| Tried something different.... (Bumper) [message #64929] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 15:28  |
Mike O'Connell
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Registered: November 2008
Location: Deerfield MA
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I had a fairly ugly bumper and I'm doing a "novel" paint job so I was looking to change the chrome to black. I used Rustoleum bedliner. It's not as thick as some bedliners and appears to stay on and resist scratches very well. It was a little harder to spray on (I used the spray but it does come in a liquid too) than regular spray paint in that it's heavy and the can nozzle really pours it out. I had the bumpers off and layed them pointing up which kept the sagging to a minimum.
The finish is a matte black with some texture but not at all blobby.
The Co-Pilot says it looks "tough".
Mike O'Connell
Deerfield, MA
'75 Eleganza
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tried something different.... (Bumper) [message #64932 is a reply to message #64930] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 15:43  |
Ray Erspamer
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Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin
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Do like they do on the Jeeps and mount a winch there too for when you go off-roading.....cool !!
Ray & Lisa Erspamer
78 Royale Center Kitchen
The Malosco Cruiser (TZE368V101144)
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226
Email: 78GMC-Royale@att.net
414-745-3188
Web Site: http://ray-lisa.page.tl/
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From: Tripp 33 <trippguy@hotmail.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Thu, November 19, 2009 3:32:29 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Tried something different.... (Bumper)
I am in the same boat with my crusty/rust infested chrome bumpers but I am looking at trying something a little different. I am looking at replacing it with black pipe. (2) 5" pipes at 7' long with end caps welded on would make a solid bumper and to quote the greatest movie of all time "Slapshot" here you go,
"Hey, what are you doing to the bus?
-Making it look mean!"
Jeff MacMillan
Toledo, OH
1978 Transmode limo/bus
"WILD ROVER"
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> Subject: [GMCnet] Tried something different.... (Bumper)
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> I had a fairly ugly bumper and I'm doing a "novel" paint job so I was looking to change the chrome to black. I used Rustoleum bedliner. It's not as thick as some bedliners and appears to stay on and resist scratches very well. It was a little harder to spray on (I used the spray but it does come in a liquid too) than regular spray paint in that it's heavy and the can nozzle really pours it out. I had the bumpers off and layed them pointing up which kept the sagging to a minimum.
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> The finish is a matte black with some texture but not at all blobby.
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> The Co-Pilot says it looks "tough".
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> Mike O'Connell
> Deerfield, MA
> '75 Eleganza
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| Re: [GMCnet] Tried something different.... (Bumper) [message #64946 is a reply to message #64932] |
Thu, 19 November 2009 17:35 |
tphipps
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Location: Spanish Fort, AL
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In college, a friend of mine had a summer job in the oil fields of Texas. His old Ford pick-up needed new bumpers. He used drill pipe and welded up a set. Very impressive, but he left the ends rough cut, nobody ever cut him off.
Tom Phipps,
Texas A&I, 1970
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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