I need to get my bumper repainted soon because of all the rock chips I have accumulated over the years. I am going to order a front lip(either data-systems or oem) for my car and I was thinking of putting it on and having them repaint my whole bumper with the front lip on. Making it look more streamlined.

Good idea or bad? Is it possible or is there something more I should know before I attempt this?


Thanks guys.

 

Bump!

 

What??? Your title says mold, but your post says you want to paint the bumper while the lip is still attatched??

Either way... they're both bad ideas. Molding anything to polyurethane, ESPECIALLY a lower lip, is a very bad idea. Urethane has alot of flex, bondo has absolutely no flex. This causes cracks and the molded areas.

Painting the bumper while its still attatched to the bumper. A much worse idea for so many reasons. Heres one big reason: paint at the seems will crack. Cracks and chips will spread up the bumper, and down the lip. Whenever you scrape, the lip will move slightly, and further pick and crack any paint on the bumper. Wind and rockchips will further make a mess of it all.

 

Agreed.

 

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same ... but it would prolly look really good.

 

silverbolt is right on point, either is a bad idea...

 

I had something similar done but painted each seperately and then had my Ings front lip molded on and painted to the bumper.

Maybe this is why I dont have the problem of cracks. The lip does not shift at all even when I bottom out (and I have hard) or crack.

Dont know if they used bondo because it seems flexible. I then put 3m clear paint protection over it. I have had no problems with any chips or cracks.

I say go for it, I'll post a pic soon as I can.

 

The idea is cool but you should think twice about molding the OEM chin spoiler to the bumper. The chin spoiler is extremely thin and if you were to hit a curb while parking, I'm certain it will crack. If it's molded onto the bumper, I'm sure the repair and painting will cost a lot more. I say save all the money and get an aftermarket bumper since the chin spoiler alone will run you about $400 installed.

 

i molded my front and rear...with no problems....

 

I'm not feeling the front, but the back looks nice. Post some pictures of the back bumper. I'd like to see how the whole thing looks

 

nah ....it's just like i said it looks really good.. nice work on the molding!

 

i have just a couple pix, i think if you look back and search you can probaly find some better ones...

here are some extras...

 

extras....

 

Awesome job on the molding. They car and the work you done is real nice....

 

You could just use a filler made for flexible parts.