replacing grey/black bumper strips

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iv got a silver 3 dr '06 and the cars great but iv got some ugly grey, off colour bumpers and bumpers strips down the side of the car,
iv read in the forums of people trying to respray them but is it possible to buy replacements that match the colour of the paint work?
I dont have much patience to try and spray them so itd be great just to unclip the old grey ones and clip on the matching ones,
if anyone knows where to get them or the quickest/easiest way to change them, please post

[R55VYS]

take your car to a body shop and ask for a price to have them removed the spaces filled and full bumper resprayed, it will look mint, proper euro'd smooth and sexy, either that or look for a crashed meg that you can pinch the already painted bump strips from so you wont have to sand them flat. either way i dont think a paint shop would charge you to much to paint them all anyway.

[BlueMeganeII]

On a side note, the 225 doesn't have smooth door protectors, they are textured.

[Jammie667]

could you not unclip them and respray them yourself? Would prob be cheaper than a bodyshop.

[grosseberger]

i've just removed all the grey plastics trims to have them painted and the cheapest quote so far is £200

[downsyndromedhorse]

£200!!!! Woooah!!

I had a quote to respray bonnet, 2 doors & the boot on my sisters old 206 and that came to £260, and the finish was unbelievable.
Think you need to get some more quotes because that sounds extortionate to me!

[grosseberger]

i've been two a few body shops now and i'm down to £160
i had two quotes of £200 one at £350 and one at £450+vat

[downsyndromedhorse]

£450 + VAT!!! My god what are they using liquid platinum?

Well i'd say the £160 is getting nearer to the mark, are you having them smoothed off aswell? That price seems the most reasonable to me, What colour is your meg?

[grosseberger]

its Citrus Green and i've had two more quotes £125 and £80-£100
Its 1.5 DCi 80 bhp but not for long having it remapped at weekend
£200 from Remap Science mobile service
then i've just got to buy some tyres for my Wolfrace asia tec Suzuka 2 alloys got them of ebay for £91
had to due some work on them but they look alright now

[downsyndromedhorse]

Nice one! Should be coming on alright after all that. Thats a better price for the paintwork!!
You going to get her lowered when you get the alloys on?
Makes the car 100x better when its done.

Thats also a decent price for a remap! They taking it up to about 100bhp?

Also, get used to paying money out, you'll need it with a megane!! haha.

[grosseberger]

i know what you mean about lowering her but the problem there are far to many speed bumps were i live
regards the paint job hes doing them for £100 and hes going to refit them for me
i post some photos when the trims are back on
i had the remap and she drive a lot smoother, the bloke said the bhp was at least 105

[Paddy]

I have a black megane and covered them in 3M carbon wrap.

Looks well IMO.





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[BlueMeganeII]

Does look good, will be interested to see how this stands up the elements. I presume your just gonna paint the front and back insert?

[paulcwn]

do they come of very easy

[Paddy]

do they come of very easy

They do come off but require some effort.

I used a block of wood covered with a towel and knocked it with a hammer.

Trying not to hit the body work!