Re: bumper

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:30:27 EST Doolbnroht@aol.com writes:
>welcome to alan's world of cheap and free mods. i saw an earlier post on
>shortening  the stock us bumpers by drilling holes in the bumper shocks.
i got
>into it and realized the mk II's didn't have these shocks...


The earlier MK-II's have the bumper shocks. ( I know for sure the 82 had
them.) 



>already here why not try something else? ok so i thought about it. it
ook the
>plastic cover off, and then removed the metal bumper and the top plastic
cover
>exposing the bumper mounts. i took to the pnematic cutting wheel and cut
about
>an 1 1/2" off of th mounts and re drilled the holes. then i put it all
back
>together and it fits perfectly. now the bumper sits about    1 1/2" from
the
>front where it originaly was.. it looks pretty cool, it was free, and it
only
>took abput an hour. :)
>alan
>87 16v


Ah yes, fun with cut off wheels! Nothing like feeling creative with power
tools eh! :)


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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