mystikk

Alright, my bumper has gone to shit...The OEM grill spokes have snapped off at the top, the paint where the license plate was is ruined, and lots of curb rash.

If I buy a bumper from AcuraAutomotiveParts and take it to a body shop to paint, what're the odds that the color will not match? And care to gimme a guesstimate for the paint job so I know how much to save?

zoltanh

I thought you can buy them in your cars factory color from acura. Correct me if im wrong.

wwg6983

Even if you get factory paint, the Fading of a normal car will probably make the colors slightly differnt. You can get paint in the factory color though Zolt. My

AcuraTL

A decent body shop should be able to match the paint to your vehicle. Some might need an extra 1/2 an hour and a full hour to do so but it should be well worth it to match it exactly. Also, be sure they use flex additive so your bumper won't crack when it gets hit by minor things like shopping cart.

goredcar

Had my bumpers done at a body shop last year... color matching is an art, and I think that I lucked out as ther are many flavours of "satin silver" for example. The guy brought out a whole deck of paint sample strips (must have been at least 20) and they were all variations of Satin Silver. He picked the one that was closest and the match, when finished was perfect... actually much better than factory. I now have an o3 agean blue and the bumpers are significantly darker than the rest of the paint.

Cost for my repaint job was $350 Can. per bumper, and that included removing and re installing. They cannot do a good job with the bumper still on.

It is worth the time and money to find a good body shop...

mystikk

That $350 figure will go down if I tell them to just paint the bumper separate eh? I can probably install the bumper myself.

zoltanh

Same with me, mine is red and my bumpers are both darker then my car. I dont know why, its never been repainted, you think if i take it to acura they would get me new bumpers or repaint them under warranty? The paint is coming off the front bumper too, right under the light housing.

goredcar

Unlikely with a mistint... but you may have a chance wirth the peeling. The body shop I go to specializes in Honda products and does a lot of goodwill bumper work. Try helping the peeling along with a pressure washer before you go to the dealer (if you plan to repaint anyway).

zoltanh

peeling? like peeling of the clear coat?

RUPNOK

my friend has a new TL; he scraped the back bumper and when he went to get it taken care of the body shop showed him that both his bumpers were not exactly color matched to the body... shop said that the factory is pretty sloppy about matching body/bumper colors (!?! they must paint them separately?). ended up respraying them both, look perfect now.