Re: Euro bumpers - paint or not -opinions/experiences wanted

[David Hellekson <sciroccodave@yahoo.com>]

Nice rocco!

My grille was painted silver to match and tied it in
nicely. Used the 3m 1/8" pinstriping tape (in silver
and covered the black on the taillights too. You gotta
go all the way.

Dave
88 TT2.0 16v



--- Dirk Schneider <SCIROCCO2@t-online.de> wrote:
> Paint 'em NOT !
> unless you want your silver Roc to look better than
> mine was :-))
> http://www.scirocco2.de/ati16v.htm
> 
> 
> white tail-lights ? 
> ....have been on my other grey 16V
> http://www.scirocco2.de/rip16v_02.jpg
> ( yes this car can be seen on eBay sometimes  ;-/  
> )
> it looked kind of cool for a short time 
> but honestly I wouldn't do it again.
> Decide yourself....
> 
> greets
> Dirk
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Hellekson" <sciroccodave@yahoo.com>
> To: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Euro bumpers - paint or not
> -opinions/experiences wanted
> 
> 
> Howdy Cathy,
> 
> Paint 'em. It looks finished. I have had my silver
> '87s and my red '88s both dome and it looks much
> better. I'll send a pic if you need comparision.
> 
> Dave
> 88 TT2.0 16v
> 
> 
> --- Cathy Boyko <losinit@usa.net> wrote:
> > Well, way ahead of schedule my baby is going to
> the
> > body shop! So the burning
> > question is whether to leave the black bumpers
> alone
> > or paint them. the car is
> > silver and I'm going to try the white tail lights
> on
> > it (and will sell them if
> > they look bad which I can't imagine) So who has
> > painted their Euros and how
> > well did it hold up, I don't want to deal with
> chips
> > because the colour will
> > be a one-off with pearl in the clear coat and will
> > be hard to patch. So let me
> > know how adhesion has been for those who have
> > painted them and what you think
> > cosmetically would be the best looking, painted or
> > not. Bumpers are "virgin"
> > plastic, no armor all on them or anything.
> > 
> >
>
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