So my new black ram has chrome front and rear bumpers and a chrome grill. I wanna make everything black. They want some crazy price to paint my bumpers so i was thinking about buying a rubber coating spray and painting myself with that. Any thought on if thats a good idea or not? I dont think the bumpers would look to good with flat black when everything is gloss black. I was also thinking about powder coating witch was like $300 to do. Do they make a diy gloss black rubber spray like line x?? Id like to do that b/c id be able to just paint them while they stay on the truck.

 

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do they have a smooth gloss black line x?

 

Paint them yourself, it will be the most inexpensive option and if you do it right it will turn out looking really good.

 

can i paint them black over the chrome? or do i have to get them sand blasted first?

 

Hey, i just powder coated my front and rear bumpers black. But its a flat black. Although, when i had to decide on which type of black, there was another one called wet black which was pretty much gloss black. But, before i decided to go the powder coat direction, i was going to get both bumpers sandblasted & primed for about the price of powder coating one bumper. Then i would paint it myself. So, theres a bunch of options for you.

 

Can u email me some pics of ur bumpers? Johnsn10@aol.com

 

you can sand the bumpers yourself, then use a self etching primer. paint them yourself

 

You don't need to sandblast them, you can sand them down yourself and then paint them. I did it with my chrome side steps and it turned out really nice.

 

i heard rubber coating spray cloggs the pores...:icon_goof ygrin:

seriously tho, i agree with teacher and jay, sand 'em up and prime 'em with some self etching primer, then paint away