Styling MK1 bumpers

[jayyoung]

alrite

jus wonderin, i have got a 1998 mk1 punto 60s and am wantin 2 give it a bit more style, but DONT want a big bodykit. I was lookin for sum punto sporting bumpers or GT bumpers. Havent been able to find replacements yet was jus wonderin if any1 cud help me out here??

 

[punto07]

ive done the same thing mate, i brought both sporting bumpers off ebay for £40. jus look for either a sporting or a gt that someone is breaking. bt i like ur idea mate, cuz it makes the car look 10x better

 

[si_pow]

Try Ebay, or classifieds.On your 60 do you have the colour coded bumpers?

 

[jayyoung]

nah i dont have colour coded ones yet. its wot i am lookin for, am sick of my punto lookin like its wearin a nappy.
been on ebay n i can neva find the right colour for my car. always seems to be red or black, not silver....
grrrr
cheers 4 mentionin classifieds wil have a look

 

[supajosh]

i was thinking of doing the same with mine , anyone got any pics of what the finished thing looks like?

 

[si_pow]

i was thinking of doing the same with mine , anyone got any pics of what the finished thing looks like?

.... just type in on google images, punto sporting or similiar. As most punto's will have the colour coded bumpers.

 

[yoopie]

Replacing stock 60's bumpers with sporting/gt ones is by far coolest mod . Got me a front one for 15€, whole car is in process of painting so it will look really trick. You could also search for diesel or turbo diesel front bumper, they're all the same except although not all are factory painted.



As for the rear bumper, i don't think there's any difference

 

[si_pow]

Im confused. So on my 60sx mine are all colour coded with fog lights etc. I havent noticed any dif between mine and sporting. I know the GT ones, have them black winscreen washers on, but thought the sporting was the same as the 60 :S:S

 

[dibbers]

if you look at the air intake recess under the numberplate and between the foglights there's you answer ;-)

sporting - it is almost foglight-to-foglight in width, as with the GT (which also has washer jets under the headlight).

other models, it is narrower, just slightly wider than the numberplate itself.

mine has an abarth apron, so ignore the sig.

seeing the two together makes it oh so clear....

 

[dobbers]

would this work on a 96 55s or not

 

[Trevor]

Hi there, Punto TD is also widemouth? and i have 1, non colour coded, with spot light holes, if any of yea want to pm me an offer?

Cheers Trevor.

 

[dibbers]

not wanting to spoil a sale but be cautious, since i think non-colour coded bumpers cannot simply be sprayed and give the same effect as a "sporting / gt etc" colour-coded-as-standard type bumper....

the texture of the plastics are different - i think

 

[yoopie]

would this work on a 96 55s or not

Yes. All mk1 have bumpers of same dimensions, except the size of air intake below the plate (read dibbers' post).

not wanting to spoil a sale but be cautious, since i think non-colour coded bumpers cannot simply be sprayed and give the same effect as a "sporting / gt etc" colour-coded-as-standard type bumper....

the texture of the plastics are different - i think

Confirmed. Got my non-colour coded rear bumper (un)professionally painted :bang: last summer and what can i say... Guy didn't do a proper job with primer and few months later paint started comming off in large chunks. Later i heared from several places that there's a difference in the texture so priming itself is more demanding (or whatever you say, english is not my birth language and i'm pretty useless around paint ).

As i sad, i previously bought a second hand widemouth, color-coded front bumper (~15€) and today arrived rear bumper, brand new and in primer. Price was ~30€.

Ofcourse, i live in Serbia so prices may vary.