marklawton
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has anyone got any pics of a blue corsa which has an irmscher lip blended in and had been fully smooth out,
ive tried finding it but cant find it,
also some pics or irmscher lips smoothed in on post 97 bumpers, cheers
[Edited on 04-12-2005 by marklawton]
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dna23
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dunno why i posted Greg_M  meant to post wat stocker did
dna23 (mine)
dna23 (mine2)
[Edited on 04-12-2005 by dna23]
[Edited on 04-12-2005 by dna23]
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marklawton
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cheers mate, did you blend it in yourself, if not how much whould a bodyshop cost to do it, cause iam thinking about having ago at blending it myself
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dna23
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do it yourself it's most likely gonna crack i had a bodyshop do mine.... alot of work or so i'm told they have to bond it on, then file/grout out the ridges and fill them with a layer of plastic filler (some special compound which flexes) then they let it dry and add another layer .etc .etc slowly building it up until it's smooth and can be sanded down .etc
if u do it ureself it's likely to crack 
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Graeme
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its not to hard to do your self if u take ur time, the first thing you will need to do is bond the splitter on very well , then depending on the size of the lip you may need to grind some of that away so its a more gradual step so you wont need to put as much filler in it!
Then add the filler to it so that you are happy with the rough shape and when it is dry just sand it back down so that it is all smooth for you!!
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Andy Stocker
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marklawton
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^
thats the one i was looking for, cheers andy, thanks for all the info guys
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Andy Stocker
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No problem 
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RKS
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
do it yourself it's most likely gonna crack i had a bodyshop do mine.... alot of work or so i'm told they have to bond it on, then file/grout out the ridges and fill them with a layer of plastic filler (some special compound which flexes) then they let it dry and add another layer .etc .etc slowly building it up until it's smooth and can be sanded down .etc
if u do it ureself it's likely to crack
There is just as much chance it cracking of a bodyshop does the work as to if you do the work yourself...
personally i would pop rivit the lip to the bumper grind the rivits down a little and then fibreglass/fill
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Nic Barnes
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beans monkey £4.13 house maids knee
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stinga
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where do u get them there splitters from, is it just the irmscher site or is thar some other site/ shop
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ProwlerCorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy Stocker
oh my god, that is lovely, whos is it, any more pics of it???
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Neil
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Thanks. It's mine. More pics here:
http://www.gfx.biz/corsa/
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drax
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Its neils corsa..
One of the nicest corsa's my eyes have ever seen 
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drax
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ooh neil you exist, can u pm me what headlights those are and where i can get me a pair
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Neil
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u2u'd
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Ajones_17
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I got Steiny lip on mine if its any help cos it same colour as Neil's Stunner and got smoothed bumper too
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stinga
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quote:
Originally posted by drax
Its neils corsa..
One of the nicest corsa's my eyes have ever seen
I'd shag that
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dna23
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quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
quote:
Originally posted by dna23
do it yourself it's most likely gonna crack i had a bodyshop do mine.... alot of work or so i'm told they have to bond it on, then file/grout out the ridges and fill them with a layer of plastic filler (some special compound which flexes) then they let it dry and add another layer .etc .etc slowly building it up until it's smooth and can be sanded down .etc
if u do it ureself it's likely to crack
There is just as much chance it cracking of a bodyshop does the work as to if you do the work yourself...
personally i would pop rivit the lip to the bumper grind the rivits down a little and then fibreglass/fill
I beg to differ, work carried out by someone with little to know experience would result as u have shown here (in suggesting fibreglass) in it most likely cracking. fibreglass when put under the various pressures that the front bumper takes will most likely crack as it cannot flex in anyway it's rigid... and the flexi filler that was used on mine took about a week to apply, it was done layer by layer so it could all dry and then be sanded back properly - it wasn't rushed in anyway and no fibreglass was used on smoothing it together at all so therefore it won't crack
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