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01-18-2010, 1:22pm | #1 | ||||||
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Where can I get a pre-painted oem front plate surround?
I remember awhile back some vendors were pre-painting the OEM front plate surround. I'd like to purchase one on Torch Red. I plan on driving this car a whole bunch and don't want to donate anymore to the commonwealth than I have to. Plus, I think the car looks perfectly fine w/ a front plate when running the panit matched frame.
For reference here's the OEM bit from Ecklers Thanks, Brian
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C5 Corvette License Plate Surround 1997-2004 Front Factory Colors - Mid America Motorworks
And here's one that you can get real cheap, and paint: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-Co...16239008r34071 Last edited by DropTheTop; 01-18-2010 at 1:43pm. |
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Hmmm... buy one pre-done and call it a day, or buy the oem one and prime/sand/paint it... Leaning toward just buying a pre-done one. That way if I'm not happy w/ the paint match I can return to the vendor.
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Me personally, I bought mine from Kewl, (when they were still in business) and called it a day. |
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^ I emailed KEWL... are they no longer in business? And yeah I did read the auction details... funny!
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$90 bucks. http://www.kewlauto.com/2.htm |
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I went ahead and paid the extra $9 and ordered from Mid America.
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I think Kewl prefers to do business that way, as Mid America orders and stocks everything, in every color. It's easier and far more efficient to do that sort of stuff in large batches, rather then custom paint one item at a time for individual customers (like Kewl used to do) and have the customers endure the resulting long lead times for a simple painted part. As I see it, Kewl doesn't have the means to keep that rather huge amount of inventory like MA does, nor the means to advertise like MA does, so the arrangement works well for everyone. |
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