Black Bumper Strips

[hoodedreeper]

I'm currently tidying up my K11 and need some help.

The black bump strips on the corners of the front & rear bumpers. Are these moulded onto the actual bumper or are they seperate?

I presume spraying them to colour code them is easier than trying to smooth them over?

Thanks

 

[Robert]

They're part of the bumper, so you cant remove them

 

[squarepants]

yearh its the bumper, they stick out more then the rest of the bumper so if you smooth them they will stick out abit and you beable to see where they was...if your smoothing hen you will need the chop them out, mesh, fibreglass and filler tbh more hasstle than its worth... i would just courlor code them, although i like them in black plastic on your car it give it courlor contrast

 

[hoodedreeper]

I just think it looks out of place now the black bump strips have gone from the doors?

 

[Robert]

Don't think I've ever seen smoothed facelift bumpers..
I say do that!

 

[hoodedreeper]

Heres a quick photoshop with them gone (incl. Rear Bumper)

 

[jim_bling]

mine are colourcoded but i want to smooth mine in i think it will look good when done actually as well as my locks smoothed off

 

[Robb]

That looks well tidy. Colour coding will still make a big difference though.

 

[Makrakin08]

too be honest with you hooded i think it looked alot nicer with the bump strips, they tied in with the graphics on the car and some how made it look smaller ( for some strange reason i think that lol ) i think the bump strips added that litle bit extra detail but its not my car the choice is youres buddy

 

[squarepants]

Don't think I've ever seen smoothed facelift bumpers..
I say do that!

only one ive seen is pink and it was in the uk, you could tell from the picture where they had been smoothed over they where slightly lumpy....

tbh i think they look odd with smoothed bumpers, fair play it would be diffrent...just depends how good the work is. my mates civic had smoothed bumper and they had been meshed, fibreglassed and filler and they crackered over 3 years of him owning it (llooked new when he brought the car)

 

[joesouthgate]

do it hooded! Looks good imo, and smooth the line by the number plate aswell.

 

[NeX]

do it hooded! Looks good imo, and smooth the line by the number plate aswell.

exactly what i was thinking