[RE: Mk2 rear bumper question/new to the list]

[losinit@usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

"Sandor" <sandor@vwot.org> wrote:
Hey thanks for the greetings...so you mean I can have another car where
stuff is held togeather with zip ties?
Any more of these things and my bunny is going to start to look like TMB'=
s
yellow rocco.
Seems like a nice quick fix for this mk2...I guess its off to Canadian
Tire with me to pick up another big package of zip ties.

sandor
72 Super Beetle 1600
75 Rabbit 16V
87 Scirocco 16V


  No, no , no. The correct method for the REAR bumper is duct tape. I can=
 send
you photos of mine if you need help with the positioning of the strips. W=
orked
out well for me (silver car) but you'll have to source some of the red st=
uff,
a bit harder to find! ;P

Cathy 1987 16V (with the park benches now safely stored where they can't =
hurt
anyone, they're a James Bond-ish item, as in "jetison the skin at other c=
ars,
license to kill" sort of danger level, I couldn't handle the responsibili=
ty,
hehe) =


(or you can use the more subtle cable tie method if you like)


> Or you can use the special Cheapass Ron(tm) method.. string.. now where=

> is  that link...
> hehe
> brian
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, [iso-8859-1] Marc Scirocco Qu=E9bec wrote:
>
>> If you are talking about the plastic bumper cover, I reinstalled mine,=

>> both front and rear, by using 1/4" large by 12" long black tye-wraps.
>> Inside where the original plastic clips are (were), you can fit
>> tye-wraps in there. You have to join two tye-wraps together so they
>> are long enough to go around the steel part of the bumper. You do that=

>> with 4-5 different places, and it will hold like new.
>>
>> And welcome to the list. I hope that Josh did not corrupt you too
>> much...
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Marc
>> '83 Scirocco
>> '88 Scirocco Slegato
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]De la part de Sandor
>> Envoy=E9 : 5 janvier, 2003 16:18
>> =C0 : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Objet : Mk2 rear bumper question/new to the list
>>
>>
>> at the insistence of Josh in Albany NY I decided to join this
>> list...so howdy and all that good stuff...my name is Sandor Nagy...I'm=

>> a member of VWoT (volkswagens of toronto) and I go by Crazy Hungarian
>> on vwvortex...my current daily driver, if you can believe it, is a
>> 1975 Rabbit with a 2.0L 16V under the hood...thankfully I've finally
>> found a decent "winter car" so that I can store the rabbit for the
>> winter and keep its salt and snow exposure to a minimum.
>> I will pick it up this week...a bright red 1987 Scirocco 16V...nice
>> winter beater huh?
>> Anywho, the only downside with it is that the downpipe resembles swiss=

>> chess and the rear bumper currently resides on the back seat...the
>> clips on the back of it seem to be broken...the previous owner told me=

>> he came out of the local shopping mall to find it lying on the ground
>> behind his car one day...so here's my first question: what's the best
>> way to re-affix this bumper to the back of my car?
>> thanks
>>
>> sandor
>>
>>
>>
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