[img]http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8519/020920090211.jpg[/img] Just finnished fitting my new bumper and 2 days of machine polishing.i left the car parked under a tree for 2 months and was covered in tree sap and bird *******.a lesson learnt.

Lovely job mate, hard to tell that car is 10 years old!

Looking well. great job
lovely looking car

Lovely.

That is a very nice front bumper classy yet aggressive. Nice

Sam

Im having my front bumper (same as yours) and wing and bonnet sprayed soon, so was thinking of machine polishing the rest of the car to match. What did you use? Any tips?

I polish boats in work regularly, but thats gel coat and not paint. I've got a big proffesional machine and and a cutting sponge, polishing sponge, and lambs wool heads.

Car looks good

Gareth

Is the colour name Plantinum Ice of your Lexus? Do you know what the colour code is??

i used poorboys ssr2 swirl remover.then sonus sfx3 final finish from ultimate finish.co.uk.i then used harley wax by hand to finish off with.start with thecutting sponge and ssr2 to remove the swirl marks .i sprayed a little water on the paintwork as i went to stop the polish drying to quickly.do a pannel at a time and try not to linger to long at the edges .i used tape to mask of the edges of the pannel i had finished.steady as you go .polish away.some minor scratches needed a second going over.when your happy swap to the soft polishing sponge and sfx3 and go over the pannels with it just to give it a deep shine.finally go over with the wax by hand.stand back and admire your work. good luck.

is that a TTE bumper???
looks really good.

was on ebay described as a (focus) bumper but the only difference i can tell is on the lower lip in the middle it says sport where as the tte says tte.i think.it came from a guy who works for lexus.

Looks good but the colors dont match 100%(it seems). Still looks excelent though

i agree with you .it isnt a 100% match but when you see it in the flesh you dont notice it as much.it came to me second hand and already painted .lexus told me a while ago that in 1999 they had another shade of silver.then after 99 they changed the shade to platinum ice.i will maybe check with them to see if this is true.

Oh really?? But it still got the same color code?(1CO) Because i have a 1999 silver lexus and the touch up paint for it is way to dark