Black textured bumper with pix

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 12:23 pm

So after a year or so of bad off road decisions and mods my bumper was pretty shot. I hate that it's plastic because its so brittle. Anyway I bondod a few pieces back on (that I luckily had saved when they came off) and decided to sand it smooth and paint it black with truck bed liner for a textured and tough feel. Here are some pix

Here is a before shot. You can see the two pieces that I reattached.

This is after cleaning and sanding/scuffing

( more pix in a few min. Phones messed up)

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mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 12:35 pm

After the first coat of paint (I messed up with the primer and it ran a lot)

This isnt the finished product by any means. This is after 1 heavy coat. I still have to sand down the drips and put 2 more coats on. (I havn't even done the back yet lol)

I might add that I trimmed the bumper last year in case anyone was wondering. It really helped with the wheel rub from the duratracs.

isomswim · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 12:47 pm

This looks awesome. I plan on doing the same after Ive gotten some offroad time in. I want to use Rhino or Line-x and have a tuff front end. Again looks freakin sweet.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 1:18 pm

Looks nice!!

Vajeepinkj · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 1:36 pm

Looks awesome I wanna do mine cause my fender flares are fading bad

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Gageraid · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 1:39 pm

Looking good.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 6:47 pm

Looks amazing especially with your color! Is that an speaker in from of your radiator?

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 6:50 pm

Bmxer524 wrote:

Looks amazing especially with your color! Is that an speaker in from of your radiator?

Lol ya its a Wolo 100amp PA hooked up to my CB. And Thanks all for the posts

I'll post pix next week when I finish the back.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 10:48 pm

Don't be afraid to paint the rims, too. :mrgreen:

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Thu May 16, 2013 9:05 pm

Got a set of pro comp steelies comin tomorrow lol. Way ahead of u

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Gageraid · **Posted:** Thu May 16, 2013 9:45 pm

mawlkrawler wrote:

Got a set of pro comp steelies comin tomorrow lol. Way ahead of u

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mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 10:56 am

As promised here are some more pix. This is with the new steelies installed. Rides 1000x better. With the lift and the tires every time I took a corner I felt like I was on a see saw and gonna tip. Now it feels like it won't let go of the ground. Although each tire now weighs like 80 lbs. lol wuts gas mileage ? Definitely happy with the steelies. ( plus they look BA)

I think they're pro comp steel wheels. Gloss black. 16 x 8 offset 4" +0 5 on 4.5 bolt pattern.

Lol ignore my dad.

More pix soon after I finish the back and resurface the front. ( also no chipping or cracking even after only one coat. This stuff is tough)

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huntb · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 11:34 am

Dewphy · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:14 pm

This looks great!
May I ask exactly which truck bed liner you are using? I am really considering doing this to my front and rear bumpers and if I can just grab a few $12 cans at autozone, it would be perfect. Its hard to tell from the pictures but I would also like to know how textured it really is, maybe a close up picture?
Thanks!

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:53 pm

For the love of God DO NOT use the cheap bedliner. It looks great for a few months and then fades and starts to chip and peel. Use Monstaliner or Raptor Liner or have a professional do it.

Dewphy · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 1:03 pm

DirtyKK wrote:

For the love of God DO NOT use the cheap bedliner. It looks great for a few months and then fades and starts to chip and peel. Use Monstaliner or Raptor Liner or have a professional do it.

Thanks DirtyKK, thats what I wanted to know. Still curious as to what the OP used though.

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 4:22 pm

Probably what dirty referred to as the cheap bed liner. Got it at lowes. I used it on some other auto applications ( on steel) and it held up fine through the winter. It's the same stuff they sell at every lowes and Home Depot. Bradley's anyone know the lug nut size for a KK? I'm gonna order center caps and new lugs

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TIJKK1220 · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 8:10 pm

I'm sure this isn't the place to ask this but I'm curious what headlights you have in there? ZXE's? or did you put HID's inside?

mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 11:23 pm

They're the Jeep liberty renegade edition black head light housing with 4000k HIDs from ddm tuning

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mawlkrawler · **Posted:** Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:56 pm

As promised here is the back painted. I also added some sweet booty new smitty built Molle seat covers

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