Colour Coded Bumpers (Golf)

nameandanumber

Hi,

Can anyone advise me on the best way of colour coding the bumpers on a MkV Golf?

Can an auto-painter re do the existing bumpers or do you have to buy new ones altogether to match the metallic finish?

And if I have to get new ones, do I go back to the dealer?

Also, is it stupidly expensive?

The few Golfs that I've seen with colour coded bumpers look miles better than the stock versions,

Cheers lads

colm_mcm

presume you mean the rubbibg strips and the bottom half of the back bumper?

nameandanumber

Yeah, that's it.

I tried to find a picture and came across this:

http://www.gerrycumiskey.ie/contentv3/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pageID=15803

That's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for.

Anyone know anything about these lads or how much a kit like that would cost?

D/C

Looking to get this done myself, was told to be very careful to get the right people to do the job and make sure its the correct paint!

If your doing the back bumper also do the front should make the car alot more streamlined for use of a better word! Mine is a metallic silver!

Also want to put the gti wheels and alloys on her! think that would complete the car nicely!

L-M

You're best of buying the smaller rubs strips new and primed.

It's very costly to get them done right, and if you don't get them done right they'll look crap and crack and peel over time.

What's involved is the sand down the existing rubs strips to take the little bumps out of them, they use some sort of expensive plastic primer followed by paint.

I got a quote from a few places for the MK4 and they were in excess of 500-600.

If you got the rub strips new that were already sanded and primed it would take out most of the work, and you should be left with a better result.

What ever you do don't get a cheapy job done, as it'll look crap, and more than likely the paint will fall off and crack.

What colour is the car?

CharlieCroker

I got this done to my Mk 4 Golf and it made a massive difference.
Got a work contact to do it for €200 but it would have been way more cos there's a bit of labour involved with all the sanding, as Limerickman said. Was worth it to me but mightn't be to everybody

nameandanumber

Limerick man wrote: »

You're best of buying the smaller rubs strips new and primed.

It's very costly to get them done right, and if you don't get them done right they'll look crap and crack and peel over time.

What's involved is the sand down the existing rubs strips to take the little bumps out of them, they use some sort of expensive plastic primer followed by paint.

I got a quote from a few places for the MK4 and they were in excess of 500-600.

If you got the rub strips new that were already sanded and primed it would take out most of the work, and you should be left with a better result.

What ever you do don't get a cheapy job done, as it'll look crap, and more than likely the paint will fall off and crack.

What colour is the car?

Thanks for all the replies.

Yeah when I get it done I'll be getting both back and front at the same time. Can anyone recommend a place in Dublin that would do it? It's a job I'd like to get done properly otherwise it could look completely crap. I've a feeling that kit I posted above would cost a bomb so might have to look at other options...

It's this colour:



I'm also looking for a set of them wheels. Don't think I'd put GTi wheels on it though...

Brabus

I agree it makes a massive difference to the appearance of it. There are so few of them around that have the colour coded bumpers & rub strips.
Lately, I saw a red Golf with the bumpers done like that and I could only admire it as it looked so well.
Why do VW persist with that awful black bumper, considering it takes up so much of the rear panel.
Probably to accomodate the owner who isin't worried about picking up a few scrapes & scratches.

L-M

Brabus wrote: »

Why do VW persist with that awful black bumper, considering it takes up so much of the rear panel.

I'd say it's mostly to have visual differences between the model variants. If they were all the same, people wouldn't go for the higher specs.

I agree with you though, the black on the back of the MK5 is awful.