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I Herculined My Bumper!

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Old 01-24-2009
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I Herculined My Bumper!

So i was thinking of what i could to my back bumper to make it look sweet instead of that crap gray plastic that is factory. I decided that i was going to herculine it with that DIY kit from herculiner. Tell me what you guys think!
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looks like garbage imo.
 
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I prefer the plastic...
 
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to me it looks like theres barely even a difference
 
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Ughhh I just this same damn problem. Dosent look very good.
 
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did you do your ball too? lol.
 
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I would of left it.
 
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I did that to my front bumper.. Replaced it the next week.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
did you do your ball too? lol.
Herculining your ***** is not a good idea I think.
 
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I don't think the chrome liked it very much, but if you like it, that's all that matters.
 
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It is a little dirty from the snow, and it looks good in person!
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
did you do your ball too? lol.
Yeah i did it to that ball because it was rusted to the bumper. I never tow anything with it anyway.
 
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Originally Posted by Farwar
Herculining your ***** is not a good idea I think.

LOL
 
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Rusted to the bumper? what???? shoot...pipe wrench and a nice long combo wrench and beat the ball with a BFH it should break loose. lol.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
Rusted to the bumper? what???? shoot...pipe wrench and a nice long combo wrench and beat the ball with a BFH it should break loose. lol.
Too late now. lol
 
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Fx4wannabe01.. Your bumper is black isnt it. What did you do to it. Just paint.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
looks like garbage imo.
LOL!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Farwar
Herculining your ***** is not a good idea I think.
My ***** get the best: Line-X lol
 
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Originally Posted by fordranger.com
Fx4wannabe01.. Your bumper is black isnt it. What did you do to it. Just paint.
There's chrome under that Duplicolor Bedliner in a can...


YEP! bedliner in a can...the texture looks good compared to the OP's.
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Originally Posted by Farwar
Herculining your ***** is not a good idea I think.
HAHAHAHAH
 
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Yeah I would have left it
 
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I might have done the metal part but would have taken the plasic part off first then put it back on after.
 
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I might have done the metal part but would have taken the plasic part off first then put it back on after.
I agree, or at least tapped it off.
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
There's chrome under that Duplicolor Bedliner in a can...


YEP! bedliner in a can...the texture looks good compared to the OP's.

i used that to paint my floors....looks damn good
 
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