Need ideas for painting bumpers.

[Steeven]

I want to paint the bumpers, the grill and the trim above the grill.
I have to decide on colors.

The front and the back bumpers are steel and I think they were chrome when new. They are now painted light grey. I'm thinking going black. I would probably not go for a gloss or a matte black. Something in the middle. I could go red, but I think the back bumper would look funny painted red.

For the grill and the trim below the bumper and above the turn signals, I'm also thinking black. Or I could make them grey as they were originally. Red would not look bad either..

So i'm open to ideas!
Any pictures of painted steel bumpers would be appreciated.

It's a short bed 1997 2x4

Cheers

 

[Ranger850]

Black or a Dark gray. ( Gun Metal or Pewter ) You could go for a Satin finish. That would be between Gloss and Matte.

 

[CrabGuy]

Rustoleum makes a good textured rattle can paint with a satin finish. I used it for the window trim and it's held up great so far.

https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/stops-rust/textured?ls=7220830&lc=Black%20Textured