Well i decided to tackle the nose chop without intensions of painting it as paint is hard to match, so i decided to do it my way. The way i like it, and most of you probably don't.

Cut the nose off


I recessed the rivets along with a piece of 2007 civic bumper in there. shape actually fit great.


Plastic welded epoxy the top and gap and put some more underneath for some structural support

Bondoed a lot of the bumper and block sanded it with 80, 180,400, 1000, 1500


Primed it where i was going to paint it black. 2 coats


Painted it black and let dry after 3 coats of plastic spray paint.


Cleaned it a little and put it onto the car. It isnt the best as i am not a body guy but it came out well enough for me. Then i decided to add my Snowboarder side to it



I like it. Hate it or love it. It is my car

And as my mirror says "to each their own"

 

As a general rule plastics rarely match the rest of the car. BBY is a single stage though and would be pretty easy to make look decent. Idk if you're near CT but I could repaint the bumper for around $100.

 

I am about 5 hours give or take a few. But i kinda like it black with stickers. One day i might take you up on that.

 

i like that it's different. i like what you've done to your lip too.

 

Looks pretty good man...I really like the chopped nose on the VIII bumpers...Ill have to check it out sometime when we have a mini meet or meet up at Island...

 

Ya if you're ever down this way we could knock it out in an hour or so. btw I love the lip. That looks so sick

 

Thank you. Im trying to find a doluck style ebay or not one to do this to but this is one i got for a deal and my friend got bored so i told him to draw away haha.

 

Looks nice actually! Any farther away pictures?

 

Yes i do in the kayak thread i started.

 

looks good man, i like how you did the black on their instead of blue, it adds a nice personal touch

 

Looks great imo, I am planning on doing a nose chop soon on mine also

 

Works

 

Never been a fan of the nose chop myself.

Looks like you did a good job on it though, and you are doing it in a way I have never seen before.

 

Looks good for a DIY job!

 

Thank you i tried to do it my own way.