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Originally Posted by gatoman39

I don't buy the factory bumper is a different color from the body argument. To the OP, take a good hard look at all these photos. If you can tell a difference between the bumpers and the body, then more power to you.
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That's pretty good match. Almost exhibition standard. Wait a min. It IS exhibition!!!

For exhibitions, the cars are give more attention to detail, especially coatings. Not just colour matching but also the clearcoat is often polished to smooth-out the surface, giving it almost mirror-like finish.

Bumper colour is not different from body. It should be the same and usually so. OEMs try hard to acheive this. However it is not easy and they can, and do, get it wrong sometimes. I could bore you to death with what goes on in an OEM on this issue, but let me spare you your lives.

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