First was a dark silver metallic. It matched my wheels and has been my favorite.
About two months ago, I wrapped the surround in matte black vinyl. I also did the bridge part of the lower bumper. Here is the best pic I have of it.
Before I did the silver metallic, I had it done in a gloss black to match the paint. (no pics) That lasted about a week because I hated it. IMO the grill needs to have some sort of defenition from the paint and since you have a black car too, I wouldnt go with gloss black.
First was a dark silver metallic. It matched my wheels and has been my favorite.
About two months ago, I wrapped the surround in matte black vinyl. I also did the bridge part of the lower bumper. Here is the best pic I have of it.
Before I did the silver metallic, I had it done in a gloss black to match the paint. (no pics) That lasted about a week because I hated it. IMO the grill needs to have some sort of defenition from the paint and since you have a black car too, I wouldnt go with gloss black.
Thats an 02 front end? if so im doing this facelift it looks so damn nice, the bottom pic spasificly, can you also bolt up the stock 01 aeor lip to that bumper?
Its an 04-05 aero front. Its a direct bolt on for 02-03, but would take some more work to fit to an 01. Daveship did this though and there is thread around here somewhere about that transformation and what it would take to fit it. Also, the lip from the other aero bumpers does not fit on the 04-05. Tried that already.
AFAIK, the headlights need to be changed as they are a slightly different shape as well as the mounting points for the bumper itself. Have a search for daveships thread on the swap. I seem to remember he was pretty detailed about it. (Actually, I think his name on this forum is fatship) I can almost gaurantee that you would have to buy all the parts new since they are extremely hard to find used.
...as far as cost, i would say the total cost was about $1400.00 or about $600.00- $700.0 out of pocket (after sale of old parts) which included painting both the front and rear bumper skins....
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