Your painted front bumper
 

Looking for ideas (flat, satin or gloss . . . Black, Gray, Silver or ?) for painting my front bumper on a no-frills early-1931 Black pickup. The body, wire wheels, radiator shell, headlight buckets and the cowl band will also be Black.

Pictures and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanx.

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

Power coat near chrome! It looks good in the catalogs

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

The front bumper bars on my '31 ccpu are painted (looks to me to be) semi-gloss silver. (came to me that way.)
Also the bars are straight and methinks that the ends should be bent slightly to the rear.

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

I had a set of bars powdercoated with the almost chrome a few years ago.Way better than I was expecting.It looks like aged chrome.Looks nice on the pickup,and has a warm look,like nickel.I did 100% of the prep work,including a phosphate wash and devising hooks to hang them by.I put some lead concrete anchors in the end holes,and screwed eyebolts into them.The powder guy took them from me,hung them up,sprayed them,and ran them into the oven.He charged me $100.but had to do zero prep.

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Personally, as much as i love black, not so on a bumper. I'd go silver or the powder chrome. You did not state your car's theme, original or hotrod, so i'm assuming original as to my preference.

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katy- Me thinks you have '28 bumpers if they are straight and open on the ends!

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

Wide chrome tape looks very good if carefully applied and smoothed out with a squeegee. Trim and fold the excess width just barely over the edges of the bumper bar. The bumper bar surface must be very smooth with no deep pits or missing metal chunks, otherwise the tape will conform to these depressions and ruin the smooth finish. Spray the backside of the bumper with aluminum or cadmium paint. You might be surprised how good chrome tape looks on Model A bumpers, certainly eons above spraying the bars with paint. The tape won't fool anyone into thinking the bars are plated, but it does look pretty decent.
Marshall

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

I would paint it black to go with the other black items. You could almost believe it came that way from the factory.

Charlie Stephens

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

My A had painted bumpers when I got it. A gloss black. No one called me out on it in the 9 years I had it.
Paul in CT

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

My all black early '31. I like it plain Jane, but the bumpers give it just a touch of bright. Eventually I'll get black headlamp buckets and radiator shell.

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Gloss black looks almost factory on a truck

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They're straight, but not open on the ends. BTW, this vehicle is a conglomeration of parts by the PO.

Re: Your painted front bumper
 

Post 5 states it better then I can, but I would add that they look good for several years, and when they don't?...You just sand them down and spray them again...easy, quick and you're good to go... (just let it dry COMPLETELY)