Alright, I'm beginning the planning for my KJ build and I'm pretty excited. One thing I plan on doing is buying an ARB bumper and I'd like to get it color matched to the KJ. I know that a few of you have yours matched. Could you tell me where you went for the work and roughly how much it cost? I'm assuming you had the bumper installed prior to the paint job, but please correct me if I'm wrong there.

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2005 Wrangler Rubicon
4.6L Stroker Engine, Flex-A-Lite radiator & electric fan, 4.5" BDS Short Arm lift, 33x12.5/16 Mickey Thompsons, Bestop TrailMax Pro 2 interior, Bestop NX soft top, Bushwacker 6" flares, and much more

**Prior Jeeps**
Wranglers 1989, 1998, 2005
Liberty 2003 & 2004 Renegade

I think I would mount the bumper and get it all postioned the way you want it, then pull it off and paint it. That way incase you happen to drop/scratch/ or other wise screw up then you would not hurt the new paint job,
Would be hard to paint it afterwards ( mounted ) due to the way it goes under the fenders etc.
My 2 cents

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

i agree with everything mudd said. i painted mine myself so i'm not much use in that category. If you do not have the equip. to do it yourself you can atleast prep it yourself so it will cut down the time it's in the body shop. but if your going to prep it yourself make sure it's right.. otherwise you'll be paying the body shop to re do what you've already done.

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2006 Renegade. Completely stock.

Yeah, I don't have the equiment to paint it myself and definitely don't have the skills to do so. I'll probably let the shop prep the bumper too.

I'm setting aside $600 to have the bumper painted and matched to my KJ. I'm hoping that it's less than that, but if it's more then I'm going to have to reconsider the color matched bumper idea.

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2005 Wrangler Rubicon
4.6L Stroker Engine, Flex-A-Lite radiator & electric fan, 4.5" BDS Short Arm lift, 33x12.5/16 Mickey Thompsons, Bestop TrailMax Pro 2 interior, Bestop NX soft top, Bushwacker 6" flares, and much more

**Prior Jeeps**
Wranglers 1989, 1998, 2005
Liberty 2003 & 2004 Renegade

Line-X it! DUH!!!!