Remove chrome from bumper caps....or paint over?

Might just have to do the same while I get some inferno ones.

 

I was planning on doing the same thing until I run across a good deal on a set of white ones, we have a lot of wrecking yards locally im plan on checking those out as well.

 

White should be fairly easy to find...

DAMN YOU, inferno!

 

He quoted me $150 for the pair.
After it was all done and his shop installed them, I paid $212 installed.

 

Glad that I could help.

Mine is still holding strong.

 

Remove it! So much easier and cleaner

 

"Remove it" Do you mean you peeled off the "chrome" from the plastic and it was just black underneath?

 

I had mine vinyl wrapped about two years ago and they are still holding up well.

I recently saw a truck that had the bumper caps sprayed with bed liner and I really liked the look. I was thinking about trying something similar. I've read of people using Dupli-Color Truck Bed Coating, Dupli-Color Rocker Guard, Rust-Oleoum Truck Bed Liner, 3M Gravel Guard or even VHT Wrinkle Plus Paint. Does anyone have experience with these inexpensive DIY sprays and whether or not they are a viable option?

 

Nope, remove it as in take that shit off and replace it. They are chrome caps that can be removed. I bought black plastic caps to replace it with.

 

Finally gone!

 

Looks good!

 

Did you paint the black plastic ones you installed? I just received some black ones and they appear to be primered. Do I need to paint those or? Haha.

 

Nope, I actually like the look of it but I mean people do get them painted.

 

So your caps are just primerd too?

 

Yup, there’s a picture of it above.

 

I chose the dip method. 10/15 mins of prep with a 5 yr old. When complete it was “picky wife approved”. This was very fresh. It flattened and looks great. As stated above;”picky wife approved”. Cost me $10, looks like $1Mil. Full disclosure, slight texture look to it, can be solved by warmer can and a little more patience. But very happy I went this route.

 

Looks great!

 

After getting my taco the chrome was a huge eyesore for me- went the body matching route (figuring if it doesn't work out I'll just bed liner it).
All in only cost about $35 and took an afternoon, and evening re-assembly ($35 if you don't count the beers....).
Based on the threads here, and advice, the process I did was:

Scuffed it then used adhesion promoter (3 coats), top coat (4 coats) and clear coat (2 rounds of 3 coats each).
Looks fantastic, really happy with it, but I hope it holds up...skeptical....