Painted bumperettes

[londoner06]

Got my new painted bumperettes from Eric @ bumperplugs.com:

A bargain at any price and so easy to R/R.

Edited January 16, 2009 by londoner06

[etwd]

Got my new painted bumperettes from Eric @ bumperplugs.com:

A bargain at any price

Told ya so!

[londoner06]

etwd, thanks for inspiring me guy. As soon as I saw yours I ordered some for myself. They even come polished and buffed!

Alex

[etwd]

etwd, thanks for inspiring me guy. As soon as I saw yours I ordered some for myself. They even come polished and buffed!

Alex

No problem. Eric really is the man! Your ride looks excellent. It really updates the look. Those flat black bumperettes just look old school.........

[jgriffin56]

Look great! Your before/after picture looks like those weight loss commercials, when the fat lady looks like a hag and the "skinnier" version she is all made up and holding her breath. Your before picture is all dark and not shiny, and your after picture is bright and looks like a new coat of wax to compliment the bumperettes. Anyway, they DO look great!!!! One question the new bumperettes look like molded PVC or plastic and the old ones look like they are rubber. Are they made of different components?

[londoner06]

gfriffin56, I know what you mean, but the 2 pictures were not taken under the same lighting. The AFTER picture does look a bit flash, Believe me, there's no comparison, it is the same part, Eric just does a multi-step process on them and they come out looking awesome. He just repaints them.

Alex

Edited January 17, 2009 by londoner06

[jgriffin56]

Alex, Just kidding around. I have experimented with painting some of my plastic pieces in my car with the help of a car painter that does bumper repairs. This guy is a genious! Takes a crushed hole in a bumper, about l foot square and in about 1 hour, you could never tell it was there, saving a new bumper. He says that you need to sand the piece real well to get down the nummies and then you use a special plastic primer only found in car paint stores. and then you are ready to apply the paint and then resand if necessary until the paint is perfect, then add the clear coats ( as many as you like) without eggshelling the finish. All in all, it probably works out about the same if you buy them from Eric and I know that they are perfect, since I have bought both license plate and door handle key plugs from him. He also has a really cool center console the color of the car.

[Alan Berry]

I wonder if anyone has been tapped in the back on these painted pads. I have been nudged a couple of times and my stock black bumper pads are still perfect. The shiny color matched paint looks nice on the pads now but I wonder how it holds up over time.....

[perryinva]

They flex in pretty far before actually hitting the bumper portion underneath. I had mine covered in 3M film yesterday, and, of course got hit today while stopped at a stop light by a girl in her Toyota on her cell phone. She was looking straight ahead (but obviously not seeing) and had to be aware of the whole thing as it happened, and STILL hit me, just enough to lurch the car. One of the bolts holding her front plate in place hit the right hand bumperette square. The film did a great job of protecting the paint, and didn't tear, but the plastic cover is still dented. She asked what I thought it would cost to fix, I said $150, and she whipped out some cash and went on her way. I don't know what I was thinking, as ANYTHING painted on th ePorsche is going to be way more than that. I sent an email to Eric at Bumperplugs to see what he can do. Here's a pic of it from my cell phone.

[perryinva]

As you can see, it's not horrible and it didn't crack, but for the extra $20 (while they were doing my front bumper), I correctly concluded it was a few bucks well spent. If I didn't line up the dent on the parking lot white line reflection, you wouldn't be able to see it in the pic & it is barely noticeable as the color is consistent, thanks to the film. I still want to get it replaced, tho.

[Benjamin Choi]

a must mod