6sick6: Molding what kind of fog lights in to a 2GS front bumper???
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6sick6: Molding what kind of fog lights in to a 2GS front bumper???
Hey guys. I just wanted to share a lil project ive been workin on for a fellow CL member on his GS. If any of you have seen my threads before, you know I work as a painter at a body shop in AZ. Anyways...heres what we've got....we want to mold 2003-2009 RX350 fog lights into a 2GS front bumper. CRAZY? Oh yes so here we go!
The new gs bumper with the used rx bumper
Starting to cut out the bumpers
test fitting
i cut a piece out of a random bumper i had laying around(the silver piece), to fit inbetween the grill area
I used a 2 part bonding epoxy made for most automotive plastics
oh, were also shaving the side marker
The new gs bumper with the used rx bumper
Starting to cut out the bumpers
test fitting
i cut a piece out of a random bumper i had laying around(the silver piece), to fit inbetween the grill area
I used a 2 part bonding epoxy made for most automotive plastics
oh, were also shaving the side marker
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sanded and ready to spray
also painting the upper grill and headlight housings to match the Lexus gray color(1C6 off the is300) that im painting the center of the bumper grill.
Center of bumper painted gray
grill gray
Masking up the grill to paint the rest of the bumper...(pain in the ***!)
Painted 062 pearl white
Clear coat
Attaching the lower lip and getting ready to install
You guys ready to see this thing on the car???
You sure????
BAM
This was one hell of a project and i think it really came out nice. I hope mex lex posts up more and BETTER pics of the bumper all strapped on the car. Thanks for checkin it out everyone!
also painting the upper grill and headlight housings to match the Lexus gray color(1C6 off the is300) that im painting the center of the bumper grill.
Center of bumper painted gray
grill gray
Masking up the grill to paint the rest of the bumper...(pain in the ***!)
Painted 062 pearl white
Clear coat
Attaching the lower lip and getting ready to install
You guys ready to see this thing on the car???
You sure????
BAM
This was one hell of a project and i think it really came out nice. I hope mex lex posts up more and BETTER pics of the bumper all strapped on the car. Thanks for checkin it out everyone!
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looks great!! i loved it until i saw the front lip added... that curved notch that curved around the oem fog lights no longer matches.. and now throws the whole thing off.. if you sanded the point down to run smoothly with the new fog lights, it would look a million times better!
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looks great!! i loved it until i saw the front lip added... that curved notch that curved around the oem fog lights no longer matches.. and now throws the whole thing off.. if you sanded the point down to run smoothly with the new fog lights, it would look a million times better!
overall, B+ for effort/creativity but i think that lip really kills it
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looks great!! i loved it until i saw the front lip added... that curved notch that curved around the oem fog lights no longer matches.. and now throws the whole thing off.. if you sanded the point down to run smoothly with the new fog lights, it would look a million times better!
Thanks for all the kind words guys! It's nice to hear pos or neg feedback too since it was a new project.