painting bumpers and other parts with bed liner

[TANK'S 250]

That looks....schweeeeet!

[drz400smoto]

haha thanks tank...you inspired me to do allot of this with you amazing truck. I think Im starting my front bumper and grill tonight.

[losrocket]

Heres the front and rear pics,




The wheels are Eagle series 101's so they were that polished look that most Eagles have and the paints held up fine for 6 months so far. I didnt do any prep to them either, just washed them and sprayed.

[greenie]

Well ok,but if you just paint the disks/caliper and axle hub.It will show off the chrome really nice.Everyone tells me it looks great.Paint it the same color as your truck though.

[drz400smoto]

Originally Posted by losrocket

Heres the front and rear pics,




The wheels are Eagle series 101's so they were that polished look that most Eagles have and the paints held up fine for 6 months so far. I didnt do any prep to them either, just washed them and sprayed.

So did you just leave the tires mounted and on the truck when you painted them? Or dismount them?

[farmboypowerstroke]

wow that looks great, i'm thinking about doing mine too

[losrocket]

They were still mounted w/ the tires. What i do when i paint like that is i use index cards, like the kind you would use for notes for a speech, and place them all the way around,overlapped between the rim and bead of the tire. I also mask the tire off with paper to protect from overspray. This gives you a clean look and the index cards are a lot easier to mask the tire with then paper, at least thats what ive found.

[losrocket]

I kind of misread your question, i took them off the truck to paint them but the tires were still on the rims when i painted them.

[drz400smoto]

Originally Posted by losrocket

I kind of misread your question, i took them off the truck to paint them but the tires were still on the rims when i painted them.

thanks, i mite do mine that way

[Super Kaz]

Looks real good. Looks so good I just might buy painted bumpers instead of chrome ones.