Painted Chrome Bumper

Been thinking about doing this for a while... Sat down in garage, cracked a beer, stared down my enemy (chrome), and proceeded to whoop its ass!!
What do you guys think??

 

looks damn good i did the same thing to mine

 

what did you paint it with?

 

How did you prep it?

 

I used a scotch brite wheel (red) to knock some shine off/scuff. Then i used some self-etch primer (3 very light coats) and then topcoat with some VHT rollbar paint-satin black (3 coats). No clear coat right now, prob not gonna bother with it. The key is to make the coats "painfully" light.

 

We will see how well it actually holds up

 

Nice

 

Well really, just the initial adhesion coat. After that you're just painting paint.
There's a sweet spot. between dusting and dripping..

 

"sweet spot" is exactly right...

 

If anyone in the KC area wants to do this, and not risk screwing up their bumper, I'll have a chrome bumper available in a few weeks. It has a dent in it, so I'm getting a new one. The dent can be beat out if all you're going to do is paint it...........

 

Looks great!

 

Looks good, I'm having mine powder coated next week

 

Has anyone used plastidip?

 

Please... just.. please stop the plastidip madness.

 

Looks good. The paint job came out excellent. Did you remove it, or leave the bumper on the truck while painting?

For the other guys that have already done this:

How long ago did you do this, and how is it holding up?

 

I did mine before Thanksgiving, and it has held up pretty good so far. The color is not an exact match but it is close enough

 

If it doesn't hold up I know there are plastic covers available. They look stock when applied and are available in different colours.

 

Plasti dipped my bumper last night. This is the most convenient alternative. Cheap and hardly no prep work, just make sure the surface is somewhat clean.

Yes the plates say retired at 31.

 

Where did you find this? How does it look? And gaps?

 

Retired at 31? Can I have your old job?!!