I know there are a few that have Line-X'd them on here, not sure about powder coating though. I called a place and they wanted 250 for each bumper to powder coat. No way.

 

I wouldn't powder coat......... I think the rocks would hurt you too much in the long run.

 

I was told powder coat wouldnt scratch and that rocks being spit up and hittin it on the road wouldnt scratch it like if i painted it.

 

Im kinda shocked no one has powder coated the chrome bumpers yet. I am deffinetely willing to pay 200 bucks a bumper then over 1200 just to get the sport bumper's.

 

1200! Ouch! Is that how much the stealership wants? I wonder how much Sparks will sell them for...

 

I spoke with my powder coater yesterday. He said the coating would stand up better than paint but will still chip and scratch as all coatings have limits. His biggest concern was color match and the difference in paint fade over time. In my opinion - LineX is a much safer way to go.......

 

Line X is going to chip off too. all things will. A colored bumper will look like a colored bumper no matter what coating you use. Is that a bad thing?
Powder coating should last a long time though. You could touch it up several times before you need to do it over

 

Mine are powder coated they look great still

 

how much did that run you??? Looks good!

 

That powder coating does look great. I'd do it but I really don't want more of the same color. I haven't seen metallic powder coat in factory colors so this too may be limited in choices

 

got both front and rear chrome and grill surround painted black for 700 not a bad deal

 

Wow 700$ I just got a quote for both front and rear bumpers and step bars for 225$

 

Be sure to select the correct color code for your vehicle.
040 Super White
1D6 Silver Metallic
1F9 Slate Metallic
1G3 Magnetic Gray
202 Black
3L5 Radiant Red
3Q7 Dark Red Mica
4Q2 Desert Sand Mica
4T3 Pyrite Mica (Bronze)
8S6 Nautical Blue
4T3 Pyrite Mica
4T8 Beige Metallic (Sandy Beach)
6T8 Timberland Mica
6V4 Spruce Mica
Chrome also available.

 

I have front powdercoated white and rear powdercoated black. You can not color match when powdercoating so I just picked the closest match and i cant see a difference. Had them on for over a year and they have no chips and no scratches. Spent $250 for powdercoating and did all the removing and installing myself.


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Sounds right, I have done both my Land Cruiser and Tacoma bumpers. I usually go with semi-flat finish but they can do gloss and even a hammered finish. I usually like the slight contrast of the flatter looking finish of the bumpers. Matches the grille, wheel and flares (unpainted) finish.

 

I heard from a car shop that you can powder coat it and then have it painted and it would match better due to the paint sticking on the powder coat better than it sticking on the chrome?

 

Sounds like an expensive project to me. Paying a couple/few hundred to pc, then a few more hundred to paint :dunno: If you have a simple color (black, white, red), I'm pretty sure you can get a pretty close powder to match.

 

I dinged up my rear bumper so I had to order a new one anyways and it comes powder coated from eBay. So I just have to get the front chrome pc then painted. Unless theres a cheaper option I would be really annoyed if there was a noticeable difference in the top and bottom half of the bumper. One of those things where no one can tell but you kind of thing.

 

I had the rear bumper powder coated for $200.oo. Turned out great.

 

I just got quoted $150 per bumper, 3 day turn around.

LineX guy wanted $250 per bumper, 2 day turn around.


I think after the first of the year, I'll take off the bumpers and just get them powdercoated. They shut down for the holidays mid next week and he didn't seem like he wanted to take on any more work before then.