E30 Zone

Are facelift base model black plastic bumpers mechanically different to body coloured, or are they just the same thing unpainted?

Looking at a base model and wondering if I can just get the bumpers painted.

Thanks.

You could get them painted, but you will probably need to smoothen them out by rubbing them down, then plastic primering, then possibly filler-primering and flatting it all smooth, prior to painting and clear-coating them.