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Originally Posted by Laurence
Another pet peeve, why are bumpers now made of and painted the same color of the rest of the car?* Bumpers are there to protect the car from real damage, not be some gaudy addition that costs $800 to repaint!* My Jeep Grand Cherokee was one of the few models that still had Black bumpers (and the upgraded model has the useless painted ones!) and I've taken several hits that have left a scuff or a crease, but nothing you could see from more than six inches.* Alas, Jeep redesigned it this year and painted the bumpers, too.* My Volvo is painted bumpers as well.*
Hey Brewer, if memory serves me, Subaru's have real bumpers still, right?
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Outside of pickups, I think very few vehicles have the old skool bumpers. Just a case's worth of beer cans aluminum streteched over the bumper shocks, covered in plastic/rubber, and paint. Rinse and repeat.
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