FINALLY!!! painted rockers and fresh bumper

Well as some of you may know i got rear ended about 2-3 months back and needed a new rear bumper cover. Well after a royal PITA with getting this thing, ( part being on back order and having a damaged bumper show up) Shes finally done.

I figured since she was going under the knife i might as well do what i have always wanted to have done on this car. I painted the rocker panels and got the bumper cover painted gt/cs style. I am very happy with the way it turned out. I noticed that my bumper is just a hair darker then the rest of the car due to fading. It is really hard to notice, but hopefully it will blend in soon

Here are some of the pics start to end, let me know what you think

bumper and rockers prepped and ready for paint




fresh paint




install time



shes a little dirty but just striped the bumper and cant wash her till tom.

looks good man, post a before pic beside an after pic

SVT_N8 wrote:looks good man, post a before pic beside an after pic

+ 100000

Juan, you call that body shop?

Looking good

SVT_N8 wrote:Juan, you call that body shop?

No, I will tomorrow!!

Awesome, Z!!!!! Looks sweet...like mine!!!!!

As far as the slightly darker bumper... I found out when having my car painted that not only is it G9, but there is also a shade lighter and darker with the same code Also, the primer color makes a difference! The car is prepped with gray primer underneath and your bumper is prepped in black. I had my car repainted with the black primer (to be slightly different than all the other factory VBs) and they didn't redo the window louvers... The louvers are a touch lighter than the body, but isn't that noticable depending on the lighting.