Fully painted rear bumper

[TheBlueMartin]

Ive seen the new 3.2 S-Line A6's have fully painted rear bumpers, but what about the C5? I just bought a rear 'valance' for the 02-04 4.2 with the exhaust tip cutouts, and am going to have it grafted (plastic welded) on.

Has anyone ever seen it painted instead of that dark grey?? Any thoughts??
[confused]

[slee22]

I think it looks pretty good painted. So you just bought the gray part, without the bumper? That's I want to do (I have one cutout). Where did you get it, and how much will it be to get it grafted?

[TheBlueMartin]

Well, LL Tek has one, but they want too much for it. I just bought a 2002 cutout for a A6 3.0 (with exhaust cutouts, the 2002-04 part is rivited on and replacable). Ill roto-zip the current one out, have a friend plastic weld the new one in, and have a bodyshop fill in any rough spots, sand it, and paint it.
A co-worker of mine backed into me a few months ago, so he's going to cover most of the paint cost. [:D] The cut-out should be here this week, I just need to find time to pick it up.

[TheBlueMartin]

The valance arrived on friday (along with my Eibach Sports). What kind of aftermarket tips are you guys running, and what size?