Black bumpers (around rear tag)

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

HI,

I wouldn't paint mine, I like the contrast between the Black and Guards Red, the car, IMHO, needs a color break at the rear.

I like em painted, Cleans up the rear, BUT I can see how they look good with Guards Red, I dont mind the black bumperette on my G red 911, except for the fact that they are HUGE!

[Frodo]

Thanks, again, to everybody. A veritable wealth of opinions, all good suggestions. Went with the Mothers BTB, and am very satisfied. The painted ones look good, but with the black top I really like the (cleaned up) black "bumperettes." BTW, Marc, your Boxster's the spittin' image of mine (except for those seal grey bumperettes, of course). You have good taste...

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Thanks, again, to everybody. A veritable wealth of opinions, all good suggestions. Went with the Mothers BTB, and am very satisfied. The painted ones look good, but with the black top I really like the (cleaned up) black "bumperettes." BTW, Marc, your Boxster's the spittin' image of mine (except for those seal grey bumperettes, of course). You have good taste...

If those painted bumpers are good enough for the newer Porsches and Boxsters then why not update the look of your 986? Porsche seems to think it looks better this way even with a black top or any other color. This is how they come standard now days and if they knew back then how good they would look, they probably would have come that way from the factory way back in 97.

[Frodo]

Why not update? Two reasons. One, painting them (or having someone else paint them) entails work/effort on my part, energy (and bucks) I’d rather spend on other Boxster-related projects. Two, call me old-fashioned (and notwithstanding what the folks in Stuttgart deem “good enough for the newer Porsches and Boxsters”), I PREFER the black bumperettes. Silly, I know, but that’s just me…

[Boxtaboy]

On silver, I like them painted:

[larryshomework]

I must be one of the weird ones. I like the bumpers black (seal grey car) and the amber lights!

[Frodo]

Good for you. If that makes us "wierd," so be it...