i had my from bumper replaced at a body shop a few months ago and i have noticed the lower black grilles are chipping the black paint off. I didn't think the oem grilles were painted and i was told this was oem, can someone confirm the lower grilles are not painted and just black plastic from factory?

 

chipping to what color ? 0.0 it should just be black plastic regardless

 

it looks like they replaced the bumper with a cheap aftermarket one ,i remember it being solid black plastic. it looks white or silver under the paint wtf right?

 

^ whs, mine are solid black plastic on the S at least

 

ok thanks now i will tell the shop they need to give me oem i paid for

 

Yep, the OEM bumper is just black plastic. They may have primered the entire bumper, painted the grill black and the rest your body color, although that's really going above and beyond -- something i don't see a lot of paint shops doing.

Pic of my OEM prior to painting.

 

thanks for the pics.. i may post a few tomorrow of mine

 

+1 the lower grill is just black plastic through and through. Definitely not painted plastic.