Bumpers

[israel63]

Question- is it best to re chrome or buy new after market bumpers?

 

[Shimmy]

i think it depends on condition and how attached you are to the originals. only you can answer that

 

[56f100bbw]

Around here chrome is getting really expensive to triple plate some of us going to Nogales Mexico and you hope you get it back. they do pretty nice work but I bet you they’re going to shut them all down in the United States if things keep going the way they are because of the hazardous waste.

 

[SteveL]

If you're talking aftermarket stock replacements I would loo into re- chroming the originals.

 

[Jonathan_Cole]

I just went through this same thing. I wanted to have my 66 bumpers repaired but I haven't found anyone nearby to do them.

I ended up buying a set of replacements from wild horses.

If I find somewhere to get mine repaired I'd still like to get them done.

 

[76YETI]

Powder coat in a chrome finish? https://www.prismaticpowders.com/shop/powder-coating-colors/UMS-10671/super-chrome-plus Been thinking about this approach when I trim my front bumpers down a little on the sides.

 

[Jonathan_Cole]

Powder coat in a chrome finish? https://www.prismaticpowders.com/shop/powder-coating-colors/UMS-10671/super-chrome-plus Been thinking about this approach when I trim my front bumpers down a little on the sides.

I considered it but mine need to be straightened also.

 

[Shimmy]

Powder coat in a chrome finish? https://www.prismaticpowders.com/shop/powder-coating-colors/UMS-10671/super-chrome-plus Been thinking about this approach when I trim my front bumpers down a little on the sides.

i'm not sure if there is a special applications process but i had a few car parts done in powder chrome and they didn't come out looking like that at all.

 

[DirtDonk]

I don’t know if anything has changed in the last 20 years or so, but every one of the “chrome“ powder coats that I used looked more like polished aluminum.
They were good looking, and really did look like polished aluminum. But polished aluminum doesn’t look anything like chrome.

 

[Shimmy]

I don’t know if anything has changed in the last 20 years or so, but every one of the “chrome“ powder coats that I used looked more like polished aluminum.
They were good looking, and really did look like polished aluminum. But polished aluminum doesn’t look anything like chrome.

Exactly!! do not get it expecting chrome. nothing replaces a true chrome finish.

 

[sprdv1]

Question- is it best to re chrome or buy new after market bumpers?

Whichever your budget will allow Have you got a quote to re chrome yet?