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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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Question Front bumper painted?...

I have a03 and thinking of getting it painted black is there any bad to doing it?
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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Anyone?
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 05:04 PM
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Chrome??
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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The whole thing chrome and plastic
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 06:50 PM
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take it to a body shop and they can do it. also look into getting an ss bumper cover you could have painted black.
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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Powder coat it, its more durable to rock chips and corrosion. I did mine front and rear and am very very happy the way they turned out.
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 08:48 PM
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Not really looking to be a ss just want it black plus I want fogs and how much do you think it would run me to powder coat
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 11:17 PM
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you can run fogs in a ss bumper...smh...
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Old Oct 31, 2011 | 11:20 PM
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Powder coating won't be cheap.

On my 99, I wrapped the front chrome in black vinyl. It held up great, and if you get tired of it, you can remove it.


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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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Moze you do lots in vinyl huh... Ive tried to find the vinyl you did the ctsv park lights in but no luck..
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