12-28-2012, 02:45 PM | #1 |
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Rear bumper colour mismatch
Have you noticed that your rear bumper is a slightly darker shade than the rear metal panel?
Mine certainly is. Probably because it is sprayed plastic and the way it catches the light. Here are some pictures. What do you think? Looks worse in reality. Car booked in for 3rd January for the driver's seat and rear bumper. They'll assess both. They need the car for most of the day. Last edited by F30AM; 12-29-2012 at 08:40 AM.. |
12-28-2012, 02:55 PM | #2 |
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Nearly all bumpers from nearly every car manufacturer are a slightly different shade than the rest of the car.
This doesn't bother me, but what does bother me is if the bumper has been scratched & the body shop can't match the shade of paint, the car looks even more 2 tone. |
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Anyway, mine looks two tone from new.
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12-28-2012, 03:04 PM | #4 |
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Difficult to match bumpers to body.
What the body shop does, is blend the paint into the side panels of the car where the bumper touches and thus create an optical illusion that the bumper actually matches the car body. Apologies if I am wrong on this. |
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12-28-2012, 03:08 PM | #5 |
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I am an expert on bumper matching by colour blending. Had my GTI Bumper painted 5 times on warranty!
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12-28-2012, 03:14 PM | #7 |
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Nothing to do with the paint changing colour due to substrate, the paint systems are completely different. It is highly likely that the paint supplier for the plastics is a different company to the OEM line paint supplier....FACT!
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12-28-2012, 03:17 PM | #8 |
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^ This.
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Because I got a deformed rear bumper from the factory on a new car!
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12-28-2012, 03:22 PM | #10 |
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Look at MarkW83's rear bumper. Sorry Mark, I should have asked for your permission.
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I've been told,( but it could be mythology ) that the reason why the paint looks different on the plastic bumper than on the metal body is that when the paint is applied in the factory the paint cools at a different rate on the plastic bumpers than on the metal body. This is more apparent on metallic paint finishes as the different rate of cooling affects the appearance of the metallic particles in the paint.
As I said this could be rubbish , but there is a certain logic to it. |
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Don't let it bother you.
Stop looking at that rear bumper & enjoy the car. My car has the same slightly baggy seats as everybody else + the rusting seat frames. You know what I am going to do about it ? NOTHING ! If mine was the only car with these problems I would be bothered, but as everybody else has the same, they no longer become a problem , they become the norm. Your rear bumper is normal. I'm repeating myself I know but most cars' bumpers don't match the body perfectly, that's the norm ! Try to enjoy the car more. |
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I never said that they were. I said that I was told the paint cools at a different rate on plastic than on metal. |
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Apologies I read that the colour difference was down to different cooling rates, which to me implied that they were painted and baked together with the same paint, and only the cooling process made it look different.
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Captain NISFAN: Which type of F30 do you drive?
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F30 330d M Sport Mineral Grey / Coral Red
Pro Nav/Visibility Pack/Comfort Pack/Harman Kardon/Head-Up Display/Electric Seats/Comfort Access/Adaptive Suspension... |
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We ALL know that. It's an M Sport but which one? Stop playing hard to get, big boy!
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