this weekend i'm am going to attempt to repaint my ranger, trying to bring it back from it's hellish paint. I was wondering if I could sand the chrome bumpers and the chrome pieces above the grill and put them in primer, if I rough the chrome up pretty good will the primer hold? (going to paint my ranger a "Royal Blue" with black bumpers and black trim) thanks - Cherokee

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1993 FORD Ranger XLT 2.3L 5 Speed Regular cab Short Bed
Mods: Grill Mod Throttle Cable Mod Night Shaded Tail & Cab Lights 8.8" Rear 4:10 Gears Straight Piped Flowmaster 40 No Cats

Yes. But you could use bedliner as well

I used that rust-oleum bedliner on my centercaps (I paint with patience and take all the proper steps) and they looked great until summer came. now they very faded, never again will I paint with bedliner unless im doing the inside of my bed haha, but thanks for the suggestion!

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1993 FORD Ranger XLT 2.3L 5 Speed Regular cab Short Bed
Mods: Grill Mod Throttle Cable Mod Night Shaded Tail & Cab Lights 8.8" Rear 4:10 Gears Straight Piped Flowmaster 40 No Cats

You can plasti dip them. Plastidip will not fade! And if you don't like it you peel it off. I had it on my chrome bumpers for a while but decided I wanted chrome back and peeled it right off

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1997 B2300 reg cab 2.3 Lima, 15x8.5 Mickey Thompson classic 2, 31x10.50 cooper discover at3, 7.5 open 4.10 rear, dynomax super turbo catback, alpine iva-w200 w/ nav, kicker 6x8s, alpine type R 8, alpine 250W mono amp, power bass 400.4, tool box & camper shell, compustar alarm/remote start.
1956 Ford F100 rust bucket with big plans!

Doesnt last as long though
and it sucks to peel off after 2 weeks

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95 Ranger XLT 4x2 2.3 I4 5 speed 206,000 *dead*
96 Ranger XLT 4x4 4.0 V6 5 speed 173,000 *alive*
D35 front, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, limited slip rear diff

Mine lasted months with no issues. I just didn't like the look. If you pull the bumpers and make sure you cover it all it will stay

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1997 B2300 reg cab 2.3 Lima, 15x8.5 Mickey Thompson classic 2, 31x10.50 cooper discover at3, 7.5 open 4.10 rear, dynomax super turbo catback, alpine iva-w200 w/ nav, kicker 6x8s, alpine type R 8, alpine 250W mono amp, power bass 400.4, tool box & camper shell, compustar alarm/remote start.
1956 Ford F100 rust bucket with big plans!

i have heard a lot about plasti-dip, but i do not enjoy buying things online and waiting for them to be shipped, does like pepboys, o'rielys, or autozone carry plasti-dip?

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1993 FORD Ranger XLT 2.3L 5 Speed Regular cab Short Bed
Mods: Grill Mod Throttle Cable Mod Night Shaded Tail & Cab Lights 8.8" Rear 4:10 Gears Straight Piped Flowmaster 40 No Cats

Home Depot has it

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1997 B2300 reg cab 2.3 Lima, 15x8.5 Mickey Thompson classic 2, 31x10.50 cooper discover at3, 7.5 open 4.10 rear, dynomax super turbo catback, alpine iva-w200 w/ nav, kicker 6x8s, alpine type R 8, alpine 250W mono amp, power bass 400.4, tool box & camper shell, compustar alarm/remote start.
1956 Ford F100 rust bucket with big plans!

home depot lowes most likely

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95 Ranger XLT 4x2 2.3 I4 5 speed 206,000 *dead*
96 Ranger XLT 4x4 4.0 V6 5 speed 173,000 *alive*
D35 front, 8.8 rear, 3.73 gears, limited slip rear diff

oh sweet, literally right across the street!

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1993 FORD Ranger XLT 2.3L 5 Speed Regular cab Short Bed
Mods: Grill Mod Throttle Cable Mod Night Shaded Tail & Cab Lights 8.8" Rear 4:10 Gears Straight Piped Flowmaster 40 No Cats

I bought I think 4 cans maybe 5. It was enough to go both bumpers. All emblems. And wheels and all got like 5 coats each.

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1997 B2300 reg cab 2.3 Lima, 15x8.5 Mickey Thompson classic 2, 31x10.50 cooper discover at3, 7.5 open 4.10 rear, dynomax super turbo catback, alpine iva-w200 w/ nav, kicker 6x8s, alpine type R 8, alpine 250W mono amp, power bass 400.4, tool box & camper shell, compustar alarm/remote start.
1956 Ford F100 rust bucket with big plans!

when i paint my ranger i'm thinkin 3 coats of primer (sanding entire truck and doing dent work) and 3-4 coats of paint....seriously thinking about a hoodscoop.....

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1993 FORD Ranger XLT 2.3L 5 Speed Regular cab Short Bed
Mods: Grill Mod Throttle Cable Mod Night Shaded Tail & Cab Lights 8.8" Rear 4:10 Gears Straight Piped Flowmaster 40 No Cats

I love powerdomes but that's a newer ranger thing. I thought about a hood scoop but think it would look funny.

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1997 B2300 reg cab 2.3 Lima, 15x8.5 Mickey Thompson classic 2, 31x10.50 cooper discover at3, 7.5 open 4.10 rear, dynomax super turbo catback, alpine iva-w200 w/ nav, kicker 6x8s, alpine type R 8, alpine 250W mono amp, power bass 400.4, tool box & camper shell, compustar alarm/remote start.
1956 Ford F100 rust bucket with big plans!

at pepboys they have a decent looking hoodscoop for 40-ish, i was thinking about drilling a few holes in the hood and covering them with some thin metal screens (so debris doesn't make its way into the engine bay) and mount the hoodscoop on top.

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1993 FORD Ranger XLT 2.3L 5 Speed Regular cab Short Bed
Mods: Grill Mod Throttle Cable Mod Night Shaded Tail & Cab Lights 8.8" Rear 4:10 Gears Straight Piped Flowmaster 40 No Cats

It's all up to you on what you want.

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1997 B2300 reg cab 2.3 Lima, 15x8.5 Mickey Thompson classic 2, 31x10.50 cooper discover at3, 7.5 open 4.10 rear, dynomax super turbo catback, alpine iva-w200 w/ nav, kicker 6x8s, alpine type R 8, alpine 250W mono amp, power bass 400.4, tool box & camper shell, compustar alarm/remote start.
1956 Ford F100 rust bucket with big plans!