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ChrisFoley
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. blink.gif
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Black22
Does it have a slight gold tint or is that the pic?
ruby914
QUOTE(Racer Chris @ Oct 20 2012, 01:07 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. blink.gif
Click to view attachment


Chris, shades.gif that looks great.
So.... Just how hard was it?
You have a link to the product and vid?
Andyrew
Any pics outside? hard to see how reflective the paint is.
Mark Henry
Is it this stuff?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Self-Adhesive-Poli...=item4abce20faf
Mike Bellis
More like this stuff...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-x-60-Silver-Chr...f42&vxp=mtr
sfrenck
I've been considering this:

Alsa stretch chrome wrap

no pre-painting required.
ChrisFoley
QUOTE(Scotti @ Oct 20 2012, 03:29 PM) *

but will it hold up at speed driving.gif

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

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

Its bright. I'll get some more pics when we install it this week.
ChrisFoley
QUOTE(sfrenck @ Oct 21 2012, 08:06 AM) *

I've been considering this:

Alsa stretch chrome wrap

no pre-painting required.

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.
ChrisFoley
QUOTE(kg6dxn @ Oct 21 2012, 01:30 AM) *

More like this stuff...

That looks like the same stuff Mike.
mepstein
Might also be a cheap way to get a chrome looking metal bumper.
Mikey914
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
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