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ryanhardy Enthusiast

ryanhardy

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Would love to color match the front and rear bumper on my truck, main thing I'm wondering

 

-has anyone on here done it before?

-about how much did it cost/ has it held up?

-would it be more cost beneficial to just buy one already painted from the factory?

-I thought I saw a thread about someone with a high country wanting to trade for chrome bumpers. if that person's still out there I'd love to!

fjtort2 Enthusiast

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I was quoted $600 to color match my grill, front and rear bumpers. With a wrap not paint. I kept it stock for now.

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ryanhardy Enthusiast

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So a second question for this topic... talked with one of my buddies that paints at a local collision shop and he said it would be a bad idea as when you paint over chrome it chips badly.... I feel like I've seen other people paint their chrome bumpers and have had no issues with it.... any ideas or suggestions?

revrnd Senior Enthusiast

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So a second question for this topic... talked with one of my buddies that paints at a local collision shop and he said it would be a bad idea as when you paint over chrome it chips badly.... I feel like I've seen other people paint their chrome bumpers and have had no issues with it.... any ideas or suggestions?

I think the problem w/ painting chrome is that the surface is too smooth compared to bare metal (before priming).

bagged123 Enthusiast

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you would be better off on ordering them from the dealer or a junk yard, and if you have the sensors in the chrome ones, make sure you get the same ones from a salvage yard if you go that route. Me personally, I would just order them from the factory so I know everything matches up

ryanhardy Enthusiast

ryanhardy

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you would be better off on ordering them from the dealer or a junk yard, and if you have the sensors in the chrome ones, make sure you get the same ones from a salvage yard if you go that route. Me personally, I would just order them from the factory so I know everything matches up

ordering them from a dealer would more than double the price, which is why I'm asking about painting.... and these trucks are way too new to be in any of the salvage yards near me

MotionMan Enthusiast

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Wrap the chrome with white. You will hate paint, it's like a sand blaster up there, wrap white and it will look great, stuff will bounce off and it's easy to remove. You may not have to remove the bumper, that would be great but you can make this look better than paint.

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I had my chrome bumpers sand blasted and primer powdercated , then painted at local body shop no issues with paint peeling or easily chipped

revrnd Senior Enthusiast

revrnd

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I mentioned this to a friend about trying to paint chrome. He said trying epoxy primer & paint may offer better adherance & durability.

15dmax978 Enthusiast

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Vinyal wrap itt you will not be disappointed at all, 3 solid winters of great north woods weather taking a beating snow salt dirt rock chips etc..

4wdriver Enthusiast

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I had my chrome bumpers sand blasted and primer powdercated , then painted at local body shop no issues with paint peeling or easily chipped

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Probably wrap or powder coat is the best option even with the stock gm color matched bumpers get chipped up pretty quick from road debris n what not , going to pull mine off maybe in the summer and have it re-done

 

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My friend owns a body shop and quoted me a new Denali bumper with fog lights, bezels and paint it to match the truck for around $1800.00

The bumper shell is approx $1000.00 primered, paint is approx $350.00, fog lights and bezels approx $160.00 and labor.

They have complete bumpers on ebay but there around $1500.00 plus shipping and have some paint damage on them....

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