widemouth front bumper.

[ryza]

anyone know much about wide mouthing the front bumper?

[Luke-saxo]

i have widemouthed mine mate what isit you wanting to know ?

[jeffchiz]

i have widemouthed mine mate what isit you wanting to know ?

well you havent really widemouth'd have you no offense i thought you had just splashed some black paint on?

ive got a proper widemouth

[Mochachino]

Dunno if mine is?

Just cut all the slats out, fibreglass/filler the holes or put a widemouth insert in there?

[jeffchiz]

Dunno if mine is?

Just cut all the slats out, fibreglass/filler the holes or put a widemouth insert in there?

well yea thats a widemouth

to the op, wide mouthing is when you cut out the vertical horizontal slats out of the front bumper here are a few pics of me doing it
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/27052009005.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/27052009006.jpg
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/P5270001.jpg
end product
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/IMG_1869.jpg
theres two ways to do it, either smooth the holes out so its all flush (euro look)
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/2rnzqe9.jpg
or use an insert (more aggressive look) this is what i have
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/blacksaxo3.jpg
or some people just take out the vertical slats, but this isn't really widemouthing
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/kol.jpg

[Luke-saxo]

well you havent really widemouth'd have you no offense i thought you had just splashed some black paint on?

ive got a proper widemouth


no offense ive got a proper widemouth without using a insert:y:

hmmm looks like a widemouth to me
http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu221/1uk3_91/P040610_1714_01.jpg
http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu221/1uk3_91/P040610_1714.jpg

[jeffchiz]

no offense ive got a proper widemouth without using a insert:y:

hmmm looks like a widemouth to me
http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu221/1uk3_91/P040610_1714_01.jpg
http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu221/1uk3_91/P040610_1714.jpg


sorry i was looking at photos from when you have just painted it.

also theres nothing wrong with using an insert, i had the bumper made up from scratch for me if i wanted it all smoothed then i would have saved my self £90 not buying an insert but i wanted an insert, i wanted a more aggressive look

[ryza]

well. thanks for all that info and what not guys :D
i suppose it can't be too hard to smooth the bumper off?
they really do look nice, really nice with the aggressive look
but £90 on the insert kinda puts me off, only me 1st car :p

[ryza]

and anyone know where to get mirror caps from?

[jeffchiz]

well. thanks for all that info and what not guys :D
i suppose it can't be too hard to smooth the bumper off?
they really do look nice, really nice with the aggressive look
but £90 on the insert kinda puts me off, only me 1st car :p

well they are £70 but £85 posted brand new, if you dont use an insert you have to respray the whole bumper which will cost more than £85 at most places, unless you got a can of matt black out and sprayed it your self

and anyone know where to get mirror caps from?

scrappy, ebay, forsale/wanted section?

[ryza]

and i got a mate that will spray very cheap :) just gotta pay for paint :D
and i tried ebay i typed in saxo mirror caps and didnt find anything :(

[jeffchiz]

and i got a mate that will spray very cheap :) just gotta pay for paint :D
and i tried ebay i typed in saxo mirror caps and didnt find anything :(

just have a look at any scrap yard my scrap yard is full of vtrs which chavs have crashed lol

[Luke-saxo]

sorry i was looking at photos from when you have just painted it.

also theres nothing wrong with using an insert, i had the bumper made up from scratch for me if i wanted it all smoothed then i would have saved my self £90 not buying an insert but i wanted an insert, i wanted a more aggressive look

its alryt and i know theres nothing wrong with using insert just dont like them but thats my opinion and plastic welding the holes and smoothing it that way cost me bout 5 quid :D

[jeffchiz]

its alryt and i know theres nothing wrong with using insert just dont like them but thats my opinion and plastic welding the holes and smoothing it that way cost me bout 5 quid :D

fair enough i just like how the insert gives it a more interesting shape, also im getting my bumper resprayed again, and i think im gonna get rid of the black paint around the widemouth, so it looks a bit more like saxo180's old car

[Luke-saxo]

yeah i a having my numberplate recess smoothed and fogs smoothed and having it all sprayed up silver and gloss black bumpstrip and leaving the widemooth silver

[ryza]

nice plans guys. would like to see when done!!

[jeffchiz]

yeah i a having my numberplate recess smoothed and fogs smoothed and having it all sprayed up silver and gloss black bumpstrip and leaving the widemooth silver

yea im getting the plate recess done as well along with the tow eye (should have been done the first time) and maybe smooth the lower splitter in to the bumper, a flush wide mouth would probably suit my car more but i do love the old insert lol

[jeffchiz]

nice plans guys. would like to see when done!!

cheers yea i cant wait either lol

[ryza]

hope it all goes well :D

[chadlcfc]

that white saxo with the orange wheels <3

[Matt.S2]

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/2rnzqe9.jpg

Who's is this? I think I've read his progress thread but cant find it? Anyone know? Such a perfect euro example!

[LeeBBH]

This is Tom (VTomR)
Lives over in Essex, really nice lad, and his car is even more amazing in the flesh

[LSOfreak]

ive heard using the insert can be a real ball ache to make it fit right. Looks better done the proper way imo. insert never sits flush and looks like it will fall out lol imo