I got my front bumper cover off for painting. The cover was repaired and painted (nick and scratches) but wrong color match. Not exactly dead on...I would like to remove a part from the car to take it to a second paint supplier for a better color match. Which part is easiest to remove. I was thinking about the fuel access cover, never remove it before? Is it easy? Or may be mirror cover? The spoiler can also be remove but can be damage while handling? Any help or suggestion is greatly appreciate, Thanks! J.P.

 

how about the side inlet scoops.

 

Depends how big an area - if you need something small how a bolt from the fender inside the hood.

 

Hum….Nervous about that one….

 

Very interesting suggestion. But these screws are not expose to sun….

 

How about the rear bumper cover?

 

Yes in fact, may be a new exhaust system soon so why not at the same time ;-)

Thank you all for your suggestions!!!

 

Perfect, kill two birds with one stone! Good luck and be sure to post up your new exhaust!

 

My first real mod I will , thanks!

 

scoop was the easiest/smallest i could think of i thought it's just clipped in? anyway.. good luck!

 

I was looking at it, saw a post about it long time ago and it seems not so bad to remove…Thanks for the suggestion!

 

A good painter is gonna look at the color match under different lighting conditions. The closer a matching part can be placed next to the painted part the better. Having the spoiler allows them to easily hold it right next to, over, under and/or at different angles to the painted part for good comparisons. I took my spoiler as the sample piece when I had the front bumper painted and it came out awesome. Any good shop will handle it with care. It probably helped that I had it gifted wrapped like a new born baby when I delivered it to them.

 

Take off the gas door.

 

Bought the tool to remove the spoiler and never used it…May be I should try Thanks for the suggestion.

 

That is the first thing I was looking at but could not figure how to remove it and was afraid to scratch it on removal…Finally Loren on Renntech provide me with the instruction to remove it. I could not found it in the repair manual because I was searching for a fuel door, a door, access, but the word they use is "filler flap"