I hate chrome. I saw on here where someone said to scuff the chrome with 80 grit and use an etching primer. Then prime and paint. I've also seen bumpers undercoated.

I haven't decided whether to paint or undercoat but still i wonder if just taking off the shine with 80 grit is good enough. I have 60 grit for my palm sander. Or i could take a grinder to it before sanding. I plan on leaving the plastics on so i'll probably just tape them off, so grinding would be difficult.

All that being said, I think my best (and easiest) choice would be to scuff with 60 grit, then use etching primer, then spray undercoating. I could do all that without even removing the bumpers.

What has everyone else here done or seen done with chrome? All comments or suggestions are welcome.

 

use bull dog adhesive promoter instead of etching primer. that stuff is the stickiest stuff in the world. paint will stick to the chrome even if you dont sand it down

 

I already have a can of etching primer and a can of undercoating so i'd like to use these. Not to mention my wife doesn't want me to spend a lot of money on my truck. It won't cost me anything to etch and undercoat so i basically just need to know if scuffing the shine off is good enough.

 

well bulldog is 13 bucks for a large can, but yeah scuff it up is a good idea so the etching primer gets a better surface to stick to. i would honestly get the bulldog for its price and its durability or else you might see yourself painting chips on your bumper in the near future...just imo

 

did u end up painting your chrome bumper

 

Have it sand blasted, then smooth sanded and primed. Then do a follow up painting process.

 

I would love to see how this turns out. I hate my chrome bumpers!

 

Get them powdercoated.That way you won't need to sandblast or scuff the chrome.IMO I don't think paint will bond to chrome well if you just scuff it.

 

Line-x for me. Going to do both front and rear (and the bull bar when i buy it). But then again i have a black truck.

 

from what i understand line-x can PTM any color....considering this for my bumpers eventually (white sand line-x) , seems like they would last a lot longer and still have a lifetime guarantee if they get nicks....

 

I painted but haven't had a chance to take a pic yet.
I scuffed them with 60 grit on a palm sander.
Then i used Rustoleum etching primer.
Then undercoating spray. Looks awesome!
I also did the grille and the ugly plastic fake chrome around the grille. All with undercoating. I ran out of undercoating spray before I actually got to the back bumper.=) I'll do it this week sometime. Pics ASAP.

 

Got everything sprayed. I think it turned out good.

 

x2 Thats what they did on mine, I think your better off leaving that for the professionals to do

 

Does anyone have a pic of what my white lariat would look like with white bumpers/grille?

 

heres a tip for anyone attempting to do this.

Paint will easily stick to chrome if prepped right.
That means a good 60 scuff on it and a QUALITY etching primer.
I also DONT recommend doing the front bumper in paint because it will ALWAYS chip.
NO matter how much you prep or prime one solid rock and it will chip it.
The rears do really well since they arent in the direct line of flying debris.
IF you do like the OP did and do a liner/ rock gaurd/ line-x type stuff then you can probably get away with doing that to your front bumper since it has a bit of a cushion in the material itself. It will hold up pretty well i would think.

My rear was chrome and done in this process and is still nice and painted, while i swapped my front chrome for a factory painted piece and it has already chipped.