Shaved sidemarkers

[EtaSport]

I got this crazy idea the other day to shave my sidemarkers on my aluminum bumpered eta. I figured that since the euro cars didnt have sidemarkers and I dont have the plastic bumpers to buy the euro trim, I could do this myself. Has anyone ever attemepted this? I need to repaint my bumper surrounds anyway so why not fill in the wholes and go shaved? Any input, comments, questions welcome. Thanks guys.

[Ryan Stewart]

that is way too much effort for a crappy US bumper. Just paint over the lense black like TJ did on his.

[EtaSport]

I have painted the sidemarkers, and yea I got the idea from TJ just out of coincidence.. I was just toying with the idea of going shaved. I will just mention that I'm completely blacked out and all my trim is body color and I thought it would give it the cleanest look possible. I know what you mean by being a heck of a lot of work just to do that (guess thats why i havent seen it done yet), but I still may give it a try if i get bored this spring. It does look a lot better with the markers painted however.

[UNHCLL]

Its virtualy impossible to do on those rubber bumper surrounds.

It wont work.

[Jordan]

Its virtualy impossible to do on those rubber bumper surrounds.

It wont work.

Exactly, rubber shrinks and expands with changing temps much different then plastic filler and or fiberglass will. Not to mention you wont get a good bond

[EtaSport]

Well, that finalizes it. I think I'll stick with my black markers. Thanks for the info though. Knowing me if I wouldnt have asked first I would have done it thinking I was real cool and then watched everything deteriorate, crack, or fall off over time. Plastic bumper conversion may be in the near future now.

[Jordan]

Plastic bumper conversion may be in the near future now.

Yet another poorly thought out idea.

[EtaSport]

Looks like im going to keep my car exactly the way it is.

[PatNy]

just get euro bumpers if u wanna give ur eta a lil spice...or tuck em! Plastic bumpers arent worth the money IMO.....

[EtaSport]

Oh yea.. I agree. I would rather have european bumpers than anything. I really wasnt being serious about the plastic ones because frankly if I had the money to buy them Id use it to get something else. No, jordan was right.. just not thinking. Besides that stuff probably wouldnt line up good anyway.

[capnamerica]

good to see my post are being deleted as soon as jordan gets wind of them.... communist...

[Jordan]

good to see my post are being deleted as soon as jordan gets wind of them.... communist...

Your first ignorant post was kindfully deleted and overlooked.

Calling me a communist will not be. Good bye.

[MattM20]

just get euro bumpers if u wanna give ur eta a lil spice...or tuck em! Plastic bumpers arent worth the money IMO.....

late plastic bumpers are worth it to some, if youre concerned about more than looks. the euro bumpers offer virtually no protection in a collision, and would be costly to find and replace.