Major rust popped up on my front bumper this year?

[Woodtick]

Do I pull it and repaint, or go after market? I'm more into functionality than looks. I'm also on the fence on adding a winch,but would like to be able to move the winch from front to back.

 

[benlaud87]

looks like its just surface rust, depending on where you live, you'll see alot of that

 

[Happy Hummer]

Hi wood tick. ...
Right over the border in Wisconsin so we know rust lol...
Pull it 3m power brush it and prime and paint.
Side steps are a once a year thing for me.

Chris

 

[Woodtick]

Ya I know,welcome to the world of calcium chloride . Looking to keep the rust at bay.... Not looking to sell a truck I can't replace!!,

 

[Airborne]

"lmao!!! that aint rust!!" Ya we use nothing but salt here. Thanks to the great SALT lake. The SALT flats. etc etc etc. Sh!t is pretty cheap here. Eats our roads up bad and our trucks even worse. My dad has a 2001 F350 with something like 50k miles on it. The damn frame is orange, and he babies the hell out of it. Only pulling his 5th wheel with it. For what you have there I would not be concerned. Unless... You need to justify getting a new bumper to a girlfriend or wife. In that case I can give you a 2000 word essay on why that "oxidation" is not only harmful to your bumper but to the rest of your priceless DISCONTINUED vehicle. We will win I promise...

 

[jman1975]

I just reassembled my front bumper on my 08 Alpha, the front bumper impact bar cover had rusted through the grey paint; I had it powdercoated for $100

 

[Woodtick]

Hey Airborne ,buy your Dad a couple of cans of Fluid Film. It helps the under body rust problems. Thanks for the powder coat idea, I think that would last the longest .

 

[Airborne]

Hey Airborne ,buy your Dad a couple of cans of Fluid Film. It helps the under body rust problems. Thanks for the powder coat idea, I think that would last the longest .

I have never heard of that stuff before. I looked it up and it looks promising though. I will give my undercarriage a coat as well as his.

Also +2 on the powder coat. Mine are powder coated to match the body paint (as you can see in my profile pic) and they have held up great. I feel it looks much better too.

 

[jman1975]

I have never heard of that stuff before. I looked it up and it looks promising though. I will give my undercarriage a coat as well as his.

Also +2 on the powder coat. Mine are powder coated to match the body paint (as you can see in my profile pic) and they have held up great. I feel it looks much better too.

yeah, very cool Airborne, my intent was to do the same thing, powder coat orange to match my Solar Flare H3. But, as the powder coater pointed out to me, it would have significantly bumped the cost up as not many ppl are powder coating anything in orange LOL. So I chose the conservative approach and went with flat black. Hence the mere $100 cost.

I got stainless steel tow hooks to complete the look as mine OEM ones were surface rusted pretty bad. So I guess I spread the money around on some other things