Blacking out chrome rear bumper

did you wrap it yourself?

 

Sounds like painting the bumper would be a real pain in the A55 from what everyone is saying. Apparently working with chrome isnt all that simple

 

yeah thinking about it now it was prolly a lot less than that, I had all most of my custom graphics done the same day so that figure is likely off. The guy who wrapped mine does a lot of custom wrapping for high end cars too

 

I'm gonna have my rear bumper powder coated black...There's a place out here that'll do it cheap

 

yes sir

 

sure you saved a bunch of money...how easy/hard was the process? you have any tips or pics of the process?

 

Yea, If I were you, I would just sell the chrome bumper you have, take that money and buy a painted one. Although these vinyl covered bumpers in this thread look really good!

 

It actually was not that bad. I did it at the beginning of summer, so it was nice and hot out, so the vinyl was nice and pliable. That added with a heat gun (but a hair drier will work too), a spray bottle full of water, and a rubber squeegee to remove any bubbles. I think overall it took about 2 hours.

I don't have any pics of the process, as I just hammered through it. One thing I would do next time is do it in sections. This time I did it all as one sheet and it was a pain. Doing it in sections (left, right, center) would make it so much easier. Once its on the truck, you don't see the lines or overlap anyways.