Painting Front bumper?
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Safety Car
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Painting Front bumper?
I need to repaint my front bumper to get rid of some rock chips. I'm trying to decide whether or not to remove the bumper myself and take it to the paint shop to be painted or leave it on the car to be painted. I'm very picky about overspray and tape lines. If I take the bumper off then I don't have to worry about these issues but I'll have to worry about the paint matching. Is torch red hard to color match? Anyone have experience dealing with body shops painting the bumper? Any tips? ect. 
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Your painter should just blow in (blend in) the chips and then clear the whole thing. That way, you get the chips covered but the original paint colour left at the edges where it meets the rest of the panels so it should still match as well.
Peter
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Remove it
I've had Daily Driver bumper painted on the car on my Lexus, it can be done with no signs but,... if you pull it there can be no overspray issues and it can be shot all the way under the nose. I'm picky and I can see where the shop that did my lexus cleared over junk in the wheel well area, pisses me off every time I detail it.
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Agreed-this is a great way to do this unless you have a LOT of chips and/or large imperfections.
