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I just bought a new bumper directly from Nissan and the whole thing was off gray, so the section in question would have to be painted. I could see where

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Old 02-24-2014, 10:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I just bought a new bumper directly from Nissan and the whole thing was off gray, so the section in question would have to be painted. I could see where a reconditioned front bumper would be black, normally they do have a primer on them.
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I just bought a new bumper directly from Nissan and the whole thing was off gray, so the section in question would have to be painted. I could see where a reconditioned front bumper would be black, normally they do have a primer on them.
thats odd. i have a nice gouge/scrape in my bumper that is thru all the paint and primer and its black as night.
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thats odd. i have a nice gouge/scrape in my bumper that is thru all the paint and primer and its black as night.
I agree, actually, I remember I plasti dip the bottom part of the bumper and I never taped that center piece and the color matched it anyways
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The black plasti dip matching with the center piece
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I just bought a new bumper directly from Nissan and the whole thing was off gray, so the section in question would have to be painted. I could see where a reconditioned front bumper would be black, normally they do have a primer on them.
Hmm... So it's gray? looks like I have to paint it to black. Or plasti dip.
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