Hello everyone looking for opinions on painting my p/s brawler lite bumper.should I powdercoat,or just paint it?
Also thoughts on lineX. What do you guys think of the textured look?

 

Linex is the toughest but if you have other bumpers you can texture and color match also you can do a zinc enriched coating which will help keeping it from chipping and scratching so forth with a powder coat also you can color match your jeep with the powder coat to i would never really suggest painting it it scratches and chips to easily especially if you wheel

 

You can use line x without having the textures look. Just get to with a sander after every coat. You get the strength and scratch resistance, and a smooth finish. Best of both worlds in my book!

 

you better be using a belt sander if you think you are going to sand down Line-x

 

In this exact same boat with the same bumper even. Really leaning toward line-x.

 

how long after each coat should i wait before sanding.the guy said about 70 layers to complete

 

I used some VHT roll bar and chasis rattle can paint on some of the stuff I have. It is very durable and easy to touch up after scraping on some big boulders. I havent had "line x" But, I am thinking that even line x will scrape off if your bumper comes in contact with some big rocky ledges like mine has. And VHT roll bar and chasis coating is a mere fraction of the cost.

 

had the bumper on my previous Jeep...I used Rustoleum spray on bed-liner. I sprayed about 4 coats, and it looked amazing. The nice thing is its cheap, its quick and easy to do, and doesnt collect dirt.

 

Just did my JCR last night. 4 coats of rustoleum light grey primer, and 3 coats of rustoleum black hammered.

 

My bumpers come in on Thursday and I am going to do the Rustoleum Primer/Bedliner on Friday. Figured at $25 for a few coats how could I go wrong? If I don't like it or it isn't durable I just get it sandblasted off and pay the money for powdercoating. But if I spend a few hundred dollars for powdercoating and it isn't durable I am out a lot more money. $25 and my time and easy touch up sounds like the plan (for now)...