Why Bumpers Don`t Match the Rest of Your Car

[David Fermani]

[Brad B]

I thought this was good. I saw it in ABRN Magazine a while back, too.

[David Fermani]

Lots of Body Shops put this on display at their counters. That`s where I snapped this one.

[sling-2]

great info

[Street5927]

That is good info. I wondered that about my new Acura TL. The bumpers are a slight shade different. I always thought because it was different from metal to plastic; which is apparently correct; however, I never realized the other possible reasons. Thanks for posting this.

[togwt]

Very informative...

[Bill D]

Thankfully, all of my bumpers match the rest of my vehicles. :woot:

[RaskyR1]

Wasn`t there another thread on this a while back? I know I`ve seen that pic on here before.

[VR8]

Sort of reminds me of when I was in the clothing industry and the worn, distressed look on leather jackets became all the rage. Manufactors used to put a tag on the jacket that said, "The faded, distressed areas of this jacket are representing the natural look of leather and should not be considered flaws". I thought to myself, what a scam! They can make a cheesy looking jacket be "the norm".



Not that the auto industry is trying to pull a fast one here, jus sayin`.

[David Fermani]

Wasn`t there another thread on this a while back? I know I`ve seen that pic on here before.

Yeah, I think I`ve posted this in other threads. Thought I`d start a dedicated one. Will try to post some example pics as I find them. Just about every bumper on a dealers lot won`t match the body anyways.

[RaskyR1]

Yeah, I think I`ve posted this in other threads. Thought I`d start a dedicated one. Will try to post some example pics as I find them. Just about every bumper on a dealers lot won`t match the body anyways.

Here`s one for you....rear BC

[David Fermani]

Typical suckness. Thanks for posting this.

[mikenap]

This one has always been a favorite of mine....from another of Chad`s posts.







Horrible match on the Bimmer in the background.:nono

[David Fermani]

That is terrible and so is the Cobra. Those bumpers are alot different then the body.

[RaskyR1]

Lol!







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