painted bumpers?

[69cudafla]

anybody ever had bumpers painted?..mine are chrome and there is nowhere near here to rechrome them and i don't have the cash to get new ones any suggestions?

 

[340john]

Years ago I had a '71 Cuda and want elastomeric bumpers but couldn't afford them. So, I took my bumpers, welded on studs for the brackets and filled the holes so the bumper was smooth. Then took a 60 grit disc on a grinder and ground the bumper to fresh steel. followed that with 80 grit, then some basic bodywork to fix a few dings, primer and paint. Looked great when I was done. Was it correct...no, did it look perfectly original...no, but to the most onlookers, they received positive comments.

 

[69cudafla]

cool...all that really matters is that it looks good to you and that you like it!

 

[dusted72]

This is one of the members here he lives close to me. His look great I like them, some cars though it can be to much. But his looks nice.

 

[stroked 340]

Always though painting the bumpers make a car look cheap,like the owner was too cheap to spend the cash on doing it right..hope i don't offend anyone just my opinion..

 

[mr.318]

I think that the painted bumpers look ok. Theres a product called bulldog adehesion made by klean strip, that will let the paint stick and stay on chrome.I used it on some chrome rims painted 2 years ago still looks good

 

[MY68/6GT]

some mopar guys thought i had chopped the mounting brackets