I had a bump in my x edition, want to repair privately. Does anyone know if ford will supply new bumpers and bonnets painted? Looked around on ebay/gumtree and they're all battered and broken. Need to make the car pretty again 

No, new parts come primed.

You will need to arrange to get the parts painted.

Where in the West Midlands are you?

If you're sort of close to Oldbury, Jt2 M5, there is a place near there called Portway Resprays, absolutely brilliant👍

17 hours ago, DaveT70 said:

No, new parts come primed.

You will need to arrange to get the parts painted.

Where in the West Midlands are you?

If you're sort of close to Oldbury, Jt2 M5, there is a place near there called Portway Resprays, absolutely brilliant👍

Im near heartlands, ive been quoted 150-200 each for bumper and bonnet paint and fit. I called parts plus and got quotes on the bumper and bonnet, not as bad as i was expecting, just need to get all the little bits for the bumper grilles,under scoop and the fog light covers. Ill give those guys a call aswell. Thankyou!

6 hours ago, Jakemag90 said:

ive been quoted 150-200 each for bumper and bonnet paint and fit

That's actually not too bad

A couple of years back, I bought a 'pre painted' new wing for my Mk2. The paint match wasn't great and I thought I cold live with it anyway. I couldn't and ended up getting it properly painted! to match the car

Ive ordered everything, basically a new front end cost a fortune. Does anyone have any guides for slam panel removal and fitting, theres a ton of work to do

10 hours ago, Jakemag90 said:

Ive ordered everything, basically a new front end cost a fortune. Does anyone have any guides for slam panel removal and fitting, theres a ton of work to do

Try who I recommended, he'll fit and paint it all for you

8 hours ago, DaveT70 said:

Try who I recommended, he'll fit and paint it all for you

Okay ill give him a bell. Ive noticed a peice is broken from my replacement slam panel, well broken off apparently

9 hours ago, DaveT70 said:

Try who I recommended, he'll fit and paint it all for you

I will certainly give him a call for the body work but im feeling like i want to do the rad pack and crash bar which ive discovered tp be bent myself

One of these gromits is mising from my replacement rad pack apparently notorious for breaking. Im going to epoxy it in place with a u clamp

So the replacement rad pack and crash bar i picked up had this square thing hanging off of it and i couldn't really figure it out and so after some digging it turns out this is a radar module for adaptive cruise control. Can i fit this to my car?

If you have the connector, yes

You'll also need to do a lot of other work to get ACC working though

22 hours ago, DaveT70 said:

If you have the connector, yes

You'll also need to do a lot of other work to get ACC working though

Thanks mate, i think im just gonna chuck it on ebay and recover a few quid

Incase anyones interested in how im getting on with the car im gonna post any photos i take while trying to do this repair myself.

Was going to change the inner tie rod on the drivers side today but really struggling to see how im going to gain access it seems well tucked behind the subframe, has anyone done this job on a mk8? I canr find anything on YouTube.

As you can see, its a bit bent.....

Rod and end installed and professionally re aligned, car is back in full go kart mode. Good sigh for the cars overall structure after the bump?

22 minutes ago, Jakemag90 said:

Rod and end installed and professionally re aligned, car is back in full go kart mode. Good sigh for the cars overall structure after the bump?

Did you get a printout showing both front and rear alignment plus camber and castor? Will be lucky to get away with just a track rod if nothing else is bent.

They didn't do me a print out, They said there wasn't any damage just misaligned. The car is driving perfect again, its gotta go in for back tyres soon I'll take it to kwik fit, they usually give a full printout when they do a alignment check

8 hours ago, Jakemag90 said:

They didn't do me a print out, They said there wasn't any damage just misaligned. The car is driving perfect again, its gotta go in for back tyres soon I'll take it to kwik fit, they usually give a full printout when they do a alignment check

Ok. My guess is that either the wishbone or the shock strut will be bent and you'll scrub the inner edge off the tyre pretty quickly. That's what happened on a Mk6 I bought after a minor knock. Couldn't see it by eye but took it for alignment after the tyre scrubbed and the camber reading was well off.

On 1/30/2026 at 10:04 AM, TomsFocus said:

Ok. My guess is that either the wishbone or the shock strut will be bent and you'll scrub the inner edge off the tyre pretty quickly. That's what happened on a Mk6 I bought after a minor knock. Couldn't see it by eye but took it for alignment after the tyre scrubbed and the camber reading was well off.

Great more money to spend, ive had nothing but bad luck with this car ive lost 2 tyres on the front drivers side to pot holes in the last 6 months. My back drivers side tyre got a massive peice of swarfe lodged in it a week ago that's got a mushroom repair in for the moment and I had a wing mirror took off by some ***** in a audi. Everyone's telling me im not supposed to have it and these are signs lol but I love it and im keeping it

So i finally got a day without rain this weekend and got out and fitted the replacement radpack and crash bar, popping the radiator and intercooler was fairly easy needed two pairs of hands to get it all on together. Bolted the bar onto the chassis legs then started securing the rad pack to the crash bar.... one of the brackets is was off everything is sat where its supposed to be but this one bracket is not sitting flush and isn't in line with the slam pack im fuming