bumper stripes???

**kjohnson** · 03-30-2009

i just bought this car not to long ago and its starting to warm up so i decided id start cleaning and getting it to look the way it should. so the first project of many are these stripes on my lower frount bumper. there smooth and i havnt taken any kind of cleaner to them yet i was just wondering if this is normall.

http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/w...owerbumper.jpg

sorry i couldnt upload it directly. i couldnt figure it out. help on that would be great as well because im sure ill have to do that again.

**RedLedbetter** · 03-30-2009

ive got a little bit of that going on too, although mines not that bad

**kjohnson** · 03-30-2009

any ideas besides something crazy like repainting it to make it go away. it kinda buggs me

**Quicklynx** · 03-30-2009

I'm curious what causes those. You haven't taken any cleaner to them though. I wash my car at least every other week so I never really notice stripes, and if it's a paint problem it hasn't effected my car at 135k miles.

**Bio248** · 03-30-2009

ive never seen that before. you sure it isnt just dirt from rain or anything? is it permanent?

**Quicklynx** · 03-31-2009

I'm wondering if that has anything to do directly with the airflow through the slits in the front bumper. I'm thinking that is the high traffic zone for the air to pass through with higher pressure, resulting in the debris to stick. My guess, and it's just a guess, is the stripes are mostly salt. Dirt and other debris stick on your car but salt sticks real good.

I doubt you'd do it and not even sure I recommend it without further investigation, but maybe give it a little taste, haha.

**kjohnson** · 03-31-2009

haha i think ill stay away from the taste test but is there anything you guys would recommend to remove it?

**Quicklynx** · 03-31-2009

not sure.... maybe wash your car and try one of the tar removers that is safe for your paint... something thats strong like that...

**Golgo13** · 03-31-2009

Bumper ever been repainted?

**boosting98** · 03-31-2009

try rubbing compound. if that don't work. maybe try wet sanding it?

**lazie82** · 03-31-2009

those are cracks in your bumper, it comes through the paint. even if you paint over them they will show up again.

**kjohnson** · 03-31-2009

so is there a way that removes them or at least makes them less noticeable?

**Quicklynx** · 03-31-2009

I guess not... if those are cracks you have a few options.

1.Could probably have a body shop fix it
2. Get a new front bumper and have it painted, or
3. (What I would do) get the SD Air Dam, put that sucker over it and have it repainted... oh yea! You have an excuse, haha, take advantage of it.

I find these days if I want to do something to my car I need an excuse or else my g/f gets angry that I spend money. Luckily a deer messed up my fender, door, and hood, so now I'm getting the whole car repainted, bumper ridges molded out, side molding taken off, SD Hood(CF)/AirDam/Spoiler(CF), and potentially shaved doors... not sure thats a good idea cuz occasionally it gets cold enough my doors freeze shut...

**lazie82** · 03-31-2009

the only way is to take it to a body shop so they can put fiberglass over the cracks and repaint it, or get a new bumper its up to you. you can repaint it again without fiberglass but the cracks will show up again eventualy..

**Quicklynx** · 03-31-2009

Originally Posted by lazie82

the only way is to take it to a body shop so they can put fiberglass over the cracks and repaint it, or get a new bumper its up to you. you can repaint it again without fiberglass but the cracks will show up again eventualy..

you should reinforce that he should get the SD Air Dam....

thats what I think he should do, haha

**kjohnson** · 03-31-2009

what do they look like, where do i buy them, and what do they help?

sorry i dont know alot about these so im just interested. thanks for the help guys little stuff like this really bothers me

**lazie82** · 04-01-2009

you can get the sd air dam at grandprixstore.com... but you would have to paint that to match your car color also. i had the same problem on my gp I painted it twice and the cracks just came back...so i got a new bumper problem fixed. fiberglass will work too just take it to a good body shop..

**Quicklynx** · 04-01-2009

yea grandprixstore.com has what you need

It will cover over where your stripes are and then you can get your whole bumper painted and blended...

**kjohnson** · 04-01-2009

haha did i mentoin that im going to colege soon. i just about died when i saw it would be 300 dollors after shipping. dont get me wrong i really like the way that it looks but the first major project i want to do is get my headlights upgraded. so unless i can find one at a juckyard or something like that i dont think ill be able to swing that one.

any other fixes that mabe i could do at home? i know taking it to a body shop needs to happen because both the frount and rear bumper needs to be repainted because of some pretty good scratches but i really dont have that kind of money. how much do you guys think it would cost to just get both bumpers painted so they look stock?