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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 04:20 AM
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Unhappy CL500 04 front bumper cover

Hi all! I finally bought W215 I was dreaming off. 04 49K Mi. But when I got home I found out front bumper color doesn't match the hood color. I got really pissed off and was ready to cry I called the dealer explained him the situation and he told me I can bring the car so their paint guy will take a look at it. I made a purchase just yesterday so I still have 30 days to return it back but I realize that it would not be easy to find a good car just like this without any scratches and dings and clean carfax. So my question is should I give this car back or ask the dealership (honda) to repaint the bumper? I also know that almost all cars have bumper color not matching car's color but I'm not sure how big should be this difference according to mileage. Please help me what to do? Really want to keep this car....
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 04:04 AM
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Will answer my question myself: found good paint shop and left my car to repaint the bumper... I wouldn't recommend anyone Ed Morse Honda in West Palm Beach, Fla - everybody is nice when it comes to selling car, paperwork etc - but if you let them know about even a small problem on the car - they trying to make every effort just not to help... General manager told me that my salesperson has a day off - next minute salesman is coming from bathroom - surprise surprise... Sorry for flood and offtopic...
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Will answer my question myself: found good paint shop and left my car to repaint the bumper... I wouldn't recommend anyone Ed Morse Honda in West Palm Beach, Fla - everybody is nice when it comes to selling car, paperwork etc - but if you let them know about even a small problem on the car - they trying to make every effort just not to help... General manager told me that my salesperson has a day off - next minute salesman is coming from bathroom - surprise surprise... Sorry for flood and offtopic...
When u buy a CL everything sound match. Thats b.s. that the bumper will have a different color. If it does it means that it has been hit. Carfax doesn't aways tell the whole story. Example someone hits their car and dont want their insurance to go up so they take it to a bodyshop and they fix the car. Carfax has no idea so it has the car as a clean car
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