Bumpers To Paint Or Not To Paint

[AMC74Hornet@xxxxxxxxx (Mr. AMC)]

Frank the 77 AMX  flairs are made to flow with the body and blend into
it. The 78 Concord AMX & Eagle flairs look like a cheap after thought
add on from JC Whitney in my opinion and look that way unfortunately.
They could be made to look better with a contrasting color to the body.
The 77 AMX flairs look like they were designed for the car. The  overall
impact of the car being it is already orange if quite an eye catcher. A
few subtle details that no one would notice like the shaved bumper bolts
and painted bumpers and 77 AMX flairs and rear window louver painted the
body color, no AMX decals or stripes to set off the car and keep the
less knowledgable AMC fan trying to figure out what makes the car stand
out. My yellow Hornet has been flamed, striped, louvered and flared
since 1978, a cop magnet!!!!. Subtle but striking is my theme for the
orange car. The only thing I may go for other than the stock factory pin
stripe is a set of ghost flames on the hood in the pattern of my yellow
car that I designed and painted in 1978. I can also sympathise with you
about cost over runs on a project. Even though I spent way more than I
expected, what would have I have gotten if I bought a cookie cutter 4
door front wheel drive ricer for he same money? I have a car I like and
can fix and am not one of the many stepford car drivers out there or
people into hot rods where the drive train in 99% of all the cars no
matter what brand is a Chevy 350/350. One other point that makes all my
car guy friends jealous is I don't have to answer to my wife!!!!!!!  
"Doc"