22kart22

hey guys. I have a used o5 gt. There is one little ding in the rear bumper that has a "bolt mark" and its obvious it came from a licenceplate. Its barely noticable tho.

Anyways, in the sun you can see that the rear bumper is a slightly ligher black, and it wasnt repainted as far as I know. Again, only in bright sunlight.

Is this normal on a black car?

How can I tell if it was original

PROMETHEUS PRIME

I haven't notice a difference of shade on mine. Check to see if any of the bolts have been off. The heads would be marked from a wrench turning them. And send me your VIN, I'll run the oasis report to see if anything comes up.

22kart22

well i did the checks and nothing came up but here.


thanks alot by the way

1ZVFT82HX55162339

there are no actual bolts that I know of holding it on, just nylon push-bolts, but even then there is a little play in the rear bumper

PROMETHEUS PRIME

Nothing came up. Sounds fishy though.

22kart22

yeah. is/was your rear held on by nylons?

Eleanor06

Most cars have a slight shade diffrance,due to the bumpers being polyurethane,and the quarter panel's being sheet metal.Two diffrent materials,and curing techniques.And black is one of those colors that shows any flaws,so I wouldn't think it's been wrecked!

Feng Houzi

Holy crap! My 05 Mineral Gray GT has that same issue... I saw it when I was out on the flightline in the hot sun doing PT... made my stomach drop... I went home and checked Carfax... 5 hits! Ended up just being the selling and trading generating records causing hits and such... but Mine does it too!

22kart22

yep. nothing ever happened to the car. Just wanted to know...

thanks to all of you