| Bumper Repair/Restore [message #63507] |
Sun, 08 November 2009 19:22  |
Rick Williams
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Registered: July 2004
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Good Evening All
It was a beautiful day in the UP today. Sunny and mid 50's. The dogs and I did some ruffed grouse hunting.
I have been thinking about the options for improving my bumpers. They are original chrome and are in good shape except for several small dents in the rear due to the previous owner's careless backing. There is of course some pitting but overall they are not too bad.
But I am considering having them powder coated. My coach and jeep wrangler are the same gold color with black trim. The only chrome on either vehicle are the coach bumpers. Black bumpers would look good.
Has anyone done this? From what I can tell, the best solution is to have a chrome shop strip the chrome and then powder coat. Anything else may not work well. The small dents could be repaired before powder coating.
There were a few coaches made with painted bumpers and if I could find someone who wanted to trade painted for chrome, it might be cheaper to prep a painted bumper for powder coating.
But again, I would like to know if any of you have stripped the chrome and powder coated your bumpers.
I know that there are bumper covers, but I do not want those. Thanks as always for your input.
Rick
Rick Williams
Bliss, Michigan
1978 Eleganza II
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