Euro bumpers, smooth or textured?

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

It all depends on the look you are after. I haven't done anything to Klaus'
faded black Euros, and they look like ass, but they will get painted so I
don't want any dressings messing up paint adhesion. I MAY just get them
sprayed flat black, or smoothed and sprayed body colour. I'm pretty used to
the black, so that'll likely be what I do, as his duckbill will stay balck
too. The 16V's are black and in good shape, she has other black trim, so
for her it works. If you shave off the side strips and so on, then painted
would be fine too... You alone can make the decision. :)
Cathy

On 5:59 pm 03/15/07 "Lance LaPrarie" <sciroccojunky@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like both. Black looks badass if they are in good shape. However,
> aged white faded bumpers look like ass. On 16v rocco's I like the
> painted since that is the way they came anyway. I bought mine from a
> guy in Germany and they came off of a white GTI rocco. They were
> already white. They had some rubs on them but otherwise in good
> shape. I had them repainted and the body shop I took it to were able
> to source euro black strips to replace the old ones. That way they
> didn't have to tape them off and or paint over them.
>
> Smooth looks cool and good black ones look good too. I'd say 60/40 in
> favor of the painted but I'm biased. I've only seen two sets of black
> bumpers ever that looked good. Kevin Collins' rocco in AZ and a guy
> in Seattle named Shannon.
>
> Shannon's car unfortunately was stollen and stripped. Funny both were
> red.
>
> That's my two cents.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
> On 3/13/07, John C. Worden <johncworden@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >  For those of you with the Euro bumpers, what is your preference
> >  and why? I am thinking the smooth ones will be easier to sand and
> > paint, right?
> >
> >
> >  John C. Worden
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