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Offline KevMK5

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Face lifting front end
« on: January 27, 2012, 01:38:09 pm »
I am in the process of looking to facelift my GT Tdi.

now here is my question,


does the Jetta facelift (gti) bumper fit a golf? and is it a simple job?

or would i be better off trying to get a gti front bumper for a golf to start with?

i have tried to search and just seem to find lots of wanted posts.

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2012, 02:13:37 pm »
Hi

the process of facelifting from the 'old' look bumper to the facelift/jetta/GT Sport/GTI bumper is all the same, the ONLY differences between the jetta/GT sport/GTI bumpers is the grills!

if i was in your position i'd look into changing the carrier too, although some people have gotten away with some cutting of the bumper - something which is very simple to do

good luck  :happy2: its a worthwhile mod!
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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 02:16:03 pm »
cheers for the reply apples,

at the minute im watching several bumpers on ebay, problem is most of them dont come with carriers so looks like i will be doing the chop/cut mod.

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 02:43:01 pm »
Keep in mind if you get the Jetta bumper the lower grilles are different to a GTI/GT (the top moulding for the fog grilles is elongated).

You'll find that most eBay sellers either neglect to mention this, or don't realise and sell them as GTI/GT bumpers.

Otherwise they are all the same.
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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 02:48:31 pm »
cheers for the heads up.

at the minute it seems i can get a jetta bumper for about £30/40 quid cheaper and some are in better condition.

unfortunatly none are in laser blue.  :confused: but i will just have to get a bumper sprayed.

i am staying aware from the "pattern part" ones

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 02:48:35 pm »
Mortygttdi has put a Jetta front bumper on his - so might be worth getting in touch with him on what was required.


Seen it in the flesh and it does look spot on, on his car

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 02:53:33 pm »
The fitting of a Jetta bumper is no different, it's just if you want to change the lower grilles over time then you're a bit more restricted.
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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012, 02:59:09 pm »
The fitting of a Jetta bumper is no different, it's just if you want to change the lower grilles over time then you're a bit more restricted.

I thought that the slam panel was different on non gt sport/gti golfs?  And required a bit of cutting to make the facelift bumpers fit.

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2012, 03:06:59 pm »
The fitting of a Jetta bumper is no different, it's just if you want to change the lower grilles over time then you're a bit more restricted.

I thought that the slam panel was different on non gt sport/gti golfs?  And required a bit of cutting to make the facelift bumpers fit.

What I mean is it's the same process to fit a GTI/Jetta/later GT bumper, just that the Jetta one has different grilles.
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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2012, 03:11:38 pm »
thats what i seem to have found on a few sites. appears you need to cut a small square out of each side of the middle, which is hidden behind the grill itself anyway.

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2012, 03:56:42 pm »
 You might want to consider these prices before going Jetta (Im going Jetta because theres not going to be that many about. I hope)

1K0 807 243/4 A 2ZZ LEFT/RIGHT CHROME DIESEL £59.08 each

1K0 807 243/4 2ZZ LEFT/RIGHT CHROME

1K0 853 963/4 LEFT/RIGHT NEED PAINTING £10.32 each (This is the bit that goes between the grill and the chrome strip)

  Dont forget theres always Ebay/Hong Kong to save a few pounds.

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2012, 07:46:56 pm »
well it would appear after a bit of research that most of the bumpers on ebay are actually Jetta ones.


anyone with a Golf front lift bumper for sale, please see my wanted thread  :happy2:

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2012, 08:17:30 pm »
I fitted a GTI bumper to my TDI about 18 months ago, didn't bother with a new carrier I cut the bumper, it's a perfect fit and I wrote a how 2 guide on a couple of site about how to do it
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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2012, 08:54:21 am »
Does the Mk5 R32 bumper fit? I got these parts ff R32 in blue

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Re: Face lifting front end
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2012, 01:02:25 pm »
yes rich the r32 front bumper will fit. not sure if the R32 grills will work in a Jetta bumper though

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