Painting Over Aftermarket Bumper Factory Finish

Hey guys, before my question, here's a little backstory.

After several weeks of waiting, I finally got my money back from placing my Pelfreybilt bankruptcy credit card dispute. Earlier this summer I woke up to find that my rear bumper had become the victim of a hit and run. Given the damage to my truck and growing interest to purchase an aftermarket bumper, I decided to pull the trigger on a Pelfreybilt rear. I ended up purchasing an un-finished bare metal rear bumper with the intent of painting it to match my body.

Now that the Pelfreybilt dust has settled, I'm finally looking to ditch my damaged stock bumper and purchase another replacement. Unfortunately the bumper I want to buy comes pre-finished from Fab Fours (https://fabfours.com/product/premium-rear-bumper-11/).

So my question is, can I paint overtop of the pre-finished Fab Fours rear bumper? If not, what steps do I need to take before I can have it painted?

Thanks!

 

Degrease,primer,and paint.

 

Thanks @lynlan1819

 

Make sure each coat is dry,before adding another.Take your time and do it right.

 

I've been advised by multiple body shops that I shouldn't paint over the powder coating. Ideally my finished product is color matched to the truck with some sort of black anti-slip surface on the step (similar to the factory look/plastic).

Any other thoughts?

 

Sand blasting would be the easiest. I’ve stripped powder coat off with a side grinder and wire brush. All though I don’t suggest that method

 

Have you contacted Fab Four to request an unfinished bumper?

I bet they’ll be able to do that for you.

 

@PackCon in retrospect, that's what I should have done, but I didn't think about it at the time. I think I've came to the conclusion that I will need to sandblast. I just need to figure out how I'm finishing it afterwards. Would it be possible to re-powder coat and color match the body exactly or is that typically something that a certain number of "factory" colors.

 

Because you have a super white truck... the answer might be yes.

I know there are some users on here with matched white bumpers. I wonder if they are all painted or powder coated.

Thats a good question for a local powder coater.

 

So it sounds like assuming they can color match, I could sandblast, paint white, then use black plasti-dip or something to add back the "factory" step/black areas. I'm guessing that might be my best option.

 

I’m also in the market for powder coating my Pelfreybilt bumper that I picked up at the BAMF sale.
http://bayareametalfab.3dcartstores.com/Pelfreybilt-Inventory-_c_30.html
I have an 09 4Runner “Natural White” (code 056).

Did you have any luck finding a match for your color?
If so, what powder product and code did you use?
I’ve been looking at “Prismatic Powders”, RAL9003, Pearl white.

 

Ask them to ship you a non powder coated unit, at an adjusted price of course.

If they won't, shop for another brand that will

 

Definitely go with a non-powder coated option if it is available. The only guy who does powder coating locally has been waiting on new removal equipment so I haven't gotten my done yet. We did look at his sample chips and he had 2 or 3 close matches. I didn't put much effort into looking at it though as I still have to have the old stuff removed and my truck wasn't clean when we compared the color chips.

 

Definitely have the truck clean and in as bright of a natural light as possible. Weather you’re going with paint match or powder match it’s equally important. I’m in California and have lots of powder coat options to me locally. Even if I wanted to drive or ship there even more available that route.

Just curious what your paint code is. My 4Runner is 2009 ,056, Natural White.

 

I'm assuming at this point that you're going to start with an un-painted bumper. What most folks fail to understand though is that it's the pre-paint steps that make or break a good paint job. And this is particularly true if road salt is used in your area. (Last time I checked, Pittsburgh uses it.) So assuming you start with a fresh, media blasted bumper, I'd recommend a good cleaning / degreasing. Follow that immediately with a good metal prep solution to get the metal ready for primer. Eastwood actually makes a product that does both:

https://www.eastwood.com/ew-after-b...MI8Ozc5Jvn4AIVw4-zCh1Qywv0EAQYAyABEgJvyfD_BwE

Next, a couple of coats of a really good primer, then paint or powder coating.