08Screw

So over the past few weeks I have been wanting to do something with my chrome front/rear bumpers. I am ultimatley going with the white/black look and the bumpers seem to be one of the hardest things for me to change. I plan on getting the Saleen Black Grill and then painting the surround white so that should be pretty easy.

I have searched around but I get mixed messages about painting the chrome. I have also considered powder coating but if the two white colors don't match it will look like crap. I also considered doing them black but I'm not sure what will look the best. Any suggestions/opinions are welcome as I am going to be gone for two weeks and when I get back I want to get it taken care of. I don't have any use for a offroad style bumper and idealy an OEM replacement in the Oxford white would be my choice but they are hard to come by and cost a fortune at the dealerships.

Thanks for the help. Here is a pic of my current ride.

Oh and I am also changing the running boards to black as well...

ak_cowboy

You shouldn't have any problems getting the powdercoating to match. Otherwise, having it painted black would look pretty mean and complement your black rims.

UnleashedFord

i painted mine

tell me if this album link works

http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...ryang/bumpers/

its all the pictures to what i did to my bumpers

ak_cowboy

They worked and look good

UnleashedFord

haha thanks, well he can check it out and see if thats what he wants to do

08Screw

That is exactly what I would like to do. Thanks for the pic's. If you don't mind me asking what steps did you take to paint over the chrome. I don't know anything about the paintiing process other than it looks like you just hit it with some primer and then the paint. I have also heard some people use some type of adheasion promoter or something like that to get it to stick to the chrome.

Good job truck looks good.

Yeah I thought about the black I might have to get my wife to photoshop some stuff for me so I can see how that would look.

Thanks for the suggestions.

rockymtnrider

I've been wanting to do this too. I'm going for the red and black. One thing I wonder is how the rocker panels will look if I leave them red and have black bumpers. So I'm thinking about Rhino Lining the rocker panels to match. But after looking at Unleashed's photos I wonder if I should get them painted red. Now I have the same dilema.

yz85rider2002

it will look good when your done

08Screw

So I checked some of my local shops and was quoted around $100 to sandblast both bumpers and $200 or less to have them powdercoated. They said they have a few samples for me to look at so I can match the white color but it will have to be done by eye.

I am thinking of going this route but I am still not sure whether I want to do WHITE or BLACK.

Thanks to those who gave me some input hopefully I can get this done when I get back from vacation.

madeSICC

I thik black would look pretty sick. especially with black steps. white would look clean too but I think black would look really original