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Subject:Re: Fiberglass Bumper Color
From:Jim Felder
Date:Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:15:53 -0600

I chose the wrong color once when I repainted my Carat's bumpers. I chose a
shade too dark but you know what? It still looked great. I have a stock
rear fiberglass bumper here with stock paint if anyone wants a picture of
the color. Not that that would do one a whole lot of good.

Jim

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:12 PM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:

>   In a message dated 1/29/2014 3:03:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jim.felder@gmail.com writes:
>
> Carats with fiberglass bumpers used a medium silver called cloud grey I
> think. If it isn't cloud grey, it's the lighter one, the lightest one being
> reserved for the alloy wheels. I believe that one was called diamond point.
> The paint code is easy to look up on line. The "rub strip" on Carat bumpers
> was painted satin black.
>
>
>
> and to make it even more confusing, the '87-'88 wolfsburgs  used a
> different color for the fiberglass bumpers/skirts than the '89-'91
> carats.   the '87-'88 wolfsburg bumper color was kinda greenish silver..
> it was called Jade metallic. LN6V
>