Bert,
Powder coating?
They will sandblast the bumpers and then powder coat your personal color.
While I have learned that powder coating is no sure fire fix for
everything, they would look nice.
Another oprion is plasti-dip paint. You would still need to sand them
down smooth. Plasti-dip paint can be peeled off if someone decides that
want to do something different later. I have painted two bugs with
plasti-dip and they both looked pretty good.
It is also fairly easy to repair as well.(not so powder coat)
The benefit is that if the folks don't want a flat matte finish any more,
they can just peel it off.
Lots of youtube videos of people paining cars with it....including way
expensive exotice >$100,000 cars.
Cheers, dave
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Bert Knupp wrote:
Volks,
I am repairing and fixing up a 1972 SuperBeetle for purposes of resale as a
basically stock daily driver. Doing am engine
overhaul, new interior, removing rust, fixing up brakes, doing minor body work,
repainting, etc.
My question regards the bumpers: Both bumpers have a good deal of rust, though
no dents or distortions. No local chrome-plater
wants to mess with VW bumpers, though several mail-order places advertise
(costly) replating jobs. There are aftermarket cheapo
bumpers in most catalogs.
The bumpers could be sanded, polished, and painted. Or professionally
re-plated. Or replaced. Or kept as-is for the buyer to
work with, though the “curb appeal” of the car would suffer.
Any suggestions? Anyone have experience with the painting option? Given the
mediocre demand for SuperBeetles I obviously don’t
want to spend more than the car’s market value on fixup work.
Bert Knupp in Music City USA
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