Painting Bumper
 

Ok so i re painted my grille flat black and came out nice(pics up soon). now the two part bumper needs to match, cant take that faded grey look. I can prep the plastic part fine im just not sure how to prep the metal part of the bumper need some tips. thanks

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Another VC 805er nice. From what I have heard the chrome bumpers are hard to paint...going to need to get it really roughed up and use a good adhesion promoter and primer...IIRC

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nice some one in so cal! But mine is not crome so i should be able to get it clean to paint
i talked to my local paint guy and he gave me some really good tips.

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You probably have the same bumper as me. Im thinking about painting mine, lets see some pics when your done.

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Oh my bad...then it should be pretty easy...

I am actually just on the other side of the county in Simi.

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o nice i bought my truck in simi, looks like this friday im going to start on the project.

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I painted a couple of ranger bumpers. I paint for a hobby, and to pay for parts and what not. Anyways, with a painted bumper, get it sandblasted first. It will save you butt in the long run. Once you get it home, get on the rubber gloves, dont touch the metal with your grimmy fingers. Clean off the bumper with rubbing alcohal, or paint prep. Go get a can of self-etching primmer. Not the grey primmer that says its self-etching, but the green self-etching stuff! Use a tack cloth and get off all the dust. That is very important. Spray on a thin coat until all the metal shine is gone, and your bumper is all tinted green. After thats dry, tach it again, and hit it with a regular primmer. You can use one from the can if you dont have the equipment. When thats dry you have two choices, you can go for a super smooth finish, or a dont care if it looks like ass finish. So if you do care, get some 400 grit and wrap it around a sponge and dip it in a pale of water. Sand off all the orange peal and clean your bumper again. Dry it, tach it and your ready for paint. 3 to 4 coats of base color, and over due the clear, you will like the added clear when you need to sand out a scratch in the future. Hope that helps, sorry for the misspelled words, im tired