How you fellas color matching bumper end caps?

I love the new look of my MGM with the pro grill. Only chrome that really stands out now are the end caps. How are you fellas color matching them? Local paint shops? Wraps? I woulden't mind getting them matched without completely rebuying the parts.

Thanks!
Jim

 

I painted mine myself - sanded down chrome pieces, primer and paint. I found that Duplicolor makes a spray paint for Barcelona Red Metallic that matches pretty well. All of my chrome is gone now. Don't know how well it will hold up though, just did it about a month ago.

 

Some guys are wrapping...or with any luck..check your local area Craigslist OfferUp 5mile LetGo you might find some selling em..i painted but not colormatch.. I did mine black like Post #2 I sanded down chrome painted with black primer 2 good coats then painted with 3 good coats

 

Thinking of doing 1g3 but can't decide LOL. May just do the flat black like the badges...

 

Let's see your ride!

 

Let me put the TRD grill in and ill snap a couple of pics!

Black badges and color matching handles to follow my TRD grill.

 

Here's how mine turned out...I also painted my steps with bed liner black and my tailpipe with high heat enamel black, but don't have pictures of those.

 

Powder coated the front
Painted the back with duplicolor matching paint

 

Get a good color match with powder coat?

 

Yes, and no.

You can get close but it's not perfect. It's more durable than painting over chrome, even if you sand it

 

NICE JOB !!!

 

Powder coated the fronts. Rears were already white (aren't they always )

 

Nice job!

 

Not sure you need the high heat paint on the tailpipe. I painted mine with some plain ole flat black and it is fine. Don't remember the brand. Probably Rustolem

 

Fortunately my rears came painted from the factory but I ordered my front end caps color matched from @Roman in the below thread. The painted front end caps are a perfect match to the truck's paint.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/ultimate-oem-toyota-parts-thread.10707/

 

Probably the best, but also most expensive option I guess.

 

I agree, but glad I went that route. I ordered my front end caps, color matched TRD Pro grill and bulge at the same time and installed together one afternoon. Totally transformed the look of the truck. I like chrome on some trucks, but not so much on the Tundra. Still need to replace my mirror caps and door handles with color matched.

 

I hear ya. While I had to change the grill immediately, I don't hate the chrome ends so much that I would spend $450 before throwing on a lift. Another thing added to the list....

 

Did you remove before sanding
and painting? If so did you need any parts for reinstall?

 

Yes i removed front rear end caps before sanding and painting it made it easier..ther a few YouTube posts i looked up on how to remove..no parts needed for reinstall

 

Did any of you have problems with sensors?

 

Me?

 

You or anyone else? I am curious because I was thinking of blacking out my wife's Nissan van's bumpers, but she has sensors (both front and rear). Sort of making me hesitant.

 

No sensors on mine sorry

 

I didn't have any sensor issues when I swapped my front caps for color matched ones. The sensors have a clip and plug on the back that goes on/off without too much trouble. I was afraid I might run into sensor calibration issues after I tackled the swap but I did a lot of research beforehand and never found any on any of the forums. Fortunately I didn't have any afterwards either.

 

I don't have sensors on mine, so can't speak to that. The color match on mine turned out pretty good, but as someone else mentioned, I don't think it is as durable as powder coat. By the way, I left mine on the truck when I painted it, didn't bother to take them off.

 

Looks good. I just got the 2020 sr5 same color. Want to delete all chrome. Already ordered the badges... where'd you get the color matched?

 

Dupli-color makes 3R3 color - it’s a pretty decent match.

 

I sanded, primed and shot 3 coats of single stage urethane. Happy with it.

 

Thanks going today to try and match. Just found out Napa color matches according to VIN # at $28. A can. I'll post once ive sprayed.