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[wobblybob]

ive got a 88 city and i want a mk1 front with the mustache grill but unsure what it will look like with the rear lights? it will be a flipfront so will the front mk1 panel and wings fit the same as a mk3/4? and how hard is it to change the hinges to mk1 style ones?

[Guess-Works.com]

The only real difference between a MK1 front valance and a MK2 on is the shape under the bumper...

All you need do is remove your grill and the lip of the bonnet and then you can attach a MK1 grill and moustache...

[minimadjonesy]

the front will look fine, if you want a bit of continutity then fit mk2 rear lights, they fit in teh same hole as your exisiting lights but do not have a reversing light!

As for the hinges, don't bother! I am fitting a mk1 grill, bonnet, bootlid and numberplate holder to make mine a little more retro! that should be enough really!

[The Matt]

I have done the grille conversion and I am pleased with the way it looks see here I am gonna get a GRP MKI bootskin, but as MMJ has said, to try and replicate the door hinges may be a headache that aint worth the effort. :wink:

[Guess-Works.com]

door hinges are easy now, you can get stick on door hinges :grin: :cheese:

[minimadjonesy]

good point GW but have you seen em? can look really tacky!

[The Matt]

tacky tacky? or sticky tacky?

[wobblybob]

thanks im geting a new front end anyways so gona get the mk1 as for the hinges i just like the look of them lol thnks

[Bungle]

MK1 front on a 1990 car

[wobblybob]

if i bought mk1 A panels with the hinge holes in will the A panels fit the same or r the different shape?? i think this would make it easier to put the hinges on as i need to buy one new A panel anyways
o and can u buy new mk1 hinges or do i just have to wait to see on ebay??
thanks

[Bungle]

on MK 1 A pannels there is a outer pannel and a inner one for the weight of the door :smartass:

[wobblybob]

r never thought of that thanks, can i fit an inner one to my mine, will i need to chop anything off?

[Bungle]

sorry i cant help with that as i have never worked on a MK1

but i think minis are all the same shape around the A pannels

[redshot]

door hinges are easy now, you can get stick on door hinges :grin: :cheese:

hi where would it be possibly to find stick on hinges? orrrrr find a picture of them to see what they look like, thanks

[insamoufonyx]

topic from 2005 lol