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H2 Bumpers faded...Here is your answer
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05-11-2009, 05:08 AM
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Re: H2 Bumpers faded...Here is your answer
Lookin good man. Did you get the whole truck done with just one bottle?
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05-11-2009, 07:51 AM
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Re: H2 Bumpers faded...Here is your answer
Very cool, where did you get the spray shine from?
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05-11-2009, 02:06 PM
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05-11-2009, 04:24 PM
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Lookin good man. Did you get the whole truck done with just one bottle?
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Yup one bottle did it all. I still have plenty left over. I am thinking of doing the tires too. Not sure If I have enough to do them but I will probubly start that process next week after I get back from Kinzalow's. |
05-11-2009, 04:34 PM
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great job ! thanks for the tip !
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05-11-2009, 05:34 PM
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Yup one bottle did it all. I still have plenty left over. I am thinking of doing the tires too. Not sure If I have enough to do them but I will probubly start that process next week after I get back from Kinzalow's.
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That will be an all day process to do the those big ole tires of yours. On a side note, my tailight gaurds came in. They helped the look of the H2 a ton! |
05-11-2009, 10:29 PM
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Just ordered me one!!!! 
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05-12-2009, 01:50 AM
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I have been using Griots Garage products for many years. All very good. I have some of this but havent used it on the Hummer.
I did just order their 'Rubber Prep' to strip any old leftover goo from the bumpers before I use this.
I currently use their Vinyl and Rubber Dressing on the bumpers. It has a UV protectant to help prevent the fading.
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11-23-2009, 11:28 PM
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Take them off and gett'em Line-Xed.
Cost me about $600 to do the front bumper (plastic and metal), fender flares, the bits on the side below the doors, and the rear bumper.
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11-23-2009, 11:32 PM
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Take them off and gett'em Line-Xed.
Cost me about $600 to do the front bumper (plastic and metal), fender flares, the bits on the side below the doors, and the rear bumper.
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That looks awesome. Worth the $600. Does the lineX fade at all? how about chipping on the front metal bumper?
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11-23-2009, 11:41 PM
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There's two kinds of Line-X they had...one was the 'standard' which is what I had done. It has dulled ever so slightly to the normal, stock look...how it looked when the vehicle was new.
There was also a premium Line-X which is guaranteed to maintain a higher gloss...and they can color match this to any paint color. It would have been $150 more, but I liked the slightly dull 'new' stock look.
It's been over a year and about 20,000 miles (on and off road...and a road trip from Maryland to Maine) not a single chip on it anywhere. That stuff is TOUGH!
Yeah...$600 seemed like a good deal at the time...now I think it was a GREAT deal. Keep in mind that I removed all the parts myself, transported them, and put them back on...so I only paid for the Line-X to coat them.
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That looks awesome. Worth the $600. Does the lineX fade at all? how about chipping on the front metal bumper?
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that looks f in tight!
as far as the fading or chipping no and no. i was really suprised with how durable this stuff is. when i was a kid i was working at a truck yard. we did my bosses truck bed. we had engines and trannys gettin tossed in and out of it all day. never a chip or a scrape. i belive there is a lifetime warr. on it even if it does. looks good then painted also. might be something to look into |
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Take them off and gett'em Line-Xed.
Cost me about $600 to do the front bumper (plastic and metal), fender flares, the bits on the side below the doors, and the rear bumper.
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Ya.. that looks great! I've got other priorities for now, but by the time those are done it should be just about time to re-do the bumpers... 
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11-24-2009, 03:31 PM
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The line-x looks effin amazing! Nice!
How was the fit when you re-attached the bits n pieces? Did having them coated effect the way they lined up with anything?
I may have to drop by the line-x dealer and have a talk about this.  |
11-24-2009, 03:47 PM
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Man that line-x looks great. I did not realize it would stick to plastic! But $600 is a lot more than a $12 bottle. lol.
I use the bedliner in a can on my bumpers all the time. lol.
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11-24-2009, 04:30 PM
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The line-x looks effin amazing! Nice!
How was the fit when you re-attached the bits n pieces? Did having them coated effect the way they lined up with anything?
I may have to drop by the line-x dealer and have a talk about this. |
The fit was tight on some parts...especially on the sections where the fender flares overlap, or tuck under, the bit below the door (running board?). When I took it to the Line-X shop they asked me to lay the pieces out so they could see how they went together and where they overlapped so they knew what to coat and what not to coat.
On some of the pieces that attach with the push-in clips/buttons I had to open the whole back up a little with a large drill bit...but all in all it snapped back together very nicely.
Beauty of the whole thing is that everything matches...I got the whole idea when I bought the sides steps. They came with the replacement 'running boards' that have the notches cut out for your foot...but the running boards were not textured like the stock pieces; the new ones were actually meant to be painted to match the body color...so I thought 'what would make them all match AND be rugged as hell?' -- Line-X!
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Man that line-x looks great. I did not realize it would stick to plastic! But $600 is a lot more than a $12 bottle. lol.
I use the bedliner in a can on my bumpers all the time. lol.
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The tech at the Line-X store said the same thing about plastic, but the owner of the shop showed me samples of other things he'd sprayed. Trust me, it sticks to plastic. This guy had test coated it on everything...glass, plastic, metal, wood...Line-X is awesome.
Funny you mention the bedliner in a can...my nephew has a Jeep Laredo and wanted to do his truck just like mine (until his found out how much it would cost...he's only 16 and $600 is fortune to him) so we ended up doing his with the canned bedliner. We put on about 4 coats and it turned out pretty good but I worry about how this will hold up over time and after a high-pressure car wash.
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