02-27-2023, 05:10 PM | #1 |
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Painted Bumpers
Hello, I have a 2007 GMC I am getting ready to sell. The truck has aftermarket black painted bumpers front and rear. The type you see a lot in the south, I would call the front a cow pusher/grill protector type.
The bumpers look a little ratty from time and sunlight, the paint is getting a little thin with light surface rust on a few edges. I thought about removing them and possibly stripping them and repainting. But now am reconsidering that and may just clean well, scuff with a 3m pad, sand the few rusted areas, and repaint on the truck. So my question is what paint to use? I could spray with puff cans if there is a product that is of high quality, or I could roll with a small foam roller. Thoughts from folks here would be appreciated.
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02-27-2023, 08:00 PM | #2 |
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Re: Painted Bumpers
i did the bumpers on my ol blazer with the rattlecan bedliner..looked pretty decent and help up for yrs. its not a real ruff texture
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02-28-2023, 01:01 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, I have been considering rolling on Hurculiner. I did that on an old 99 Blazer S-10 that I had once. It had nice red paint with faded out black bumpers. It helped and held up well.
I've also been looking at POR 15 paint.
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02-28-2023, 02:46 AM | #4 |
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Re: Painted Bumpers
herculiner in the aerosol cans is what i used
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Re: Painted Bumpers
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It will fade out unless you use a topcoat. Krylon (Fusion) hammer finish paint is good, If a rattle can paint job is all you are looking for.
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02-28-2023, 10:56 AM | #6 |
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Re: Painted Bumpers
If your selling, I would just scuff and paint. A lot of potential buyers might not want bedliner on the bumpers. Its probably not that easy to remove.
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02-28-2023, 12:04 PM | #7 |
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Re: Painted Bumpers
That is true, once the bedliner is on there it is going to stay there.
My son thinks I should find stock bumpers for it, because he thinks those bumpers may turn off some buyers. I'm not interested in that expense! They were on there when I bought it out of Dallas in 2015.
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02-28-2023, 02:44 PM | #8 |
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I've had good luck with SEM or Eastwood chassis black epoxy paints in aerosol cans. Good luck! :-)
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Well I settled on a Hurculiner kit. Bought a gallon and only used 1/3 of it, turned out well. The front is still drying in my shop, then I will put the grill, headlights and turn signals back on. I also ditched the tube running boards.
I'll post after pics. Greg
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03-12-2023, 08:02 PM | #10 |
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Here are pics, I'm happy with the results.
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03-13-2023, 09:17 AM | #11 |
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Re: Painted Bumpers
looks great!!
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