm nut but leave it at the end of the shaft and squeeze the wiper arm off using pliers against the nut...



3. In both wheelarches you'll find the retaining screws for the sides of the bumper, undo the T25 torx screw 4 or 5 turns but don't remove it, then push it in.



4. Pull the bumper sides away from the car by pushing towards the front of the car and pulling outward...



5. Prize the bumper trims off, they don't put up much of a fight...
Underneath, you'll find a bolt (I think it's 15mm head) on each side. remove them.





The bumper will now roll forward and drop off. Make sure you disconnect your foglights before you walk off with the bumper lol.



Now... Anybody remember 2 years ago, when I did my PCV, I was moaning about a torx key vanishing into the depths of the bumper? Look waht I found lol...



So... on with the prep work...

The bumper is a sort of sandwich affair so separating the two bits was first on the list...



A good opportunity to spray the lower grill black without risk of getting it on the white bits.



Time to test fit a little something...



Some masking, filling and sanding...





While that was drying, I slapped a little something on the car... can you spot them?

[M-R-P]

1st. coat...



2nd. coat...



clear coat...



Give it a while to dry, fit the splitter and carefully hang the bumper back on the car...

[M-R-P]

Who wants to see it then?

[Harvey]

Nice work,last photo looks like the last episode of police camera when a bad boy didn't want to stop.
Eyebrow's for the headlights do you think her indoors will see them.

[M-R-P]

I think when she sees the finished product, she'll be pretty pleased.

It really sets the front of the car off nicely - realy aggressive

[M-R-P]

Pics...

[graemewelch]

looks good but ya need a new number plate to finish it off

[M-R-P]

looks good but ya need a new number plate to finish it off

Custom plate coming soon mate

[graemewelch]

Custom plate coming soon mate

you getting a mrp plate that i saw on here last week

[M-R-P]

Naa, same plate with custom wording at the bottom.

[oblark]

Don`t talk to me about bumpers........ I`m having a real nightmare changing my rear bumper- pictures to follow in another thread.

Looking good whats the splitter off of ?

[M-R-P]

Grande Espace.

[Biff]

I said that was all it needed dude. Looking well!
I have my eye on an espace taxi dumped by our unit. Never seen one on a ph1 R bumper though.
Well done!

[M-R-P]

I've seen the standard espace splitter used a few times on 850s, Mongo has one. Looks nice.

Where the P2 has a sloping front end, i needed something deeper. Cost me a fiver and needed some trimming but went well I think.

[martybelfastt5]

wow great improvement well done!

[stribo]

Looking good mate, but you complain about Ford componenets on the car(of which there are none), then fit a part from a french car.

[Tomcat]

If it where me I'd paint the eyebrows white, car looks like it's scowling at the minute Martin, that said though...good job bud!.

[Biff]

Looking good mate, but you complain about Ford componenets on the car(of which there are none), then fit a part from a french car.

A simple piece of rubber with no moving/electrical parts I reckon he's safe with that one...

[Dangerous Dave]

Nice job there matey

Wish I had the time to even wash mine :/

[M-R-P]

I was going for the scowly. look - job done