blackbetty14
Senior Member
My chrome bumper on my 18 Laramie got a few small dents and lots of scratches from a flying tonno cover. I will be replacing the scratched front upper bumper cover and grille and color matching to my walnut brown metallic. I picked up a new painted/color matched bumper which looks great and of course I freak out bc of rock chips and rust in the future (less of an issue with chrome). So I start looking at PPF for the steel bumpers and dont fine much and what I do find is $300+ and if I take it to a shop I know it will be more. I could buy the rolls and try to wrap/cobble something together but how much "coverage/protection" am I really getting? So the way my brain works is... fix the problem or you will hate yourself in a year and then give yourself $hit once you get a chip or whatever. If I'm going to spend $300+ on a new bumper that I already spent $500 on I might as well get that thing to last. I look and find Ecoological bumper covers of course lol. So for $222 I could get a thick plastic bumper cover and fit it over my bumper and get 100% full protection but I will have a seam on both sides. So I do a spur of the moment purchase and buy the paint ready ABS version ugh. So while I wait 7-10 days to ship and then get it and paint to match it (I'll do it when I do the upper bumper and grill color matching). I now get to think about why I purchased a new bumper when I could have just covered it lol. I also need to figure out what I want to do but I have a few options. I did get this at a discount at a smidge over $200 but tax... ya know. One thing that bugs me about the stock steel bumper is that it looks "recessed back" compared to the upper bumper plastic, so this ABS would push out and make it look more flush with the upper plastic which I would like. I will be pulling all the parking sensors and the surrounds to color match as well.
1. I paint and install the covers on my chrome bumper which seems mostly fine and have the painted bumper as a spare since it covers 100% it will look color matched. This has a side benefit of a lot less work since I will be doing a rear bumper and a few other things while I'm there.
2. I install the painted bumper and install the covers as additional protection. I would be worried about removal if I had to and the tape pulling up the paint.
3. Am I dumb for purchasing this lol... since It doesn't make sense to cover a color matched bumper with a color matched cover and possibly mess up the color matched bumper finish. I just feel like I'm getting my monies worth vs PPF which you would likely see seams/lines/edges anyways.
4. Will the seams drive me more nuts than rock chips and rust?
5. I feel like they could have made a 1 piece cover pretty easily no?
https://www.ecoological.com/store/p...Front_BumperShellz_-_Truck_Bumper_Covers.html
1. I paint and install the covers on my chrome bumper which seems mostly fine and have the painted bumper as a spare since it covers 100% it will look color matched. This has a side benefit of a lot less work since I will be doing a rear bumper and a few other things while I'm there.
2. I install the painted bumper and install the covers as additional protection. I would be worried about removal if I had to and the tape pulling up the paint.
3. Am I dumb for purchasing this lol... since It doesn't make sense to cover a color matched bumper with a color matched cover and possibly mess up the color matched bumper finish. I just feel like I'm getting my monies worth vs PPF which you would likely see seams/lines/edges anyways.
4. Will the seams drive me more nuts than rock chips and rust?
5. I feel like they could have made a 1 piece cover pretty easily no?
https://www.ecoological.com/store/p...Front_BumperShellz_-_Truck_Bumper_Covers.html
