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The only iteration of the lower grille piece is in chrome. And the bumper pieces come as a whole. It comes as a whole trim piece with the chrome strip on it.
The pieces on the side of the bumper come painted so they each have their own part number depending on the color of your car about $110 each. you need to put your VIN in to get the right part numbers...
Have all of those pieces covered with Xpel or 3M Paint Protection Film and you will never have to replace them again. This includes the ones on the rear bumper.
Have all of those pieces covered with Xpel or 3M Paint Protection Film and you will never have to replace them again. This includes the ones on the rear bumper.
Cover the chrome only as thats the fail point?
I plan to have my bumpers wrapped soon with clear bra once weather warms but unsure how to make this look clean given all the reveals in the piece.
No, I had my corner protectors covered separately before I installed them. Any PPF you have installed should be cut from a pattern, don't know if it covers the corner protectors or not.
Is it very blue or just kind of blue? Very blue, dark blue, is Opulent Blue Pearl. Baby blue is Meteorite Silver Metallic. Even Carbon Grey can appear blue in certain lighting. Wikipedia has color tables.
I purchased my 2005 RL in okay condition, but I would like to purchase the chrome moldings for my car because they show wear and tear on them. I was wondering if replacing the moldings are as easy as it seems? Its to just snap in and out of place.
Is it very blue or just kind of blue? Very blue, dark blue, is Opulent Blue Pearl. Baby blue is Meteorite Silver Metallic. Even Carbon Grey can appear blue in certain lighting. Wikipedia has color tables.
I found an easy and cheap fix. I got chrome vinyl wrap off eBay 12x60 for like $5.00 and cut what I needed laid it on and used a heat gun to smooth it out with a squeegee and utility knife to cut the excess and it looks like brand new. I'm going to do my bumper chrome next.
I found an easy and cheap fix. I got chrome vinyl wrap off eBay 12x60 for like $5.00 and cut what I needed laid it on and used a heat gun to smooth it out with a squeegee and utility knife to cut the excess and it looks like brand new. I'm going to do my bumper chrome next.
I bought some of that and tried it as well. To me, it looked more like "brushed aluminum" instead of "mirror" chrome
I found an easy and cheap fix. I got chrome vinyl wrap off eBay 12x60 for like $5.00 and cut what I needed laid it on and used a heat gun to smooth it out with a squeegee and utility knife to cut the excess and it looks like brand new. I'm going to do my bumper chrome next.
This is the only solution i have been able to come up with as well. Might give it a shot before dropping a half a grand on new chrome pieces.
I've have a roll that's 40 inches long by 2 feet wide I'll give someone if they want to try it. it's missing a 1"x2" at one corner, but the vinyl is good.
I removed the trim to paint them. I don't recommend leaving them off, there's holes where the tabs secure and it make the car look incomplete.
If you do remove them, remove the bumper enough to get behind it and push the tabs out. The plastic was old and brittle so I broke some pieces pulling on it. Same for the rears
While I replaced both front ones with OEM purchased parts, middle of the lower grill piece I decided to black plasti-dip it, and I don't have pictures now but it looks pretty nice and quite different, yet unnoticeable.
Just disassembling the grill pieces is an adventure on its own, so I figured I go with the quickest, cheapest and imperfect solutions that works.
I'm replacing all 4 bumper protectors/chrome molding & had question about the related hardware (clips, screws & spacers that hold bumper protectors in place)
Can I use existing clips & screws or do I need to replace said hardware along with bumper protectors/chrome molding?
01-16-2016, 08:58 AM
That looks pretty damn good.
camera in the middle? lol the moldings arent even there. thats how it looks when you remove the molding.
