Bedliner on front and rear bumpers (How To)

[HueyPilotVN]

When Phunkeydude blocked all the roads on the Broken Arrow Trail I was in the tail gunner position. As the person in the back I was able to turn around and go for parts. Unfortunately the trail was narrow and closed in by brush and trees. After doing a 15 point turn in the tight trail and knocking down a couple of trees I pretty well trashed my front and rear bumpers.

[HueyPilotVN]

So I thought I would do what someone else on this forum did and redo the bumpers with spray on bed liner.

The grill has been out so many times that it almost jumps out.



Masking tape



Paper and sand

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primed with self etching primer



finished with spray on bed liner

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Taped and papered the rear bumper.





I thought I would also use bedliner on the black plastic diamond plate



The best way to tape the backup sensors is to put a square tape over them and use a blade to trace the circle and then remove the tape around it.

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Self etching primer coat after sanding and wiping with lacquer thinner.





First coat of bed liner.

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Finished rear bumper

[HueyPilotVN]

I am going to recoat each of them with a gloss black coat. I like the texture but I am not satisfied with the color coverage. The variation is not from lack of coverage it is from variations in the gloss vrs dull finish.
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[HueyPilotVN]

I did three coats of primer and three of bed liner. The uneven color is from differences in the top coat. I am waiting to see what it looks like tomorrow and may recoat it again. It is really not that hard to mask it off and spray it again.

[HueyPilotVN]

I recoated the front bumper. Instead of using the spray I got a gallon, (way too much) of the bed liner and used a small textures roller and brush to recoat the front bumper. It now is uniform in color and has a definite texture.

Here are some pictures of the newest coating.

[HueyPilotVN]

I do like it much better. It looks tougher and more indestructable. Funny thing is that it will only be on for a couple of weeks because 4.7Commander is building me a new bumper with the winch. Oh well, the projects keep me out of trouble.
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