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  1. 04-08-2010, 09:58 PM #1
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    Impact guard strips painting

    After changing my front bumper from my stock 325i to the m3 replica bumper. With the new bumper it does not have the black bumper trim, and now I am wanting to paint all the impact guards to my body color white. I am looking for a DIY on painting the strips to save some money and ideas of where I can go to get alpine white paint exactly. Thank you
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    So....your sure you want your car completely white?

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    Quote Originally Posted by danewilson77 View Post
    So....your sure you want your car completely white?
    Yeah I don't like not having the impact strips on the front so I want to go all white.
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    Re: Impact guard strips painting

    There's a ton of threads about it. I'd find them for you but I'm on my phone....

    Long story short order vinyl from beacon graphics or a local shop or something and wrap the molding strips. It'll last a long time and be MUCH cheaper. It actually matches incredibly well too.

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    Hmmm... Interesting I can get the vinyl color matched to my car? How much would this cost a rough est. is good
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    Quote Originally Posted by HavocNC View Post
    Yeah I don't like not having the impact strips on the front so I want to go all white.
    Soo....your just talking about the bumper....not the door strips?

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    I think he wants all the moldings white, if you do the vinyl post some pics. I have been wondering the same.
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  8. 04-09-2010, 11:29 AM #8
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    Read these two in order:

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    It's funny how nobody knew how the moulding came off...
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    Do you know about how much wrap you'd need?
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