strife77

I copied CorradoMR2 and blacked out the bumper on my white F sport. I don't think I really like it. I blacked it out with PlastiDip and it has matt black finish to it. It makes it look more like a cheap rubber bumper...

I think I might have to do a glossy dark gray color like some of the new LS's.

Sorry for the dark images. Just hasn't been too sunny here for the past few weeks.

First pic is before. Next two are after.

rayaans

hmm im not a fan of that im afraid. Like you say, it looks like a cheap rubber bumper. I think you are better off staying with the white!

dennis09x

i agree, it's not quite doing the trick. White is beautiful in my opinion. It's hard to add to it. I've seen people use black on the roof with white vehicles. Not sure how it would add up in your case.

Woodrow

I would have thought that would look really good, but I agree. It seems too stark.

Maybe something more gray to soften the contrast with the bright white. Can you find a Plastidip color that matches the wheels (or close)? Or maybe something closer to the tint on the windows?

UCSB

Original looks better ... but, interesting exercise.

rayaans

I think its the plastic black on the bumper that doesnt give you the look you want. The LS has a body coloured and chrome bumper at the bottom, whereas the RX has a black plastic one.

dennis09x

maybe a chrome colored center piece instead of black? You can get that vinyl stuff in any color now.

ecr72

I've yet to see a chrome color vinyl that I like. I run a printing company and we're always looking at these products. Not for wraps but we'd love an alternative to rigid silver polyester for the chrome look.

As far as the pics above. I think the black center could work if it was framed a little better. Like the LS. If the bottom piece that comes black were painted white, I think it would work. As is, it just looks like something is missing.

Any issues with the parking sensors with the PlastiDip on it?

strife77

Thanks for looking everyone. I thought about chroming the bottom lip like the LS. I just need to find the right chrome vinyl. In that same respect, I would think the other part of the lip (beneath the foglight) needs to be white.

Concerning the parking sensors, I was very surprised that they still work fine. I did this as test knowing plastidip is removeable but I saw that there are several ridges in the sensors that might have made cleanup difficult. What I did was cover the sensors with bluetape and used my fingernails to lightly shape the blue tape into the circle shape of the sensors. The blue circles came out perfect and protected the sensors. After that, I plastidipped over the sensors thinking I would need to turn the parking sensors off. Low and behold, the sensors still worked.

corradoMR2

For what it's worth Strife77, I do like it more than the other folks but I have to admit a bias here. I'm glad you went for it and posted these great pics. It looks menacing. Darth Vader comes to mind. Imagine seeing that in a rear view mirror. However, I do agree with the others for a little shine and/or less black to more closely match the shiny dark gray sport grill above to give it a more ”factory” look. But if I had to pick between the matte black work you did and original Starfire bumper, my vote's with the black.

Keep posting your work, especially if you add chrome to the bottom. I like this idea and I may take this one from you in return for mine

peh

I like it. Looks agressive.

Silver10

I like it as well

shaolin

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looks great. Now, can you start your next project and make the rear look more aggressive?

Vroomin350

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looks good IMO

MEP7557

Now that the IS-F sport is out it looks very similar to that. I have to say I don't mind it. No chrome. Then it will look like VW.