'08 silver bullet

[kathyb]

Originally Posted by Boo

I'm going to order the Bumper Bully too if no one gives it to me for Christmas. Thanks for the info about it (6 inches wider than Bumper Badger is a good thing). I wasn't even aware of Bumper Bully until you posted about it.



Hmmm ... maybe you can go to Westchester to pick up my daughter from college on Friday?

Sounds like you're having fun. Happy Holidays.

So did you get the bumper bully for Christmas It's much more sturier than the bumper badger. Practically covers the entire back bumper except for the corners. So far so good no dings just yet and I have a total of 120 miles on the car....working all day in NYC leaves little time for driving long distances.

[Boo]

Nah, I failed to circulate a Christmas list this year so I got the usual sweaters, books, gift cards, etc.

Glad to hear that the Bumper Bully fits well/covers more than the Bumper Badger. Another good thing about it is that it's much better looking than the Bumper Badger ... it's Prius worthy lol.

I know what you mean about not getting to drive the Prius much, living and working in NYC. I'm going to end up with fewer than 3000 miles after the first year.

Why do we even own a car in the City? Dunno. I just like cars. Always have.

[kathyb]

Originally Posted by Boo

CORRECTION: To be safe, for the front bumper strips, you should order two (2) 3.5' Strips (not 3' Strips) --- you might need a tad or some of the extra half foot in order locate the strip properly or where you want it.

Hi,
OK- so it's been awhile and I've got close to 500 miles on the car! I only drive on weekends but now I too am a victim of paralell parking on NYC streets and have several scratches on the passenger side corner back bumper It was victim to someone's raggedy edge license plate...
I just ordered a paint pen with the correct toyota paint number.
I am seriously thinking about the bumper protector you recommended.
I just sent for the only metallic silver sample.
I didn't see anyother silver that I thought would match.
Would you still be willing to come to Brooklyn and help with the installation? I need someone with experience in this kind of thing.
Just let me know one way or another.

Hope all is well.....

[Boo]

Hi Kathy,

Sure, I can come to Brooklyn or you can come into Manhattan, whatever works best. Do you have a decent place in Brooklyn where we would have some room to work? Something more than a parallel parking spot so that one of us could stand back 10 feet or so to make sure the bumper strips are going on straight. If not, then I'd suggest we install them on the grounds of my apartment complex -- I have some interior roads we could use. That's where I installed my own and IndyTrailMike's (he lives in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, but came into my place for the install).

Sorry to hear about your corner bumper scratches/scrapes. I had many scratches on my bumpers before I put the bumper strips on. Lucky for me, the bumper strips covered all those scratches. Maybe that's the case with your scratches too, i.e., they would have to be located within the 2 inches above the center crease of the bumper.

I think I told you before that another PriusChatter, Christo, thought that "Brite Silver" was a good match to your Classic Silver Metallic. If the one color sample you ordered isn't satisfactory to you, you probably should order samples of the other 3 silver colors. At only $2 each, you probably should order them anyway to be safe. But it's up to you.

And remember, that if you order the strips themselves, you'll need 2" wide strips in the following lengths: Two (2) 3.5' strips for the Front; and one (1) 8' strip for the Rear.

BTW, Toyota of Manhattan wanted $220 to install those strips!! I'm considerably cheaper ($0), but you have to promise not to harm or yell at me if I don't install them perfectly.

Anyways, feel free to contact me at any time. But if you want to be sure to reach me, you should PM me (or email me at llgmwork@aol.com) instead of posting to this thread.

[kathyb]

Thanks Tom.....I'll wait for the sample to arrive.
I have put your aol address in my address book for future.

I live 10 seconds from Prospect Park. My parking spot is directly across from the park in an outdoor lot which I think will work for putting those strips on. I'll be honest I haven't been to Manhattan with the car yet
The furthest I've been is Belle Harbour....

I'll be back in touch- I ordered paint pen in the color of the car.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by kathyb

Thanks Tom.....I'll wait for the sample to arrive.
I have put your aol address in my address book for future.

I live 10 seconds from Prospect Park. My parking spot is directly across from the park in an outdoor lot which I think will work for putting those strips on. I'll be honest I haven't been to Manhattan with the car yet
The furthest I've been is Belle Harbour....

I'll be back in touch- I ordered paint pen in the color of the car.

Cool, Prospect Park and environs is convenient for me. I'll have no problem at all getting there.

BTW, those paint pens are good. But they can be a little runny, so be careful about wiping any excess paint off quickly and smoothing out the touch-up. When I use touch up pens or paint I like to clean up and smooth the job out with scratch remover (I use Meguire's Scratch-X).

BTW #2 (Sharpies Rule!!): For thin or small paint scratches and nicks, especially on the bumpers, I actually prefer using an ordinary, fine point Sharpie -- it's much less runny than touch up paint pens, and you can be much more precise with it. And it's cheap and effective too. I think for your Classic Silver, you might be able to get away with using the common Sharpie gray color or the common Sharpie silver metallic color that people usually use to write on dark surfaces. But if it turns out that you need or want a better or exact color match -- try the Sharpie's artist/art supplies store cousin, Prismacolor pens, which come in like a hundred or more colors and shades. In this regard, when you get your paint pen, you should find an extra piece of white plastic or heavy white paper somewhere in the house or thrash and mark it with your paint pen. Then, you could take that piece of paint-pen-marked white plastic or paper to the art supplies store and test and compare the different Prismacolor silver colors on it.

[Spectra]

Have used Sharpies to touch up places where the "mariner blue" paint has simply flaked off the hard-top of my '90 Miata --- to no avail