Styling Abarth Front Bumper

[allanhelen]

I may have located an abarth (style at least) front apron for the cinq but of course completly the wrong colour, does anyone one have a clue how much a decent paint job on one would cost?

With it just being the apron the current front bumper would need modifying too and meshing I could do this myself but am tempted to pay as i just don't have time. Before i start touring the bodyshops i need to know a ball park figure to get
1 just sprayed
2. old bumper modified and sprayed

Then i can decide if i just keep searching for a yellow one

 

[J333EVO]

On my Imola I paid IIRC £200 for the rear bumper to modified as I don't like the Abarth stick on as standard, so a few hours of work had to go in, then sprayed along with a spoiler. So one less item being painted plus non metallic, can't see it being much over £150.

 

[allanhelen]

mmm i was thinking that it would be £150 to £200 so no suprise really, at least I would know it was perfect and have some comeback if it wasn't or didn't like the finish (but need to get the rear spoiler done too of course)

I could hang on and wait for a yellow one and still end up paying to have it resprayed so either way it could cost

but performance wise i supose it would get more nice cold air into the important bits

But it still works out pricey, (I'll have to see how other things work out first )

 

[Brooky]

i have a Lester front apron in yellow but it has GoBe's name on it.


J333EVO....what did you do to the rear apron??

Though mates i can get a bumper sprayed for £40 and they dnt look that hard to fit, you remove the strips and srcew it on dont you?

 

[J333EVO]

i have a Lester front apron in yellow but it has GoBe's name on it.


J333EVO....what did you do to the rear apron??

Though mates i can get a bumper sprayed for £40 and they dnt look that hard to fit, you remove the strips and srcew it on dont you?

The materials alone cost more than £40 on my bumper. Plus I got lots of labour intensive work done, the guy said if he knew how long it was going to take he would have charged more, but stuck with his quote, and that was after I had spent hours preping it myself.

The rear apron unlike the front just sticks on top of the bumper, nothing is cut away, I felt this was a little poor and in comparison to the front, not as well thought out. The cut out on the apron lines up with bottom of the rear bumper, but as the cut out is higher up it then has abig lip, about 70mm deep that angles downwards, this makes the cut out look smaller than it actually is, and you see nothing through it. I cut all the rear bumper away, (saved a bit of weight maybe 1kg lol) and then removed all the lip so the hole was exactly that, a hole. I then blended the apron to the bumper making a smooth lip as the front looks pretty smooth when you see it. this meant you could mesh the cut out to match the front and then see the Magnex exhaust that runs along the bumper through it. i also built up the number plate recess to make it square at the sides without the obvious lip of the apron stuck on top.

As can see from old pics its looks very subtle, its only when pointed out you see its been done, but now matches the front better, though before Magnex was modified to sit square in exhaust aperture.

 

[Brooky]

and damm the rear looks good,would like to do it but my cinq is destined to be a go'er not a look'er,hense me selling my rear apron(genuine) with a 10cm gap for a centre exhaust go for £20

 

[allanhelen]

i have a Lester front apron in yellow but it has GoBe's name on it.

That is basically the same as i've found but in silver

Thing is considering the rest of the car I don't want whatever i do to look cheap and there is no guarentee that chop off and screw together will even give a colour match. I can do most things by myself but i just don't have the time, most other stuff i know people that can help out.

I spent a summer steam cleaning and coach painting wagons when i was much younger so know the time involved to get a decent paint finish.

I also want to get as much mesh in there as possible to feed the radiatior intercooler and oil cooler within the abarth design of course

But again I do have something else possibly on the go so nothing definate at the moment

 

[fingers99]

Wait a while: I have plot for one peice abarth front rand back ends. For Blue (and, eventually, for Blue 2) these will be in carbon, but once I have a decent mold I can't see any reason not to knock a few up in GRP. Of course, both will follow Blue's shapes(s) but I may make the front spoiler an inch or so deeper to let more air in. Even in GRP they should be lighter than the polywallydoodah Abarth ones.

 

[Brooky]

polywallydoodah

Sorry ive never heard of this material before...please explain

 

[vtec]

I think he means "polyur-asmartarse".,
Id love to get the kit thats on the blue one above, im a bit new to the cinqs so just having a sniff around to find nice bits and bobs for mine., the colour looks great too.,

 

[allanhelen]

Collected my late birthday present today

Nice genuine Abarth front apron in good condition but missing a foglight and genuine rear apron (already fitted to a bumper)

Just need to mount the front apron, get them sprayed the right colour fit them, mesh them oh and find a nearside foglight

 

[custard]

ford do one that fits to the fiesta si's IIRC
the facelifted old shape ones

 

[J333EVO]

yes it is Fiesta SI lamps that fit, in fact if you look at the Fiat supplied lamps they have Ford badges on the plug on wiring loom at rear, plus the lamp glass itself has a Ford badge shape on them in middle.

I think that when the bumper was designed by Zender in Germany they just used a readily available lamp to keep costs down, hence the Ford unit.

For instance whole bumper £19.99

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-fiesta-m...ryZ21654QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or set of lamps only sitting at £10

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FIESTA-S...ryZ21654QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[fingers99]

This

Zetec S, apparently, seems to have the same spots.

Let me know when you're done Martin 'cos I need a pair!

Any sources for the switch?