1st Gen Front Bumper Painting

Has anyone painted their factory front bumper (plastic area) to match the grille? My 1st gen's grille appears to have a dark gray flake to it. I thought of having the front bumper plastics painted to match and not have to keep applying plastics protectants/cleaners to make it look appealing.

Photos of your painted front bumpers help!

-Brandon

 

Take a look at:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wheel-trim-refurbish-job-pictures.603564/#post-20490517

Helpful to take a look through the entire thread; includes examples of painted bumpers. I followed the advice for the wheel flares which came out very good, and plan to use the same technique on the front bumper black "rubber/plastic" part.

Good luck. Please post photos at https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/wheel-trim-refurbish-job-pictures.603564/#post-20490517

 

I could not find a color code for my grill on my first gen so I took the grill into Toyota. The closest match was Magnetic Gray Metallic (2nd Gen color). It was nearly identical to the original grill color do I had it repainted that color when my truck was resprayed.

 

I painted my front bumper chrome pieces 3k4 and the bumper plastic with Rustoleum truck bed coating.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tiffany-the-taco.374490/page-8#post-15965712




I used adhesion promoter on the plastic and it still got chipped off living in Philly and parking on the street. So many people back into your bumpers when parking there.

 

How much did it cost to get resprayed and what color?

 

Be careful if you want to use an automotive 2k clear on top of that rusto bedliner - I did a hood using good quality base coat and bed liner in the middle to reduce glare (truck is white so gloss black is still less reflective than gloss white). I let the bed liner off-gas for over a month in hot dry summer in California and when I sprayed it with clear, the white looked amazing while the bed liner peeled like a 3rd degree burn.