Re: Bumpers To Paint Or Not To Paint

[farna@xxxxxxx]

I agree, and that bright color should look good with painted bumpers. The only other thing I'd even consider would be a contrasting, but complimentary, color on the flairs and bumpers. 

It's real easy to underestimate what's needed to get a car the way you want it! I figured around 8K for mine, and ended up with 12K or so -- and I did 75% of all the work. The decission to go with the Jag axle cost me about $600 more than a typical live axle with drum brakes would have, but only about $300-$400 more if you consider a disc brake conversion or a Ford Explorer axle with discs. I'm not complaining though! I still have a few things I want to do, another $1-1.5K should just about finish it off....... until I decide to change something! 

On February 3, 2006 Mr. AMC wrote:

> I decided to go almost completely monochromatic on the car. Hornet's
> don't have very much chrome or stainless trim so painting the bumpers
> would make it almost like a 77 AMX without the Targa bar. Also the cost
> and labor of making the bumpers perfect for chroming after shaving the
> bumper bolts will be more than the budget allows. I am into this 500$
> car for around 14,000$ now. I originally budgeted 5,000$ for the project
> My next project for the car will be stripping the paint off the 77 AMX
> flairs and painting them the body color. That should take less time than
> the door sill restoration.
> "Doc"


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