johnday in BFE

iTrader: (1)

Looks good!
I've got the same thing going on with the front bumper on my Ranger. What bedliner/rock guard did you use, or are they all paintable?

HacksawMark

Yellowed out the fogs. $15.

Trevor Stross

It's a Canadian brand but most of the ones that harden (and not the soft asphalt ones) are paintable when dry. It'll say on the can. Turned out very well. Local body shop mixed a rattle can of blue flame metallic that's a perfect match except that the black rock guard undercoat made the blue slightly darker than the rest but still. Thanks also!

johnday in BFE

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the info. Getting a Ca. brand is no problem for me, I'm in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario every day. LOL
Just wondering if you hadn't sprayed some white or light grey primer on that, if that wouldn't have prevented the darkening. I'm going to wind up buying a new bumper for mine, the OEM one has been painted a couple times already. I think I may be better off starting from scratch due to the pitting.

Trevor Stross

Yeah definitely would have been closer to perfect match with a lighter primer. Either way I'm happy the win is getting rid of the rust bubbles. Likely better for you to start from scratch with the previous repaints. Hope it goes well!

Blown F-150

Canadian Tire has a few options for decent spray on bedliner. Have you thought about using 3M film after refinishing the bumper in the past? It works pretty good and if it gets really beaten up, removed and re-applied. Obviously it won't work over bedliner, but works well if you get the bumper re-finished OEM style.

Trevor Stross

Thanks for the pro tip. Next time I'm in Ontario we can meet up so I can scrutinize your truck/hobbies/and boyfriend.

M0RRIS

I have to agree with him. It looks like you take pride in your truck since you added aftermarket lights and larger tires. Then you get to the bumper and see the flaws. Sanding and more prep would have helped those blemishes.

johnday in BFE

iTrader: (1)

That's another good option, and I thought of that in the past when I PTMed my grille surround on the 150. Think I'll do the coin toss thing when get time to remove the bumper. Both options would work.

winchested

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