[christophertep]

That's the part number. I ended up finding a used one from a company called Prestige bumpers out of Chicago. It was $500 and then $150 to ship. They ended up priming it for me and then I took it to a local guy for paint. I ended up reusing the clips from my old bumper and the bumper inserts. You can find them online from dealers but you're going to pay out the nose. I think the cheapest I was able to find from a dealer was $900. Oh and I had to buy the fog light surrounds and those were $250 for a set.

Awesome thank you

 

[Bunnyjager]

Picture with the bumper and new wheels.

 

[christophertep]

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Picture with the bumper and new wheels.

Looks great. is it a TDI or V6 gas

 

[Bunnyjager]

Looks great. is it a TDI or V6 gas

It's a VR gasser

 

[christophertep]

It's a VR gasser

very cool I have the TDI before they did the recall and cut the power

 

[CCat]

That's the part number. I ended up finding a used one from a company called Prestige bumpers out of Chicago. It was $500 and then $150 to ship. They ended up priming it for me and then I took it to a local guy for paint. I ended up reusing the clips from my old bumper and the bumper inserts. You can find them online from dealers but you're going to pay out the nose. I think the cheapest I was able to find from a dealer was $900. Oh and I had to buy the fog light surrounds and those were $250 for a set.

Hi, I know this is an old thread, but hoping you can help based on your experience withthe R-line bumper. I need to change my fog light assembly (cracked lenses), does the fog light surround just pop out or is it more complicated?

 

[Bunnyjager]

Hi, I know this is an old thread, but hoping you can help based on your experience withthe R-line bumper. I need to change my fog light assembly (cracked lenses), does the fog light surround just pop out or is it more complicated?

The black plastic pieces just pop out.

 

[CCat]

The black plastic pieces just pop out.

Thanks for your response. Anything I should be cautious of when prying them out.

 

[Bunnyjager]

Thanks for your response. Anything I should be cautious of when prying them out.

Yes absolutely take it slow and gently. The surrounds were pretty expensive.

 

[CCat]

Yes absolutely take it slow and gently. The surrounds were pretty expensive.

Thanks again, have a great day.

 

[PRY4SNO]

I got a quote from the dealer with all the PNs, would rather not spend $3k+ for everything to do a conversion.

That's correct. I ended up having to buy the full bumper. And the bottom front valance is plastic welded onto the bumper. Luckily I was able to find a used one for a reasonable price

So there's no way to re use the upper bumper cover?

Only asking to confirm because of the separate PNs.

 

[adidas]

No way to reuse the front bumper upper part, different mountings/clips, you need the whole bumper. On the rear situation in different, the upper part can be reused and you need just the middle and lower part from an R-Line.

 

[Bunnyjager]

I got a quote from the dealer with all the PNs, would rather not spend $3k+ for everything to do a conversion.



So there's no way to re use the upper bumper cover?

Only asking to confirm because of the separate PNs.

I ended up spending 1200 bucks, $500 for the used bumper shipped, around $500 for the paint and another 200 ish for the fog light surrounds. And I put the bumper on myself.

 

[PRY4SNO]

I ended up spending 1200 bucks, $500 for the used bumper shipped, around $500 for the paint and another 200 ish for the fog light surrounds. And I put the bumper on myself.

I've been looking since spring. The ones I find on eBay in Europe won't ship to me, even when I try to route shipping through an auto engineering business in the UK. Which really sucks, because I found a really decent black bumper for a reasonable price too.

 

[Bunnyjager]

I've been looking since spring. The ones I find on eBay in Europe won't ship to me, even when I try to route shipping through an auto engineering business in the UK. Which really sucks, because I found a really decent black bumper for a reasonable price too.

It took a few months for me, I ended up finding a used one out of a junkyard in Chicago.

 

[adidas]

I've been looking since spring. The ones I find on eBay in Europe won't ship to me

Try Poland, allegro.pl (you can change the language to english), colour is not important, you can repaint it.

 

[PRY4SNO]

Try Poland, allegro.pl (you can change the language to english), colour is not important, you can repaint it.

Thanks for the info. I found one in good shape with all the grilles. Tough part was finding a broker to forward my parcel. The one I used is called Shopogolic. Hopefully it all works out.

 

[pbwilde]

Super helpful post - once the parts are painted, what's the degree of difficulty to replace the front bumper, foglight inserts, and lower (R-line) spoiler? I'm pretty handy, but wondering if this is a DIY job or I need a body shop to do it.

 

[Bunnyjager]

Not very hard but time consuming. There's a lot of clips to undo. I'm sure you can handle it just take your time.

 

[adidas]

Super helpful post - once the parts are painted, what's the degree of difficulty to replace the front bumper, foglight inserts, and lower (R-line) spoiler? I'm pretty handy, but wondering if this is a DIY job or I need a body shop to do it.

R-Line spoiler wont fit a regular bumper, different clips and fittings. Many have tried and all failed.