Front Bumper fade

Hi Guys

I recently bought a 96 RSP supra and yesterday noticed that from the front of the car the bumper looks a little lighter than the rest of the car. I have inspected the bumper and it seems to be the original with no signs of a respray so is it that the paint could have faded?

From certain angles you can't even notice it and the bottom of the bumper appears to be slightly darker so do you think that the colour could have faded over time?

I'd like to hear from any Supra owners that have had or noticed a similar thing with their cars especially RSP supras.

Trev

sometimes the paint fades different on plastics compared to metal,like when you see red cars with pink bumpers,it might have been painted due to stone chips or had like a bug cleaner sprayed on etc throughout the years.

I have taken some pictures so ill post them up when I get home. I did think that it might be that the bumpers are plastic and the other panels are metal so there might be a slight variation in colour.

Does anyone know how much a respray on the front bumper would be and how closely matched do you think a bodyshop could get the paint?

I have just been looking for some pictures of other RSP supras on here and I found one image of Jakes Supra that looks like it might have the same problem as mine

In other pictures it looks spot on but this in the one above there seems to be a colour difference between the bumper and the rest of the car

thats like most silver supras the back bumper is different colour even though its not been sparyed thats why i sprayed my car black

Is this due to age or is it just a case that its always going to be a problem getting the paint to match on plastic surfaces?

Me again

Right I have attached a few pictures of the bumper in question. What do you guys think. Does this need a respray and if so do you think a decent bodyshop will be able to match the bumper with the rest of the car?

The body shop will have no problem painting that mate...looks like its just fade,they will get the code look at the chips,then decide whats best and paint it.

The body shop will have no problem painting that mate...looks like its just fade,they will get the code look at the chips,then decide whats best and paint it.

Cool, any ideas how much i should be looking at for a respray or any decent bodyshops?

It depends mate...base coat and laquer...also if they are going to take it off to paint,id get a couple of quotes to see what the difference is.

My paint was faded on the bumper too - as has been said, some colours tend to exhibit fade where there's plastic. Though garaged all its life, the 1A1 on mine (coincidentally a pearl colour too) has had the same issue.

It'll cost you around £200+ to get it done nicely.