Quick Bumper Rock Chip Fix/Repaint (pics)

[saj3n]

A few weeks back I finally got fed up with how horrible the front lower bumper portion began to look. I decided that I'd do a quick spray with Dupont's Semi-Gloss Black and see what the results were. To test, I sprayed the License plate filler first, and waited a couple of days to see how it held up.


These first pictures show the difference between the newly painted BMW plate filler, and the rest of the front bumper:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Black%20Paint%20Front/IMG_0115sm.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Black%20Paint%20Front/IMG_0114sm.jpg

I than began the job of masking off the top portion of the bumper, above moulding, and onto the hood of the car, to avoid overspray:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Black%20Paint%20Front/IMG_0116sm.jpg

[saj3n]

And here's the finished job, less than 1.5 hours of work (masking defintely the longest part):

With fog lights still masked off (not too bad of a look)
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Black%20Paint%20Front/IMG_0121sm.jpg


Fog lights un-masked:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Black%20Paint%20Front/IMG_0125sm.jpg

While I was at it, I got a bit carried away :-P. I wanted to get read of the orange bumper lights by doing euro moulding... But instead, just removed and painted over them with a very light coat of black. The lights are still 90% visible at dark, and look completely black during the day!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b203/saj3n/Black%20Paint%20Front/IMG_0126sm.jpg

[brosher]

Nice. I am considering having the body shop do mine when I have my new bumper painted. I have considered doing the work myself but a decent spray gun is big bucks.

[saj3n]

Yea, it sure is. I've been waiting on getting entire job done till after I sort out other issues with the ride.

[GoldenOne]

lookin good, hmmm might do this one non-UF home game weekend...you really inspire me to do things saj3n...first the blacked out grills, then dupont teflon wax, fix my bumper rock chips because it for sure is busted, soon to be those cool leds in the high beams....whats next?

[saj3n]

LOL! I'm glad I can be some inspiration :) I'll have to see what else I can come up with next. :-D

[632 Regal]

Looks good! Did you sand the paint before the new coat?

[Jon K]

jasen get some closer pics i want to see how it came out

[Evan]

looks really good.. good job

[3rdE34]

good work man, looks good , thanks for sharing

[saj3n]

I didn't sand before I put the new coat on, which is evident in closer pics as the chips/indents from rocks are still in the old paint. However, if I did sand, it may have been completely flawless.

[saj3n]

I'll take some closer pics for ya today.

[brosher]

Hey, your PM box was full yesterday so I posted pics of the floormats here:
http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=26025

[neil_004]

When I replaced my sidemarker bulbs I used window tint on the lenses. A couple months have passed and it is still holding up. I tinted my fogs at the same time.. Mostly because they are both cracked and the tint is holding the pass side together and keeping the water out(I'll replace them eventually).

[saj3n]

lol, that tint idea is not bad at all! I never thought of doing it that way. Hmm. would something like this also work for the front fog lights? I see yours are blacked out, is that what you've used?

[Thayne]

Looks great! :D