Hey guys,
I just purchased a 2005 dakota a couple weeks ago and absolutely love the truck. The only thing I would like to change is the stock carbon colored front bumper while the rest of the truck is white.
Any ideas/suggestions on painting it to white? Could it be something easy for me to do myself?
Thanks, any feedback is greatly appreciated.

 

You have full coverage? Whack it with a bat!

 

I don't think you can paint the non-painted factory bumper. I am talking about the front one.

(Anyone correct me if I am wrong, cause im not 100% sure)

I thought I heard that you cant just prime and paint a ST unpainted bumper. Something about the material? I know that someone on the forum has a body shop get the paintable bumper's and have them painted and installed, for cheap.

I have an 06 ST, my front bumper is gray and not painted, I would like to know this as well.

 

You can't paint the plastic bumpers, the reason is the plastic flexes and the paint will chip off very quickly. You can get Primered bumpers of Fleabay and just have a body shop paint it.

 

you can have the frt bumper painted to match. the body shop will mix in a special flex agent into the paint that will help with the paint chips and road debree, i was quoted 360.00 for the job. they need to remove the frt fascia and they did the same for my splash guards.

 

I had the original one painted to match, and it looked like CRAP. The paintable (off the Sport trucks) front bumper will run you about $110... and MAACO can paint them for $140 (give or take in your area) with a lifetime warranty....

 

Not jumping you SuperDak... . mine didn't turn out so well...

 

My body shop told me that the prep work involved for them to properly paint the stock plastic front bumper makes it cheaper to just buy the paintable one and have it painted, apparently it's a royal pain in the *** to paint the grey one.

 

Thanks for the help guys... I have come to the conclusion that I will probably buy the paintable bumper, and was wondering if one of you could link to a some of your favorite websites where I could find a cheap one, along with other accesories.