My EBAY painted bumper + some new pics
12-29-2010, 07:14 PM
#1
My EBAY painted bumper + some new pics I was very skeptical about buying this bumper last month but when you see my old bumper pics you will understand why I went for it.
The seller was having a special for $150 plus shipping for a brand new bumper painted to match...sounded like a hell of a deal to me considering I needed a new one anyways.
Well it took one month to arrive and when it did it was wrapped in about 50lbs of bubble wrap but they didn't add extra padding to the sharp corners so 2 of them broke threw and was missing paint.
Not a huge deal since I used some touch up paint and you can barely tell.
The paint on the bumper looks excellent with no runs but does have orange peel that matches to the factory lol. Amazingly though it was an almost exact match to red and I heard this is not easy especially since it was painted off the car and not blended.
The only 2 parts that sucked with the fitment are the corners since they stick out a bit compared to the fenders...I may be able to play with this a little and get the corners to pull in.
My hood is getting painted black next month and will be a little different, it will incorporate some red to match the car.
But anyways yea here are some pictures of the before and after and I think for the price it was a very good deal.
These pictures were taken at a friends house so that is not oil from my car lol.
After:
The 2 problem areas:
The right front fender is an aftermarket piece that I paid a local idiot $220 to paint...his prep consisted of wiping it down and painting so eventually when I have enough money I am going to just have the whole car painted at once.
I am going to order a nose emblem from Emblempros and I dont know what kind of grill I am going to go with, either an SLP one or a blacked out billet. I had a billet grill on it before but I had one ******* cop who pulled me over twice for the placement of my tag so I don't know.
The seller was having a special for $150 plus shipping for a brand new bumper painted to match...sounded like a hell of a deal to me considering I needed a new one anyways.
Well it took one month to arrive and when it did it was wrapped in about 50lbs of bubble wrap but they didn't add extra padding to the sharp corners so 2 of them broke threw and was missing paint.
Not a huge deal since I used some touch up paint and you can barely tell.The paint on the bumper looks excellent with no runs but does have orange peel that matches to the factory lol. Amazingly though it was an almost exact match to red and I heard this is not easy especially since it was painted off the car and not blended.
The only 2 parts that sucked with the fitment are the corners since they stick out a bit compared to the fenders...I may be able to play with this a little and get the corners to pull in.
My hood is getting painted black next month and will be a little different, it will incorporate some red to match the car.
But anyways yea here are some pictures of the before and after and I think for the price it was a very good deal.
These pictures were taken at a friends house so that is not oil from my car lol.
After:
The 2 problem areas:
The right front fender is an aftermarket piece that I paid a local idiot $220 to paint...his prep consisted of wiping it down and painting so eventually when I have enough money I am going to just have the whole car painted at once.
I am going to order a nose emblem from Emblempros and I dont know what kind of grill I am going to go with, either an SLP one or a blacked out billet. I had a billet grill on it before but I had one ******* cop who pulled me over twice for the placement of my tag so I don't know.
Last edited by CO99Z28Vert; 12-29-2010 at 10:23 PM.
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12-31-2010, 07:59 PM
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I put alot of time into sanding and fitting but really if you take your time you can move the fenders, bumper and hood hinges however you want with some minor modifications.
12-31-2010, 09:01 PM
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Let us know what you find out about the sides of the bumper. I gotta get a new one for my car and even if the paint could be better, I think the bumper would be worth that.
