View Full Version : Painting over chrome?!


Matt S
Aug 13 2001, 06:31pm
Does anybody know if my chrome bumper and grill can be painted over to match my truck?

ChrisC97
Aug 13 2001, 06:41pm
You would have to strip the chrome off. IMO your better off just finding a bumper from an xl ranger or something. And then selling your chrome one.

Mike R.
Aug 13 2001, 07:39pm
like he said, thats the best thing you could do is buy one thats "unchromed" like the XL..

thats wha i'd do:)

its hard work to sandblast that chrome off the bumpers.. & as for the grill, its chrome plated plastic & doesn't take to sandblasting very well. hehehe

Matt S
Aug 13 2001, 09:13pm
thats what I thought.. Thanks!

Mike R.
Aug 13 2001, 09:19pm
no prob man:)

Tate
Aug 13 2001, 11:23pm
If I were you, I'd just pull the plastic off the bumpers and paint that. That is what I did to mine, and I think it looks pretty good. The chrome accents it nicely, and you aren't stuck withe the gray-brown plastic still.

Ranger_X
Aug 15 2001, 12:35pm
i'm just gonna paint my plastic, seeing as how it saves my bumper from dings on a regular basis