Vk Bumper ?

[hellsvk]

hey guys
I'm looking at buying a vh. I was just wondering if you can put the vk grill and front bumper on it ?
thanks daniel

[Tom_1569]

Yes it can be done. Ive seen it done, not 100% sure on what needs to be done, but I would assume its a direct bolt considering the headlights are the same, and so are the Brock grills, and the gaurds are the same. So at a slight change you may need to modify or use the VK brackets for the bumper.

[hellsvk]

yeah that's alright
I'm just having a hard time to find another manual vk in Perth.
And a manual vh popped up and i love the look of the vk so i wondered if the bumpers where interchangeable.

[DANNY8]

u have to cut out some of the front apron to allow the brackets to go through. u pretty much just open up the current holes a bit more.

[hellsvk]

ok kool
is it a hard job to do?
or will it only take 5 minutes ?

[BENJAMUM]

hey man yer i like vh a bit betta then the vk but like the plastic gards off the vk, it shouldnt take more then an hr to put back and front on and cut that space out the hardest part is doin up the bolts and re-wiren the tail light i got pic on profile if ya wanna c it done

[DANNY8]

Here's some pics of my little bro's old VH which he put the VK bumpers on. I rekon it would of looked better with the section behind the tail lights painted black, so ya couldn't see the brown in between the tail lights and mouldings.

[hellsvk]

yeah that would be great ben_vh_82.
thanks for posting those piks up danny8.
I'm just wondering can it be done to a vc ?

[PEAKN6]

yeah that would be great ben_vh_82.
thanks for posting those piks up danny8.
I'm just wondering can it be done to a vc ?

same car mate. just havta put vh front panels on, vh/vk bonnet, vh/vk headlights (just make sure u use vk indicators, coz the orange ones look gay)

will take the good part of the day to do.

the front bumper/grille:
the vh brackets go inside the chassis rails and have nuts welded to them, the vk ones dont, they sit outside the chassis rails but the holes still line up but as the vk ones dont have nuts welded to them u need to use a bolt and nut and find a way to hold the bolt or nut in the chassis rail while u do it up (i tacked a spanner to the end of an old screwdriver, worked a treat). the grille was easy, it just went straight in (the vk one that is) which is why i trimmed up a vh one, so it wasnt like everyone elses, and i reckon they look better.

but before u get to this u will need to trim ur apron. ill do up a pic of this after work for ya.

the rear bumper:
fits no worries but u do need to drill some holes in ur quarters for the bolts, ull see what i mean when u do it.

the taillights/garnish:
just pinch a loom outta vk and just replace the vh/vc/vb (whatever vehicle ur doing it to) loom, i cut and shut mine up near the fuel filler. with the garnish, all u need to do is drill 2 holes near the ones that are already there.

hope this helps :thmbsup: