Hey everyone I have an 08 dodge ram big horn with the Inferno Red Crystal Pearl paint.. i was wondering instead of buying a new front and rear bumper.. is there a way to paint the stock chrome bumpers to the color of my truck? and if i could would it be more to paint it or just buy them with that color, and how much would i be running myself cost wise per body part?.. because i been searching and you cant find any parts in that body color only the flame red...

Thanks for the help

Jeff

 

I had my chrome grille shell painted, bad prep work tho and some paint started peeling. Bumpers have been painted before, check out this thread:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...d-bumpers.html
There are other options as well like bumper covers etc.

 

Sandblasted is best..pretty cheap

 

just sand everything down so nothing smooth anymore. then im sure theres adhesives or something that can go before the paint

 

Yea i would hate to see how much it would all cost becuase that guy on the other forum had a friend that did it for him cheap... idk If anyone has pics of there dodge trucks with the Inferno Red Crystal Pearl color with both front and rear bumper painted.. post them on here i wanna see them... they look sooo much better without the stupid chrome.. everyone has chrome bumpers and grill i wanna make mine sporty with that color...

 

so pretty much just sand the part down just like any other part? or is chrome parts different from painted parts?

 

Heres another option for the front bumper at least.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...tfamilyid=5321

 

anyway to get a group buy on that bumper cover? anyone down? i'd love one of those but would like to save some money since i know prep & paint will cost just as much if not more

 

Its actually not a bad idea for the bumper cover But yea $291 just for the cover and not including paint work... but i wonder if the cover will make the bumper poke out a little more then usual or if it will look original..

 

Id do it, im planning on getting that anyway. I dont think paint is THAT bad. When i got my hood done it was 325 including the grille shelle, (that he screwed up on). But he did a great job on the hood. Im taking some stuff to a friend of mine, eye lids, new grille shelle, and that bumper cover. Getting a deal since hes a friend this time tho. As long as i help, $100.00 covers the work and install