Quote: Hello, I saw this post and thought I would chime in. 18 years ago I built a 72 Charger for my wife. She wanted the car white and I don't like the looks of chrome bumpers on a white car (personal choice) so I took my straight bumpers and etched them carefully with the sand blaster and primed them with Epoxy and painted them. They have held up great!..No problems and the hideaway headlight system that I had was pitted pretty good so I blasted it carefully and primed with epoxy and painted it with black texture paint and it too has held up well. I am sure you couldn't get this combination from the factory but I like the looks of it.
I agree, I like the look as well.
Just as a side note, the factory elastomeric coating was a good bit thicker than just paint, which is why I suspect the clearance/interference issue with the hide-a-ways.
