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May 15, 2013 | 06:24 PM

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Bumper came in! I'm gonna find someone to powdercoat it for me.
And after the re-gear, gas mileage improved a LOT

May 15, 2013 | 10:01 PM

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That thing looks great! my bumpers are peeling, I would surely like to replace them with these kind. For now I guess I'll have to settle with some paint...

May 16, 2013 | 08:41 PM

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Sent my bumper off tonight with the guy who's going to powder coat it. Gloss black powder coat for $175 and I'll have it back middle of next week.

May 16, 2013 | 08:44 PM

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That thing looks great! my bumpers are peeling, I would surely like to replace them with these kind. For now I guess I'll have to settle with some paint...

Thanks! Build quality on it is amazing. Someone really took their time on it, but what I don't understand is why ship something BARE. It had slight surface rust all over it that I had to scuff down before I got it to the powder coater. If I was to spend weeks building something, I would at least primer it before shipping. I think for a grand I should have gotten something that wasn't covered in surface rust. Also got no hardware or any sort of instructions or a "Thanks for ordering" note. It just had a sticker taped to it with my name and shipping address.

May 23, 2013 | 09:44 PM

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Back from the powder coating guy. I'm impressed with it. With the 3 day weekend coming up, I'll hopefully have this thing installed and have pictures of it soon

May 23, 2013 | 10:02 PM

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I'm wondering... Is it possible to powdercoat an entire truck? and the price for such feat?.

That bumper looks even better now, amazing!.

May 23, 2013 | 10:27 PM

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I'm wondering... Is it possible to powdercoat an entire truck? and the price for such feat?.

That bumper looks even better now, amazing!.

It's funny you mention this, because I asked the powder coating guy if he could do something like this if he wanted. He said his oven is big enough that he powder coated a whole dump bed. And not a dump bed on like a 1 ton truck. A huge semi dump bed. Not sure how much that cost but I know it had to be a lot. And he says he does car and truck frames regularly, so I doubt it would be much, if any, harder to do body panels. He said he wouldn't want to do exhaust pieces or anything engine related besides valve covers, though. Because powder coat acts as an insulator, it doesn't let heat dissipate very well

May 24, 2013 | 07:43 PM

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This thing looks sweet! I didn't have any hardened bolts and the place I usually go for my nuts and bolts didn't have the sizes I wanted so I put it in place with regular stainless bolts. So no winching for me just yet until I can find some good bolts