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      10-28-2021, 04:41 PM   #32
Joe-BMW33
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I haven't pulled the trigger. I'm following your progress, feedback and review first.

In terms of the imperfections, although it's only a couple of hundred bucks, if any of the blemishes you referenced were visible from looking at it straight on from back, my OCD would drive me to swap it out. If they are underneath or on the edges in places not easily visible, I guess I could live with it. The trouble is, for the money, the quality control probably isn't there on all of them.

That white 1.5" chip on the left edge would be a non starter for me. I guess you could touch it up, but if you didn't, that would be an eye magnet for me.
I hear you, I don't like it either but the non-smoothness of paint is on the bottom, only two spots along peripheral edge. the white is annoying but also on the bottom, can't see it unless you crawl under rear bumper.

for 200$, if I exchange, the next one could be worse.
Yep, that's what I was thinking too. Hell if it's easy to put on, for $200 bucks, just swap in a new one every so often. Does the paint job look like it's going to chip and peel easily?
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