Whats the deal with Plastic painted Bumpers?

[slowride66]

Hey Y`all.

I have a few Questions about why paint acts so different on this new painted plastic bumpers.
{I am old school bumpers are supposed ta be metal & chrome}

I have a Customer with a `05 Quest the front bumper has bugs {for lack of a better word} melted into the paint & the rear has a some chips & sometimes it looks like its just wrinkled out of the way .

How common is it to have them stripped down & re painted?

Thanks for your time

SR66

[JaredPointer]

My guess - paint can be likened to a hard candy shell. It`s thin, flexes very little. Applied over a plastic bumper that`s designed to give way (or flex), it can only go so far before it wrinkles, cracks or chips from a small, yet directed impact.

[black bart]

Car may have been repainted. It requires a special primer and paint designed to flex if someone painted it with regular paint it will not hold up.
That is what I miss on new vehicles, my Explorer and Ranger both have chrome bumpers front and rear plus chrome grill.

New cars are plastic everything and all of them look like a jelly bean.

[slowride66]

Now that is being nice .

I think they all look like suppositories on wheels!

Give me a Boat Tail Riviera Or a 55 Caddilac Coupe D Ville Any day they Got curves & bling that Beyonce` can only dream about.


I don`t think the Quest was re sprayed the owners would have told me , Unless it was re done @ a dealership prior to their ownership {one owner}.


I dunno, All I do know is this is not the 1st time I have seen this "soft paint on plastic bumpers.

Its not very durable.


SR66

[shuddleston]

I have an 08 Dodge Ram Truck and if I don`t stay on-top of polishing the chrome I believe it would be rusted off within 2 years.

[slowride66]

Man those new trucks must be made out of tin foil I see them things dented & twisted all the time. they dont make them like they used too

Now this is a front bumper!



SR66

[tuscarora dave]

Man those new trucks must be made out of tin foil I see them things dented & twisted all the time. they dont make them like they used too

Now this is a front bumper!



SR66

Wow, now that`s a truck!!! That thing have a 366 in it?

[slowride66]

Negative currently a Small Block 400 .

I have a "target GM Crate motor" `supposed to be a 350/350 HP

It has a bad throw out bearing so the SB400 is coming out soon & the Target motor is going in .

But it have to be cleaned up & pained & all that stuff .
Here`s some pictures from when I built this truck a few years back I spent 4 month every day {that is was not raining} saving this truck from the bone yard.

Now I wish I had the resources to paint it.

SR66


1988 Chevy 3 plus 3 Dualie pictures by slowride66 - Photobucket