I believe they would be assembled there in Akita, Japan. However, parts for the car depend on the supplier, So, Toyota may have contracted a company to make bumpers for them here. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

the cars that are assembled get painted, none of the additional bumpers, or sheetmetal gets painted. the sheetmetal comes in a black ecoat and the bumpers all come in raw plastic.

 

KK, makes sense now. Well so much for that

 

I have the same problem. The dealer cost for a new raw plastic bumper cover for scion xa is $218 here in Hawaii. Of course not painted but shipping cost probably added into it. I have to replace mine due to a small accident on the front corner of my xa. The bumper was clipped at the front and wrinkled on impact a little bit towards the passenger headlights. So it is definitely not a bondo work (considring its also plastic?), but in need of replacing of a new bumper cover. I'm looking into buying the stock bumper cover and getting it painted. I am also replacing the bumper covers on my own. I'm not jacking this thread, just close enough topic that can be answered in one and help both the author and I in this issue.

Does anyone have any schematics on how to take of the stock front bumper cover? Since the bumper covers are flexible and are plastic, what should a body shop use as a primer to prevent the paint from cracking?

 

i am interested in a thread with an xA bumper cover removal as well. My bumper should be here any day now so it would be good to know how to swap the bumper covers.

 

its easy. there are some screws and clips on the bottom of the cover that connect to the lower splash shields, there is one bolt on each side where the cover and fender meet at the rear most point. youll have to pull the grill off, easy, just some clips. there are 3 plastic clips under the grill. remember to unplug any driving/corner lights before pulling the cover too far away from the car.

as for your bodyshop question.. they will need to use a plastic adhesion promoter under the basecoat and some flex additive in the clear coat

 

[quote="autopainter13"]Thank you autopainter13, I hope this helps the author as well. I got a quote from a paintshop at $300 bucks to paint the new not mounted front bumper . It doesn't sound like a deal and I dont know if that's the going rate here in Hawaii. I know you mentioned half of this is your price. The color is flint mica stock from toyota. The only problem is I jumped into a deal to quickly. I didnt want to haul the bumper anywherelse since it was getting late. Now I'm thinking of getting my bumper back from the body shop tomorrow.