CAMMIN03'

iTrader: (1)

Can you paint the plastic on the bumper of a 2003 silverado....I want to paint the front bottom plastic piece and the upper plastic piece...

trucksleeper

Yes you can paint the top one if it is not textured I have one that is not textured and is primed the bottom piece I guess can be but if your bottom piece is textured paint does not like to stick to textured pieces if you can find an untextured bottom it would be better.

tdrumm

iTrader: (18)

Is your truck a 03?

I painted mine, and the paint is sticking to the textured plastic just fine after a year and a half of daily driving, with the exception of a big rock chip and a spot on the corner where someone hit me in a parking lot . Just be sure to add flex additives and a plastic adhesion promoter to the paint, and make sure you clean the parts really well with something like prep-sol.

I did not sand mine first, so I used a couple coats of thick sealer primer to fill in the texture, wet sanded it, and then painted it. I'll have to sand it though when I fix the screwed up parts.

bodyguard6799

Textured or smooth, it doesnt matter as long as you sand it right use an adhesion promotor and filler primer on the testured one if you dont get it completely smooth, it will look fine and will not come off, its all about the preperation!!

CAMMIN03'

iTrader: (1)

Does anyone have any pictures of there 03 painted...... like this

graystepside

iTrader: (1)

make sure it is well painted or it will flake off like my dumbass friend who did a crappy job on his.

tdrumm

iTrader: (18)

I only did the top one, and my truck is dark, so in the pictures it's hard to tell it's painted. I posted a pic in the "post a picture of your truck" thread in the general section.

trucksleeper

Ok, look yall are saying to put all this primer on it and fill in the texture and really by the time you do that you could have bought an untextured one

nightmarechevy

iTrader: (5)

I just did this to my grille, I will have pics up soon in the appearance section. Sticks pretty nicely if you do it like this, I have done it to my mirrors and bowtie in the past with no problems.

tdrumm

iTrader: (18)

They don't make an untextured one for 2003-up.