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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 10:40:43

Title: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 10:40:43: Can anyone identify what this bumper is please?

I bought it to put on my pre-facelift car and it didn't come with foglights.
So assuming this is a facelift bumper I got some facelift foglights but can't see how they fit. Even though the three mounts line up, they screw in from the back to front, but the bumper has fixings to screw from the top to bottom.

(http://server.tptc.org.uk/fbumper.jpg)
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: tunnie on 01 February 2009, 10:48:45: its a facelift MV6 bumper...
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 10:52:02: Ah right then! Are their fogs different to normal facelift bumpers or could I 'get' mine to fit? (get meaning make brackets somehow)
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: MutantCav on 01 February 2009, 10:58:26: Cant imagine they will have different fogs...I have a facelift MV6 sat outside my house waiting to be broken for parts...corrently complete though so will double check for you...

Edit: Here is what the facelift MV6 looks like...grilles etc look different...foglight looks like it should be same though

(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/CrazyCav/008-2.jpg)

Edit: Front pic of MV6...
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 11:00:14: This looks like it's got the same sort of bumper as mine:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OMEGA-MV6-BLACK-3-0-V6-MANUAL-Top-of-the-range_W0QQitemZ230321479354QQihZ013QQcategoryZ9858QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: MutantCav on 01 February 2009, 11:09:20: Cant really see the bumper on the pic mate as its a bit dark...mind you its cleaner than mine! lol
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 11:13:56: Yeah sorry about that I can't find another pic of one like mine.

On yours the black grille goes the whole width between the foglights.

On mine I have holes for the foglights, a few inches of bumper, and a smaller grille section between them.
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 01 February 2009, 11:23:02: The bumper in the top pic is a prodrive bumper, its different to the bumper on mutantcav's. altho his car is a MV6 being a police spec one it has the standard facelift bumper.

the fogs are different between the 2, good luck finding a pair, about as rare as the bumpers themselves.

:y
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 01 February 2009, 11:24:42: Quote
Edit: Here is what the facelift MV6 looks like...grilles etc look different...foglight looks like it should be same though

noone washed that poor beastie yet? ;D no wonder its lost the will to live :D
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 11:28:31: So I have a rare Prodrive bumper then. Marvellous.

I might have a pair of brand new facelift fogs for sale if I can't sort something out soon.
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: VXL V6 on 01 February 2009, 11:31:29: You can still get the bumper (I have a contact at Prodrive) brand new. Unfortunately they are quite expensive, though not quite as expensive as going through Vauxhall.
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 01 February 2009, 11:34:16: Quote
So I have a rare Prodrive bumper then. Marvellous.

you have a rare prodrive bumper without fogs and washer jets ;D ;D

In all honesty yyou should maybe sell it and get yourself a prefacelift irmy bumper, as the prodrive one will take some modifying to fit right,

Its meant for the facelift, so needs the facelift headlight trims (meaning facelift lights to match) and there is no holes for the pegs of the prefacelift grille to fit into.

Im not entierly sure it would even look right, given that your door trims etc are probably black and the top of the rear bumper is black, this prodrive one is meant to be fully colour coded.

So you are looking at more than just bolting the bumper on.. :D :D
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 11:37:56: Already got FL rear bumper and sorting out FL trims this week.

Also grill and headlights + trims are not a problem.

Might uploads some pics later today if its not too cold out (snowing here now)
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 01 February 2009, 11:39:29: good stuff, you may aswll get a facelift bonnet while you are at it and put an irmy grille into that, then youre sorted :y
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: MutantCav on 01 February 2009, 11:45:13: Hmmm I have a spare facelift bonnet...
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: Bumbazor on 01 February 2009, 17:00:49: Thought about FL bonnet - they do look nicer but I've managed to 'modify' my current grille to fit. I've kept pre-FL headlight trims and it dosn't look too bad.

If I find a FL bonnet at the right price in Z147 I could be tempted though... (are the fixing points and release cath in the same place?)
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 01 February 2009, 17:08:03: yeah the fixing holes for the mounts and gas struts are the same, slam panel is also the same apart from the facelift doesnt have the hole for the washer bottle neck.

Some of the colours of the prefacelifts and minifacelifts were discontinued when they introduced the facelift models, so you will need to make sure they didnt stop your colour, otherwise its a respray jobbie, probably just aswell as there will be stonechips on any second hand bonnet you get.
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: RobG on 01 February 2009, 17:13:02: F/L bonnet hasn`t got washer jets fitted so you`ll have to reposition existing ones :)
Title: Re: What is this bumper?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 01 February 2009, 17:15:08: Quote
F/L bonnet hasn`t got washer jets fitted so you`ll have to reposition existing ones Smiley

or drill holes and put them where hey go on the prefacelift bonnet :y