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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 01:02 PM
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What you can do in an hour!

I hadn't planned on doing this, but yesterday someone offered me a full set of astro black MCS bumpers and grille. Couldn't resist, so today i rolled up my sleeves and started pulling my two week old car to bits.

I've only done the front bumper and grille so far, I need to get a custom exhaust builder to build me a centre exit pipe, and lay my hands on a pair of foglamps. Surprisingly it only took an hour to do the whole job - once you've got the drift of seperating the hugely irritating push rivet things its quite straightforward!

Word of warning - you need to stick your hand between the bumper and the radiator to push through three rivets at the bottom of the bumper. Be warned, if these give way suddenly and you smack the radiator with your knuckles, kiss them goodbye. For those of a non-sensitive disposition, click here:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...8062007001.jpg
to see what happens!

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very pleased with that.

Felix
 
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Old Jun 18, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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Wow Felix, it looks great!!!

Very nice mod.
 
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