bumper smoothing

[djtarj 0]

can sum1 tell me in a bit of detail what is actually done to smooth the bumper. like what bits get smoothed over and so forth. and a pic front on would be good. pic can be sent here if its easier djtarj69@hotmail.com

many thanx peeps

[antera309 3]

Here's a work in progress photo of mine:

[stockers 1]

what lights are those antera?

[Seademon 0]

They look like the Inpro R32 style ones

[Nerih 0]

they are the inpro xenon optik mk4 "look" angel eyes but dont have celis elements on them, they are ideal for painting body colour .

the hella celis are excellent too.

dunno if this link will work to eurocarparts

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecommerce/Response.asp?action=SEARCH&type=PRODUCT∂=471440475&item=4

[antera309 3]

Yep, they're the Inpro Angel eyes (Projector type). I Chose them because they have built in indicators, allowing me to smooth the front bumper. My car never had foglights anyway, so I'm not losing anything!

From what I saw at E38, lots of other people have taken the same approach.

Filling the foglight/indicator recess involves plastic welding a piece of rear bumper into both holes - this provides the structure. Then it was one layer of P40 fibreglass filler over the top, sanded down, then followed by LOTS of layers of bumper fill, sanding between each layer. Very time-consuming.

The bumper sticks out a little bit more above the swage line than it does underneath, so I found that the only way to get it perfectly flush was to build out the entire forward-facing section of the bumper with filler (the pic illustrates this). Effectively, my car is now 2mm longer than it was before !lol