TL: DR- Don't do it.
Here is a painful few months of my experience trying to upgrade the bumper, note the car had a smash at the front end which pretty much pushed me to get a new bumper, it wasnt just on a whim, but was poorly researched!!
So first off positives...
- The Golf MK 7.5 bumper fits the original mounts, with all fixings underneath the car as well.
-The stock headlights fit the bumper and wings (more on this though)
- The side wings fit on the top half of the wing to the headlights.
-Washer units all match up and work correctly to clean the headlights
- Parking sensors all match up and can be fitted correctly, no issues with these at all
The cons...
- You will NEED to get the bumper built up and resprayed professionally. There is a clear and obvious gap between the lower part of the bumper to the headlights, about 1 inch gap.
- The new bumper has the radar unit in the middle of the VW logo, not in the usual place a MK7 would have which is in the lower part of the bumper. This can cause real issues with allignment as its incorrect for the car. VW basically wipe their hands of it as its the incorrect bumper and wont help you!
- Wings slightly mismatch the bumper by the wheel arch, but is barely noticable
So far I havent bothered replacing the radar unit as the one I originally had was destroyed in the smash, but I am informed from other VW specialists they may struggle to allign the new radar unit/sensor due to the incorrect bumper.
A local garage thinks they can put the unit in the original position and cut a portion of the bumper out... who knows how that would look or issues!
So far it was £600 for the bumper. £520 for the build up and respray of the bumper.
New radar unit is looking to be £700 then fitting issues.
Pictures attached:
Professional bumper respray and build up. Note this is much closer to the headlight and is correct
2nd picture, not a great picture but gives you an indication of the small misallignment with wheel arch on either side. Havent bothered fixing
3rd picture, see underside of headlight, doesnt fit the bumper- clear gap all the way to the start of the wing (this was an issue as as soon as the bumper was fitted)
Final picture of car with issues sorted
Here is a painful few months of my experience trying to upgrade the bumper, note the car had a smash at the front end which pretty much pushed me to get a new bumper, it wasnt just on a whim, but was poorly researched!!
So first off positives...
- The Golf MK 7.5 bumper fits the original mounts, with all fixings underneath the car as well.
-The stock headlights fit the bumper and wings (more on this though)
- The side wings fit on the top half of the wing to the headlights.
-Washer units all match up and work correctly to clean the headlights
- Parking sensors all match up and can be fitted correctly, no issues with these at all
The cons...
- You will NEED to get the bumper built up and resprayed professionally. There is a clear and obvious gap between the lower part of the bumper to the headlights, about 1 inch gap.
- The new bumper has the radar unit in the middle of the VW logo, not in the usual place a MK7 would have which is in the lower part of the bumper. This can cause real issues with allignment as its incorrect for the car. VW basically wipe their hands of it as its the incorrect bumper and wont help you!
- Wings slightly mismatch the bumper by the wheel arch, but is barely noticable
So far I havent bothered replacing the radar unit as the one I originally had was destroyed in the smash, but I am informed from other VW specialists they may struggle to allign the new radar unit/sensor due to the incorrect bumper.
A local garage thinks they can put the unit in the original position and cut a portion of the bumper out... who knows how that would look or issues!
So far it was £600 for the bumper. £520 for the build up and respray of the bumper.
New radar unit is looking to be £700 then fitting issues.
Pictures attached:
Professional bumper respray and build up. Note this is much closer to the headlight and is correct
2nd picture, not a great picture but gives you an indication of the small misallignment with wheel arch on either side. Havent bothered fixing
3rd picture, see underside of headlight, doesnt fit the bumper- clear gap all the way to the start of the wing (this was an issue as as soon as the bumper was fitted)
Final picture of car with issues sorted
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