painting bumpers!....no detailing actually took place here

**Kelso** · 03-09-2007, 05:56 PM

ok well i posted this a few days ago on another site and just copy pasted the thread

painted my stock rear bumper because....well check my sig. see the big grey piece, yea thats ugly. also painted the M3 front bumper because a coon took out my stock one months ago!

humidity was only 30 % so we yanked off the rear bumper and started wetsanding it. m3 bumper had been wetsanded a while back(december?) but we still hit it a little more today as well.

then we laid some boxes and had the bumpers sitting up a few feet in the air.

thats my brother laying the alpine white base coat. there was one run in the base coat but its hardly noticable, clear has a few runs, and unfortunately some dust particles but they will wetsand out.

i might stick the rear bumper on tomorrow but the front one i will let sit for a few more days. i already have the stock bumper on so it doesnt look that bad from far away, but it looks funky with no rear bumper. i know its not 100% perfect but now my bumpers will be white, and ill be able to put my foglights in too! so happy

**Kelso** · 03-09-2007, 05:57 PM

well i came home from work and my brother had installed the bumpers and lights already! i think it looks really good, ill try to find old pictures for comparison but some of you may have seen it at DF, the front bumper was trashed and the rear bumper was half white/ half grey

**Tnwagn** · 03-09-2007, 06:20 PM

Looks nice

Way to take it upon yourself to paint the bumper. Now all you have to do is keep it up to shape.

**Nuke33** · 03-09-2007, 06:22 PM

Looking great! how long did it take you all together?

**Jimmie** · 03-09-2007, 06:30 PM

Guttsy move there. I admire you for doing that. Looks great.

**Kelso** · 03-09-2007, 06:55 PM

well i actually let my brother do the spraying, he has experience where i do not! well lets see i guess when we pulled the rear bumper off and started wetsanding it was like around 2? and i think we finished at say 8? but there was a lot of downtime in the middle as well....

**HighEndDetail** · 03-09-2007, 07:27 PM

Glad your bro was able to help you out. I have a buddie that works in the paint department for like 12 years. He does all my painting if needed.

Ed

**Nica** · 03-09-2007, 09:08 PM

Looking good Kelso, respects dude because not anyone can pull that off and have make it look good and not to mention easy.

Nice pictures too,

Thanks for sharing.

**ryandamartini** · 03-09-2007, 09:19 PM

how much do you charge for 2 bumpers? seriously..... pm me also a hood..

**Kelso** · 03-09-2007, 10:14 PM

nah i dont wanna take other work ... like i said my brother did the actual painting, but he's usually out of town so finding time for him to do it would be slim. he was supposed to do this in december, ive had the unpainted front bumper in my garage for like 4 or 5 months now.