Painting bumper trim body color?

[318driver]

This summer ill be switching My Metal bumpers too plasticbumpers and i was thinking about the bumper trim. I just saw some pics of Teds car and i like the trim painted body color, but im not too sure if i like it fully. My car is a convertable calypso. so if someone could photoshop aarons car that would be great too. Thanks guys.

[bwanac]

Black please!

Need some contrast, at least in my opinion. To much of something is not always good, or cleaner looking! Keep it classic.

[aaron_silva]

Black euro moldings.

Aaron

[Ryan Stewart]

Black euro moldings.

Aaron

Ditto, except for the Aaron part; my name is Ryan.

[318driver]

i was also thinking of euro moldings painted body color. I think it does make the car look cleaner. Aaron, could you please do a PS on your car for me. We have basically the same car. (minus the wheels suspension and hardtop) hah, thanks

[aaron_silva]

Trust me. Black and calypso work very well together. Since you have the latter style tails, go with black euro moldings, smoked front indicators, and smoke rear lights. I had smoked rears on my car and I didnt like them. I just dont care for the smoked tails offered for the later style lights.

Smoked indicators...

[aaron_silva]

P.S.- Ryan,

[318driver]

My 91 is basically a 90, No Difference. I have the early taillights. i like the earlystyle taillights. I like the euro grills and smoked turnsignals.

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage2.wtdr/i=wMjkzOTQ3NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg

P.S. Before anyones checked i have already checked out the vin number. It Is a 91 and i think was made in either july or june, i dont remember which. All i know is that if it were made a few mounths later id have small plastic bumpers. :( [/img]

[Bloodline 04]

Andrew my mom used to have a black 91 325i convert like yours. It was made in June.
All I know is that August 91' 325ic's were short bumpers..You missed the short bumpers by a month or so.
why don't you just get the euro chrome bumpers like Ryan? IMHO that would look ridiculous on a carbrio. Then save up $ and get an Alpina euro bumper cabrio front spoiler(exact as Ryans) and get a popular rear apron.
You have the early taillights so I suggest smoked 8)

[318driver]

Im not looking to put that much money into it. Euro bumpers are too hard to find and the front airdam too. Maybe at the time when im ready if i come across some ill change my mind, but for right now im planing on doing the plastic bumper swap. I want to get rid of all the chrome on my car. Im not a big fan of it, it makes it look too classic i think. For now, after i get my wheels(end of the month) ill be searching junk yards for bumpers and the valance. I already have an IS lip. So ill probably be collecting the peices one at a time and then when i have them all ready ill have them painted and then ill put them on the car. I figure it could probably be finished by late June or july. Thanks for the help. I'll probably end up going with black bumper trim. thanks guys.

PS
Aaron. I love your car. Drop an M50 in it :twisted:

[Streetspec_iS]

i really like the color coded look ... when i did it to my old car, it look awesome ... like totally different car ... hard to explain, but it makes the e30 look much newer. but i do like the contrast of the black strips too.

[m42technic]

My old car came w/ painted bumper trim. I never really decided if I prefered black or the body colored stuff...

[M42Technik]

Get an M-Tech II kit and you won't have to worry about choosing to keep it black or paint it! :up: