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Posted by: Racer Chris Oct 20 2012, 02:07 PM

Notice the lack of foglight openings.
This is a one piece fiberglass front bumper. 4 1/2 lbs.
Both the chrome and the rubber top are self adhesive film over black gelcoat.
It looked easy watching the youtube demo videos.

Posted by: Black22 Oct 20 2012, 03:11 PM

Does it have a slight gold tint or is that the pic?

Posted by: ruby914 Oct 20 2012, 03:30 PM

Chris, that looks great.
So.... Just how hard was it?
You have a link to the product and vid?

Posted by: Andyrew Oct 20 2012, 05:42 PM

Any pics outside? hard to see how reflective the paint is.

Posted by: Mark Henry Oct 20 2012, 07:09 PM

Is it this stuff?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Self-Adhesive-Polished-Satin-Faux-Fake-Stainless-Steel-Wallpaper-Film-Panel-/320996511663?pt=Refrigerators&hash=item4abce20faf

Posted by: kg6dxn Oct 21 2012, 12:30 AM

More like this stuff...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-x-60-Silver-Chrome-Wrapping-Vinyl-Vinyl-Film-for-car-sticker-40x152cm-/261115211586?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3ccbadef42&vxp=mtr

Posted by: sfrenck Oct 21 2012, 07:06 AM

I've been considering this:

http://www.alsacorp.com/strechchrome/index.html

no pre-painting required.

Posted by: Racer Chris Oct 21 2012, 07:16 AM

Its plenty sturdy. There are built-in L shaped mounting brackets. Instead of using the supplied J-nuts, we made bolt plates to reinforce the brackets and make it easier to install in the stock locations.

Its background reflection. There's some cardboard nearby and the walls are offwhite. The film is devoid of color just like real chrome.
The black in terms of gloss, is eggshell, and actually looks like rubber.

Its bright. I'll get some more pics when we install it this week.

Posted by: Racer Chris Oct 21 2012, 07:24 AM

This stuff did come from Alsa.
The chrome didn't stretch as easily as the black though.

Unfortunately, it comes in 60" wide rolls, and the bumper requires about 72".

The chrome film won't stretch 20%.
Using the diagonal section out of a 3 foot piece meant we worked hard to reach complete coverage.
There are some wrinkles at the ends because of the way we pulled on it.

I'd rather get a 6 foot piece and do 5 bumpers at once.

Posted by: Racer Chris Oct 21 2012, 07:28 AM

That looks like the same stuff Mike.

Posted by: mepstein Oct 21 2012, 06:41 PM

Might also be a cheap way to get a chrome looking metal bumper.

Posted by: Mikey914 Oct 22 2012, 01:26 PM

Funny I've looked at these options for the fiberglass bumpers. The cosmachrome is the another process that drops silvernitrate under solution onto a prepped surface. It looks pretty good to. It just needs a clear coat. I have the fiberglass bumpers under production with the rears done allready. Just havn't found a process that works well. 3m makes a chrome stretch vinyl, only it's 48" . It would be best, but no luck finding it wider. If anyone finds a good solution let me know
This still needs finishing -


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