Front and Rear Bumper (Paint)

**HOPPY** · 09-17-2008

Alright so I got sick and tired of my front and rear lower bumper looking the same as everyone elses... So I decide to hit it with a little paint heres how I did it:

1. First prep with some Paint Thinner, Ammonia or Alcohol what ever you have.

2. Next tape off the lower bumper and remember prep is Key to a Great paint job, So take your time here (I also used newspaper to protect from over spray).

3. Now its time to paint. I used Krylon Fusion in Black. Its a paint made for plastics and alot of guys use it to tint their tail lights so if you buy a can you can do both. With this paint you wont need to sand or use primer, So apply your First Coat LIGHT, Second Coat SEMI-LIGHT, Third Coat make it MEDIUM.

4. Once dried use a Clear Coat and do the same technique for the coats as you did with the Base Color.

5. Now take off all of your trim and admire the awesome look your car has now.

This really changed the look of my car and I hope you guys try this out too, remember you can use any color you want, think about what would look best for your car...

Pics will be up soon Sorry Guys....

Hoppy

**Kool Karl** · 12-21-2008

im dying to see this LOL

my bumpers are pretty bad

**1998xGTP** · 12-21-2008

Yeah I want to see pics, I'd like to try red after I get my car painted black. Any thoughts on how that would turn out?

**HOPPY** · 01-14-2009

sorry i took me 6 months to reply and post pics

but yea the red and black would look good i think but I would go with a darker red I was also thinking about painting that piece black on a black gp but you would have to be carful getting the paint to match

My car is totaled now but here are some pics from before

**GTPJOE90** · 01-23-2009

NOT COOL bud =[ gettin a new gtp?

**HOPPY** · 01-23-2009

yea I am hopin I can pick one up by summer but who knows...

**Nick22** · 02-14-2009

sorry to bring up a old thread but where do you buy the red Pontiac inserts that are on the rear bumper? or is it just painted in?

**Nick22** · 02-14-2009

found out there inserts..any website around to order some?

**03GTX** · 02-14-2009

I got mine on ebay.

**MNGP07** · 02-14-2009

Originally Posted by Nick22

found out there inserts..any website around to order some?

reflectiveconcepts.com

**HOPPY** · 02-15-2009

i picked mine up off ebay, I found a package with the front and rear inserts for a decent price just have to look around

**kittie1342** · 05-26-2009

some jackass backed into my grand prix and it left a huge crack in the bumper...is there anyway to fix this without getting a new bumper?

**KSquared** · 06-19-2009

Originally Posted by kittie1342

some jackass backed into my grand prix and it left a huge crack in the bumper...is there anyway to fix this without getting a new bumper?

i would like to know this as well

**JGT010** · 07-15-2009

That was a nice Grand Prix. I saw the Crash Pic, Dude my God, I am glad you're still with us.

**kittie1342** · 08-16-2009

my rear bumper has a small crack in it...how can i make it look good with out replacin it?

**JGT010** · 08-17-2009

get a filler for plastic material. You may have to go to an actual auto paint and body supply store to find this. spackle the crack when it is completely dry sand the area down smooth, you may have to do this in steps with various grades of sand paper. Take a very fine sand paper 600 grit or even finer and sand down the whole bumper to remove any existing wax, dirt and any other contaminates and spray entire bumper with an elastomeric primer and then paint the entire bumber with the factory original paint. the repair job should be very difficult to tell. you'll spend I would say 50 bucks or so if you do it yourself. I say repaint the entire bumper because touching up platic parts is sometimes difficult to blend in with surrounding areas. Elastomeric primer is specially formulated for painting plastic, it retards the possibilty of the new paint cracking in the future or losing it's adherence. Hope this helps ya.

**HART** · 08-21-2009

im doing this to my dark bronze mist car tomorrow hopefully black will look okay

**EDubb** · 10-27-2009

Originally Posted by kittie1342

my rear bumper has a small crack in it...how can i make it look good with out replacin it?

3M makes an adhesive that works great for plastic repair. look it up online or go to a paint supply store. If you've never done body work i'd recommend taking it to a body shop and getting an estimate.
hope that helps.
-Eric

**Nyordrms** · 11-08-2009

Originally Posted by HOPPY

sorry i took me 6 months to reply and post pics

but yea the red and black would look good i think but I would go with a darker red I was also thinking about painting that piece black on a black gp but you would have to be carful getting the paint to match

My car is totaled now but here are some pics from before

hasnt anyone notcied that the lower center section was painted black, but in the crash pics its still the factory colour?????

wierd