Plastic bumpers are pansy-assed. Am I right?
They’re OK by me. My polymer chemist acquaintance was working on mold-in-color (plastic injection molding) where he could have the painted bumper come out of the molding machine. He prolly could’ve put the paint industry out of business with regards to car parts. He could even do metallics. I worked side by side with him for many years in automotive. Truly smart guy with patents on his work. His ideas were squashed on many levels.
(that’s a whole interesting story for another time)
Better living through chemistry? It depends.