10-10-2014, 05:53 AM
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Paint those bumperettes.....
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10-10-2014, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by peterbrown77
Paint those bumperettes.....
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Why? I think they look good black.
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10-10-2014, 06:29 AM
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looks like you have some hazing in the back window or maybe its just fog. Either way this is the go to product when you need clarity, good on headlights, tailights, your helmet visor, etc.
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10-10-2014, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JayG
Why? I think they look good black.
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Because it looks better body color, hahah. Okay, so I've got a Volvo wagon for my son. He has the V70 SE - painted trim. Banged it up last summer, I bought a door and fender of the same color and hung them. Unfortunately, the trim was not painted on the replacement parts.
What it is good for though is a side-by-side comparison between painted and unpainted trim. Now, honestly - which looks better? (Yeah, it's a bad angle).
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10-10-2014, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by peterbrown77
Because it looks better body color, hahah. Okay, so I've got a Volvo wagon for my son. He has the V70 SE - painted trim. Banged it up last summer, I bought a door and fender of the same color and hung them. Unfortunately, the trim was not painted on the replacement parts.
What it is good for though is a side-by-side comparison between painted and unpainted trim. Now, honestly - which looks better? (Yeah, it's a bad angle).
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well we all know what opinions are like, and we all have them LOL
I have Arctic Silver and I much prefer black bumperettes, it gives it some contrast
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Last edited by JayG; 10-10-2014 at 02:32 PM.
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10-10-2014, 03:21 PM
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No ones going around trying to paint the tires. I like a touch of black on a car.
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10-10-2014, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Giller
No ones going around trying to paint the tires. I like a touch of black on a car.
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that made me laugh 
They do odd colors on wheels though
She is a really good driver by the way
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10-10-2014, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JayG
that made me laugh
They do odd colors on wheels though
She is a really good driver by the way
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I love the PORSCHE along the side....and hey - they did a bumperette delete!
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10-11-2014, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Giller
No ones going around trying to paint the tires. I like a touch of black on a car.
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Yeah, well - to each his own I guess lol. To my eye, black bumperettes (like unpainted trim on other mfr's models) make it look like Porsche was trying to save a buck.
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10-11-2014, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by peterbrown77
Yeah, well - to each his own I guess lol. To my eye, black bumperettes (like unpainted trim on other mfr's models) make it look like Porsche was trying to save a buck.
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Oh, there's no doubt that it was a huge cost saver for Porsche - might be the reason. But, it is a bumperette. The whole point of them is so that if you bump into something, they are your early warning system and will save you actually hitting your bumper. So keeping them black helps hide scuffs and bumps, whereas painted, you will be able to see every time you've backed into something. So there is some practicality to keeping them black.
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10-11-2014, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JayG
well we all know what opinions are like, and we all have them LOL
I have Arctic Silver and I much prefer black bumperettes, it gives it some contrast
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Since this has now become a bumperette thread, I thought I would toss in my opinion, backed by visual data.
For your consideration:
Unpainted
Painted
My preference is to see them painted on lighter-colored cars such as my arctic silver, but unpainted looks fine on dark colors. The term that comes to mind when I look at a light-colored car with painted bumperettes is "clean." I would also remind everyone that Porsche started painting bumperettes on the 987.
Also, the Boxster prototype didn't have anything to mar the clean rear bumper:
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10-10-2014, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by peterbrown77
Paint those bumperettes.....
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Painted bumperettes look fantastic - a buddy just got his done and they are great. The only downside - when your spoiler comes up, it's black, so it matches the original black bumperettes nicely. So unless you are going to paint your spoiler, or drive really slow, you do want to think twice about painting them. I'm still on the fence.
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10-10-2014, 01:26 PM
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Today very little progress was made on this. I did raise the spoiler and look at it. It does not appear bent other than the top piece except that it does not raise all the way on the passenger side. Almost like it is binding. The insurance company is less than helpful other they at least today everyone admits there is a problem. The insurance company wants to send me a check based on the pictures to fix it. I am more than uncomfortable about that since when they had the car in front of them they couldn't get it right. They also admit that this is not my fault but refuse to pay to have my car taken back to the mainland to be fixed. As one of my friends said "you could have had that job done here" (meaning on island) At this point I'm turning it over to my lawyer and letting him argue. It will end up costing me I'm sure. I have now also let me insurance agent know that Flo and I are no longer friends and to look for other options. My big issue is this work was done in a Porsche Certified Facility. I will be sending pictures to Porsche and showing them the work that was done by Stuttgart International Auto Body In Ft. Lauderdale Fl.
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