RE: what do you hate?
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RE: what do you hate? - 2/13/2008 4:13:04 PM
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tdford
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ORIGINAL: sirnewt
Anyway, that led to me thinking about the strange paint effect on all the Outlander bumpers - come on everyone... you know what I'm talking about. Why are these bumpers a shade, or two, darker - I truly HATE that. When you look at them, I think they tried to put some type of clear coat over them to protect the plastic, but it makes the color look slightly different - WEIRD.
I dont notice any color variation between the front and rear bumpers and the rest of the body. So I dont agree with you there.
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I know what your talking about though. My last car had it. The front bumper was not a perfect match with the rest of the car. To sum it up, the body of the car is painted seperate from the bumpers, and other pieces (mirrors, handles etc). The bumpers are installed later, meaning they were painted at a different time, or even a different location. And even though they use top-notch paint booths and such, paint is still pretty delicate (temperature, humidy..etc). So saying that, it would not be out of the ordinary for pieces that were sprayed at different times or places to turn out a bit different.
The differences are usually unnoticable, and obviously they have quality standards. But for some colors its more noticable then others. sirnewt, you probably just got a match that isnt perfect. You could ask to have them replaced, but Im guessing the dealer would say they cant tell...
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