Awhile back (december) I posted about repainting the bumper on my 99 mounty. Like most of its age the bumper was rotting out, with chunks of paint and rust falling off. I decided to go with a new replacement bumper, and our resident powdercoat master Turdle offered to coat it to match. Already having seen the quality of his work on a set of valve covers and a diff cover for my other explorer, I purchased a new bumper and had it shipped directly to him. He prepped and coated the bumper and sent it to me, packaged very well.
It was my intention to have this installed months ago but due to a busy travel schedule and spring weather that flooded my basement I had to put this project off until now. Here are some before pictures of the old bumper.
I opted to reuse all of the brackets off the old bumper. If I had to do it again I would have purchased new ones and had them powdercoated or painted. The effort required to grind out all of the old rusted bolts then prep and paint the reinforcements and brackets wasnt worth it, that old hitch ball put up a good fight. I also took this opportunity to remove and repaint the hitch. Here are the results:
Sorry for the phone quality pictures, I can get better if needed.
It was my intention to have this installed months ago but due to a busy travel schedule and spring weather that flooded my basement I had to put this project off until now. Here are some before pictures of the old bumper.
I opted to reuse all of the brackets off the old bumper. If I had to do it again I would have purchased new ones and had them powdercoated or painted. The effort required to grind out all of the old rusted bolts then prep and paint the reinforcements and brackets wasnt worth it, that old hitch ball put up a good fight. I also took this opportunity to remove and repaint the hitch. Here are the results:
Sorry for the phone quality pictures, I can get better if needed.