Powdercoat or Bedliner

[H3DONIST]

Recently bought a BA bumper and it needs a little TLC before I put it on my truck. I know I am going to have the brushguard welded to the bumper, but I'm still trying to decide between powdercoat or bedliner.

Any opinions? What did you other BA owners do with yours that needed to be refinished?

 

[Bigunit]

I powdercoated mine - I prefer the smooth vs. textured finish of PC vs. bedliner - easier to clean and matched the black paint on my T.

 

[silvrzuki77]

I agree on the smooth look. Just remember on the powder coat if or when you tag it on a rock and the powder coat cracks off it will never look the same. Take a lot of time with rattle can paint priming and painting then you can touch it up. Just a suggestion.

 

[ArtHummer]

This is absolutely a meter of taste... I like the bedliner for the bumper, it gives it a more rugged and factory finish (kind of like plastic bumbler) but it is harder to clean.... But for the brush guard the pc would look better...
Actually thinking about it, it just got in to my head(never seen anyone doing it). What if you PC the brush guards and then put bedliner on the bumper?

 

[Bigunit]

Here's what mine looked like after the PC - looked brand new and a lot better, thicker PC than the original thin, crappy BA PC job, IMO:

 

[H3DONIST]

Oooh, where did you get those hummer lights that are on your BA?

 

[Bigunit]

I purchased them from Brodie/Ridge Demon/theBroken way back when he was selling them. They are really good lights and have been freally happy with them. You can still find them new on Ebay, but they seem a little pricey. They are made by Bosch:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Bosch-0306606901-Pilot-160-Driving-Light-with-Hummer-Cover-Fog-Off-Road-/130760942906?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3AH2&hash=item1e71f5a53a&vxp=mtr

 

[autumn walker]

I used bedliner on my H3 - it was easy, cheap, did it myself, and could repair damage in my driveway. That being said, the rocks / limbs never broke the bedliner finish.

 

[alrock]

Bigunit's pics don't do justice to how good it looks in person.

 

[4speedfunk]

Enlarge the fairlead opening while you got it off. The stock opening is too small and can chafe your line.

 

[Major Tom]

I had mine sandblasted and repainted it with EXTREME CHASSIS paint from Eastwood company.A semi gloss finish and hard as nails. Easy to touch up when needed.

 

[07Custom]

Where the heck do you guys find these awesome bumpers/grille guards? Ebay/cragslist? No one in my area sales anything!!!

 

[OIF Marinex3]

Where the heck do you guys find these awesome bumpers/grille guards? Ebay/cragslist? No one in my area sales anything!!!

I was wondering the same thing, I have been looking at the Thor bumpers + a brush guard but this all in one would be awesome, ARB sells a nice one but pricy

 

[Major Tom]

they were sold by Boulder Accesories who is now out of buisness. Most people got them on e-bay when the company was selling off their inventory. They are very hard to come by today. You have to find someone selling a used one

 

[H3DONIST]

Here's what mine looked like after the PC - looked brand new and a lot better, thicker PC than the original thin, crappy BA PC job, IMO:

What fairlead is that in the last picture?