mk3 bumpers on a mk2 astra

[ben k]

how hard is it and how do you get the grill to fit ? i seen one at billing has anyone on here done it?

cheers ben

[Scott G]

Rumble might be able to help you out on this one.

He has a GSI bumper on his.



Assume the one you saw at billing was the blue one on the Vxlscc stand?

[ben k]

hi mate it was a light blue one i will post the pic tommorow

cheers ben

[Davo]

thats cool - looks really good on that astra

[Rumble]

Supposing you want mk3 bumper and mk2 grill, no probs there. dont know about the mk3 grill though, never had the parts handy to try.

[ben k]

so will they just bolt straight on ????

[Spankee]

Hi rumble

Did you have to make any mods for the bumper brackets or did you use mrk 2 stuff to fit on the bumper....looks smart

Cheers Spankee

[Rumble]

"takes breath"
The day i got my bumper i found out that the bumper has two parts, the main outer shell and some kind of chassis inside, the chassis was held on by plastic pins and steel retainers, I think that i didnt get the part that connects to the mk3 astra though as there was no obvious way to attach it, on a mk2 bumper its really obvious because of the threaded pin that you bolt on.
So i took what i had and worked around the problem.

"NOTE" i havent ever worked on or looked at a mk3 front end before so i assume a lot

1. the bumper has plastic brakets around the headlight area, i recon they rest in behind the lights, these were shaved off with a grinder then smoothed

2. After an incedent with a hare the bumper came detached from the inner chassis, so i would advise bolting the chassis on through the outer shell and make it so the number plate hides the bolts. Much safer that way.

3. I dont use the original mounting points, i took the area on the front of the car that would more or less align with the inner chassis which turned out to be two bits of folded metal about 6 inches in from the original mounting points, dont know what these plates are for my car doesnt use them, From there i attached a plate onto the inner chassis of the bumper and made up spacers using box section steel, 1/2 inch is perfect, Then with a long bolt attached the assembly to the metal bits on the car.
Complicated no, need to take a picture sometime and it will all be clear.


4. Bit of alignment and extension of the holes drilled for mounting was needed to get a good fit.

took me about a day to put it on, took 0.5 of a second for a hare to remove it, now it aint ever falling off again thanks to the box section stuff

[Spankee]

cheers chap......

[ben k]

thanks mate i will get my ass down to the scrappies at the weekend

[sport16v]

Should look good. Me N a M8 spent a whole day fitting a Mk3 bumper on a MK1 (yes MK1!!) and it made a huge difference.