You can do it. I did Just sand the bumper and spray an adesion promoter. Then prime it and paint it. Then clear coat it. My bumper has held up for a year so far with no chips. It is a lot of work though and make sure you clean it good and wet sand after each color coat and buff out the clear coat for a glossy finish. It will be cheaper and as long as you prep it right will last forever.

 

The bumper has a little texture to it...do you sand it until it's smooth to the touch, or just to scuff it up a reasonable amount?

 

Sand til smooth.

At least, I would...

 

I just scuffed it up real good. You can still kind of see the texture on my bumper. If I did it again I probably sand it more or you could spray more coats to fill in the texture. I hate painting I don't have the patience for all the wet sanding in between color coats and all the buffing but it came out ok and has held up pretty good.

 

anyone have a website where i can just buy the paintable front and rear bumper?


i want to get rid of that chrome strip on the front bumper too....

 

So, just pull it off, bondo the holes smooth, and then paint it, it'll save you a lot of money... maybe not time... but money.