It took me less than an hour or so to do the actual cover. I did my sequential taillight wiring at the same time, so my total time spent on the cover was skewed. The old cover comes off in about 10 minutes working slowly. You then need to swap out the inner support brace from the old cover to the new one along with the wiring harness. Not at all tough, but there's one more tool you'll need - a drill. You need a drill anyway so that shouldn't be an issue. From that point the new cover goes on in less than 10 minutes as well. The instructions that come with the kit are very comprehensive and simple in case you have any reservations. I would suggest doing the parts swap from the old cover to the new one on a soft surface, like your living room carpet if you can get away with it.

 

Thanks for the taking the time to go through it for me considering I was having reservations... As a lament I can always use the help and experience!!

 

Reading this post and finding other sourses from Ford really helped me out.The dealer woud have charged me another $150.00 if I hadn't told them about their own accesrories websites.

 

Actually, at first I thought it was Ford's site, but it turns out it's not. It IS pretty convincing though nonetheless. The price was the best I could find. My dealer wanted over $500 for this kit - no installation included.

 

looking into doing this.. confused tho.. the 319+ 20.48 to ship is the gt/cs version unpainted correct?

 

As far as I know that is correct... I haven't order mine yet but I seriously doubt for $320 it would be painted.

 

yeah i just trying to make sure that its the whole bumer .. LOL.. .i dont know what accessorey cover means... ... thats were I got lost at.. and theres two differnt ones.. ones just about 40 dollars cheaper

 

My dealer came through for me.They ordered the front CS Fascia kit from the "Genuine Ford " Place.Kit included hardware,lower bumper assembly and the cover itself.$359.00, free shipping.

 

Correct, it's unpainted, save for the center diffuser section which is a satin black.

 

sorry this is the rear gt/cs fasica correct

 

I am confused; what are you talking about here?

 

Oh no. Here we go again. LOL
The center diffuser section on the GT/CS rear bumper cover is already painted black when you get it.

 

No, I know that, but I didn't understand why you were saying it. I wish I had a dollar for everytime someone asked what the difference between the GT/CS and GT500 bumper were...

 

armycook1981 was verifying the cost was for an "unpainted" bumper. RobK was clarifying that it was partially painted.

 

Ok, I was just confused for a minute. Do you guys think it would look better in glossy black or the flat black that it comes in?

 

Flat, (or semi-gloss/satin) IMO, since it's a piece of trim. i.e. side mirrors, weatherstriping, grille, etc.
Also, because of it's location, it'll stay dirty. BTW, just plain flat black is harder to clean than satin / semi-gloss.

The textured bumper paint that a few people have used would be best, IMO.

 

I was told 400 from a local body shop for painting the bumper. Kinda high alright

 

So, maybe a dumb question, whats the difference between a production bumper cover and an accessory bumper cover?

 

Is $400 for paint and install or just paint?

 

It's actually an accessory KIT. It includes a few extra parts required for the install as opposed to just the raw cover. It actually makes it an even BETTER deal. Also, remember that the production cover was much less expensive, but Ford bumped the price folks started buying them for conversions. They just haven't gotten around to bumping the price of the kits.