Has anyone powder coated their stock bumpers? Was thinking about blasting our original bumpers and making them black. Curious if anyone had any photos or experience with doing that in the past.
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Powder coated bumpers?
- Thread starter 84k5oleyeller
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are you going to be able to blast them or have to send them out?
here's a painted front bumper
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We have the ability to blast ourselves. Was just curious if anyone else had done it. Yes cost is a concern but also would like to use as many original parts for the rebuild.
Haven't done bumpers but have had a few motorcycle frames and a spare tire carrier done. They turned out great. The guy that does mine doesn't want me to sandblast because he's very picky about any grease, fingerprints etc so he goes over it again anyway before it goes into the oven. He's pretty good at filling in small pits and defects
Don't powder blast. Use a urethane paint.
Powder coat is the worst coating you can use for corrosion control on a vehicle that is not a show car/garage queen. You will get a much better life out of automotive paint systems on anything you use in real life.
It might not be the best, but it's certainly not the worst. It's way more durable than POR-15 or bedliner and much harder to scratch than regular paint. It's also better at hiding imperfections than paint is, especially if you use a textured finish. You can also touch it up with some oil-based paint of the same color and sheen. For a chrome bumper, you'll have to blast or etch to get adhesion, so a shiny paint requires additional prep work.
I have powder coated plate-steel bumpers and it's been holding up great. The back one was done probably 15+ years ago.
Looks like painting will be the way to go.
Also with paint you can touch it up in the future if needed. With powder coat not so easy.
