I paid $400 to have my front bumper "Chrome Painted". It looked like a real chrome bumper for about two years and then it turned yellow inside of a few months. And this is on a car that sees the sun 10 days a year. I will never do that again due to the expense/performance.

I tried doing the vinyl wrap most recently. What went down flat without wrinkles looked pretty nice, but I couldn't get around the radiused edges without it looking like crap. I tried calling a wrap expert and nobody seems interested. I had one company quote me $800 for one bumper so I consider that not interested in doing it since the materials cost is only about $85 per bumper. I would have paid the $400 again if it would just hold up.