Step Forward: Installed Kenwood Sirius antenna on the rear deck behind the rear seats (inside the car) and it works with no problem (i was a little worried that the roof would block the signal).
First step backward: Huge rock puts a chip in my window outside of NYC on the way to Philly for the holiday.
GIANT step backward: There I was, sleeping calmly at home over Thanksgiving while visiting my parents. Unknowingly, my mom was outside backing her white Toyota Highlander into the center of my nice black MSP rear bumper. Needless to say, when I was woken up to be told this wonderful news I was less than happy. I have a nice large white paint mark on my rear bumper along with some cracked/missing paint of my own.
So the problem becomes, what to do to fix the bumper?
I have heard there are concerns with repainting the Black Mica paint, especially on the plastic parts of the MSP, so I am hesitant to just have it repainted (especially since there is a minor crease in the bumper now and I have little confidence that it can be fixed). I also have found that cars are rarely the same after parts are repainted and blended to the existing paint.
Would it be foolish to buy a whole new bumper? And are they even available from someone (possibly Mazda) prepainted with the Black Mica paint? I suppose I could get an aftermarket bumper, something simple and clean since I don't want some crazy bodykit look, but they aremost likely more expensive once they are painted.
Anyone had to replace/repaint the rear bumper on their MSP?
First step backward: Huge rock puts a chip in my window outside of NYC on the way to Philly for the holiday.
GIANT step backward: There I was, sleeping calmly at home over Thanksgiving while visiting my parents. Unknowingly, my mom was outside backing her white Toyota Highlander into the center of my nice black MSP rear bumper. Needless to say, when I was woken up to be told this wonderful news I was less than happy. I have a nice large white paint mark on my rear bumper along with some cracked/missing paint of my own.
So the problem becomes, what to do to fix the bumper?
I have heard there are concerns with repainting the Black Mica paint, especially on the plastic parts of the MSP, so I am hesitant to just have it repainted (especially since there is a minor crease in the bumper now and I have little confidence that it can be fixed). I also have found that cars are rarely the same after parts are repainted and blended to the existing paint.
Would it be foolish to buy a whole new bumper? And are they even available from someone (possibly Mazda) prepainted with the Black Mica paint? I suppose I could get an aftermarket bumper, something simple and clean since I don't want some crazy bodykit look, but they aremost likely more expensive once they are painted.
Anyone had to replace/repaint the rear bumper on their MSP?
