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Old 05-17-2004, 01:49 PM
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Chips marks on Brabus front bumper....

I just installed my Brabus bumper about 1 month ago, and now I just noticed that I have lots of chip marks at the front lip of the bumper!!! Do you guys have this problem? Is this normal or is it b/c of a bad paint job? I drive normally, and with my old OEM bumper, hardly any chip marks on the bumper, the hood yes, bumper no. But now with the Brabus front bumper, there are tons of chip marks.
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rock chips on all bumpers are normal. If your car is lowered, you will experience more chip marks. If you want to have a chipless bumper, i can only recommend you get Xpel. But yeah rock chips are normal. I have some on my bumper. Just get some touch-up paint from the dealer and touch up your bumper.
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Questions to both of you: did the bodyshop who painted your bumpers experience ANY difficulties when painting the bodykit? Did they complain the QUALITY of the bumper and the fitment of the chrome strips? Please share your paint and install experience.
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Questions to both of you: did the bodyshop who painted your bumpers experience ANY difficulties when painting the bodykit? Did they complain the QUALITY of the bumper and the fitment of the chrome strips? Please share your paint and install experience.
As for paint, they did a good job. the color match was great and they had no problem with it. YES they had a hard time with the chrome strips. It was a really tight fit, and still it doesnt fit 100% porperly.
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Yes they complained about the poor quality of the Brabus bumper, not the material but the wax or wather they use prepare for the paint job. The paint job came out great! The chrome strips don't fit either, I need to use super clue and see if it will stay on.
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hey clk2k3, post some pics.

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