Black Plastic Bumpers

[chrislloyd]

Hello,

After being advised to sell the body kit (previous thread) is there anything i can do about my Standard Black Plastic Bumpers! it is not a good look when u got new alloys on!

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[Aluco]

get them colourcoded ?

or do it yourself if your brave.

 

[chrislloyd]

how would i do that?

 

[pinky]

I have the plastic non colour coded bumper . Get some megs or autoglym bumper care..wicked stuff..brings them up like new.
I have a black car and it looks really good imo.

 

[chrislloyd]

I have the plastic non colour coded bumper . Get some megs or autoglym bumper care..wicked stuff..brings them up like new.
I have a black car and it looks really good imo.

My clio is dark blue though! and thats what colour bumpers i want

 

[Aluco]

I have the plastic non colour coded bumper . Get some megs or autoglym bumper care..wicked stuff..brings them up like new.
I have a black car and it looks really good imo.

My clio is dark blue though! and thats what colour bumpers i want

take it to a bodyshop and pay them to do it for you

or follow FMs guide for how to paint things, he uses a spoiler as an example.

do a search for it :boring:

 

[Android]

Get it colour coded mate.
Glad you're offloading the bodykit.

 

[chrislloyd]

just benn quoted £400 for both bumpers. they are well recomended and they have said they will plastic prime and do loads of stuff which smooths it

good idea....

feedback please as im in two minds

 

[couzens]

what clio you got man? mk1 mk2? ph1ph2? colour coding is a good option, its the easyest to have done aswell, i smoothed and colourcoded mine

 

[Android]

£400 seems a bit heavy mate.
What about side strips and door handles ??
What kind of clio is it?

 

[Aluco]

I got quoted £250 for front and back bumper side strips door bullets in brushed alluminium and door handles, and thats by a decent bodyshop.

Shop around mate.

 

[chrislloyd]

Its a MK2 PH1 i think. 2 door, dark blue,

in that case does any1 know of any bodyshops around hereford???

 

[Final Maxim]

dont pay over £250

and make sure you say you want it smooth finished, so will need high build 2pack primer

 

[chrislloyd]

dont pay over £250

and make sure you say you want it smooth finished, so will need high build 2pack primer

they are doing a smooth finish...and i nkow its a bit steep but they have one heck of a reputation around here and i know they will do an ace job

£400 to know a good job wil be done or £250 from a bodyshop i can't guarentee anything?

 

[Aluco]

there has to be more than 2 reccomended bodyshop near you.. for the sake of £250 compared to £400 i would drive 100 mile and get the train home you'd still be saving like £100 so its not like your limited to bodyshops

 

[Final Maxim]

dont pay over £250

and make sure you say you want it smooth finished, so will need high build 2pack primer

they are doing a smooth finish...and i nkow its a bit steep but they have one heck of a reputation around here and i know they will do an ace job

£400 to know a good job wil be done or £250 from a bodyshop i can't guarentee anything?

heard it all before from "top" bodyshops mate. i can dig out threads from people who have gone to recommended bodyshops (from people on here) who are renowned for good work and its been an awful experience.

£400 is very very steep. if you wanna pay it, go ahead, but its a waste of cash.

 

[chrislloyd]

they are doing a smooth finish...and i nkow its a bit steep but they have one heck of a reputation around here and i know they will do an ace job

£400 to know a good job wil be done or £250 from a bodyshop i can't guarentee anything?

heard it all before from "top" bodyshops mate. i can dig out threads from people who have gone to recommended bodyshops (from people on here) who are renowned for good work and its been an awful experience.

£400 is very very steep. if you wanna pay it, go ahead, but its a waste of cash.

In that case. Does any1 know of any shops within a 50 miles radius of hereford??

 

[Aluco]

In that case. Does any1 know of any shops within a 50 miles radius of hereford??[/quote]

sorry thats something i cant help you with :dapprove:

 

[Android]

If you have money to throw away, then by all means, get it done.
If not, shop around.
Surely there is a few places in your area.

 

[chrislloyd]

well i have actually seen the work they have done so i'm not to worried about paying for what i know im going to get

 

[chrislloyd]

Just booked car in!

£500

for front and back bumper, side strips and wingmirrors all to be colourcoded!

 

[Final Maxim]

owned.

 

[chrislloyd]

?

 

[Revels]

Youve paid double whats needed mate.

 

[chrislloyd]

out here in the countryside there is naff all places with good reps so ive had to pay a bit more. i'll post before and after pics tho!

 

[Christophe]

This is what i used to do on my corsa b.

Clean and dry the bumpers
Apply thick black gel (from halfords cant remmeber name.)Do this twice.
Let it dry
Spray laquer
Let it dry
Rub in with cloth black to black spray (clear stuff)

And i promise this will make them black

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

Av u put ur bodykit on ebay mate? think iv just sin it.

 

[chrislloyd]

yeh its on ebay at the moment!

 

[chrislloyd]

Decided im going to get some part colour coded bumpers from the scrappy instead and then colour code the small plastic thats left!

any tips?

 

[will.clio]

go and see stevie at grind n shine mate, he did twice as much work as that for half the price, can give you some details if you'd like?

 

[mikey123]

Im wanting to get my bumpers colour coded to, does any1 know of a body shop around dundee area? (soz for stealing your thread)