05-17-2007, 11:30 AM
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New Painted Bumperettes
So the shop finally painted my bumperettes the correct color and I'm happy with the results! Here are some before & after pics. The shop wanted $150/set originally to paint them,but the messed up by painting my Boxster ones Lapis Blue,so they sold the first for $150/set then they painted the 2nd set(Dad wanted his painted as well) for $75 so it all worked out in the end. Enjoy!
Does anyone know if the clearance between the bumperette and actual bumper is normal in the last pic? I would have sworn that the bumperettes sat a little closer to the bumper.
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05-17-2007, 11:35 AM
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Looks great blink! The clearance thing is similar on mine. I'm not sure if it's because after they're painted they shrink a bit, or if it just seems like less of a gap when they're in black. In any case, it looks nice. Congrats.
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05-17-2007, 11:36 AM
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Looks very good, Blink! The bumperettes should sit more flush with the bumper cover.
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05-17-2007, 11:44 AM
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Well I just looked at old pics of my car with them one and it looks like I mispositioned the driver side bumperette a little too far to the right. Oh well,it's already fixed already!
(I found this old one before anything was even touched,looks like there was a tiny gap to begin with. You can't even tell unless you are up close anyways.)
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05-17-2007, 12:14 PM
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Damn that looks good. I need to get that done!
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05-17-2007, 01:00 PM
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Just for the heck of it!
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05-17-2007, 02:44 PM
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Painted bumperettes makes the car look so much nicer. Very nice
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painted bumperettes
autoband paint protection
wheel caps & colored crests
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05-17-2007, 02:38 PM
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Very nice! I'm tempted to do the same.
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05-17-2007, 03:34 PM
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www.klisstle.com
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The fit on my painted Bumperettes is very similar to yours.
ddb
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05-17-2007, 04:49 PM
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looks great.....imo I can't believe when people don't get it done over a couple hundred bucks, it makes the car look more than a couple hundred bucks better....the bang for the buck is definitely there.......
the cars do look great together.....
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05-17-2007, 05:06 PM
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man that 911 looks very nice 
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05-18-2007, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by super66
looks great.....imo I can't believe when people don't get it done over a couple hundred bucks, it makes the car look more than a couple hundred bucks better....the bang for the buck is definitely there.......
the cars do look great together.....
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My autobody shop, had my car for a few weeks they did some paint work on my car. I totally forgot to ask for the bumperettes to be painted so when I picked up my car I asked to have my bumperettes painted. When I picked them up later on the owner said your all set. I got my painted for FREE.
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00 Boxster Tip Blk/Blk
100% de-ambered
painted center console
painted bumperettes
autoband paint protection
wheel caps & colored crests
door sills
Valentine One
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05-18-2007, 06:18 AM
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Those look great! I have the same small gap on mine. Can't get them any closer.
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05-18-2007, 06:34 AM
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07 Carrera S Cab
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Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
Those look great! I have the same small gap on mine. Can't get them any closer.
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If anyone is really anal, you can get the gap smaller. What you can do is loosen up screws that secure the rear bumper and pull it back a bit. To do this, you'll have to also remove the rear spoiler so that you can get to the screws that secure the bumper from the top. This way, the bumperettes will fit more flush with the rear bumper. I did this. Guess I'm OCD.
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