Warlock bumper chipping and flaking

[21SilverRam]

I’ve just seen a few days ago or so. Where the poster showed Warlock bumpers are peeling and flaking. I just washed my truck today and mine are doing the same very sad. Truck is only 2 years old. Time for a trip to dealers just what I don’t want to do loose my truck longer for what is needed to fix this!!

 

[diymirage]

Be assertive, but polite, and make sure they give you a loaner

 

[21SilverRam]

I think there was someone who Linex’d the Warlock bumpers but I can’t seem to find it. I thought he had same issues I’m seeing on mine with chipping and peeling.

 

[Dean2]

There is a VERY good reason why us old guys like Chrome. IF you are going to run paint matched bumpers then PPF at minimum, or color matched Bed coating are about your only reasonable choices. Anyone that expects regular automotive paint to hold up to the road blasting a front end gets is dreaming in Technicolor.

 

[jason1]

My '21 warlock powder coating was coming off pretty bad.

I bed linered it and I love it. I go through brush often and either the powder coating by factory was flawed or it just wasn't a good choice for my application. I'm hoping and assume the bed liner coating will hold up better. And if not I can easily touch it up now.



Still waiting on my fog light parts





I did the back just to match the front as I liked it so much.

 

[Dave Haddon]

What was the process..did you need to take the front off to be done and take in the parts or done wirth bumper on truck? Cost approximate?

 

[jason1]

Taping and masking. Pop any sensors out. Could take the bumpers off and do it.

Local shop charges about $300 per bumper.

 

[jason1]

Oh and clean off well and light sanding.

 

[21SilverRam]

My '21 warlock powder coating was coming off pretty bad.

I bed linered it and I love it. I go through brush often and either the powder coating by factory was flawed or it just wasn't a good choice for my application. I'm hoping and assume the bed liner coating will hold up better. And if not I can easily touch it up now.

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Still waiting on my fog light parts
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I did the back just to match the front as I liked it so much.
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[21SilverRam]

I think your thread was the one I was referring too. It turned out great! Did you do it or the shop? If you did it what did use on it?

 

[jason1]

I think your thread was the one I was referring too. It turned out great! Did you do it or the shop? If you did it what did use on it?

I was going to do it myself for half the cost with a quality product(not Walmart rattle can stuff) but decided to go with local shop for the first go at it. Then touch up myself as needed with the cheap rattle can.

I found Hercules bed liner from Walmart matches color wise with the rhino bed liner in the bed of my truck that the local company uses. I've touched up many times now back there.

They said what they were going to do and it was fine with me to not take the bumper off as it wasn't the back of it I was trying to protect.

At first I just did the front for utility reasons and ended up doing the back because it looked so good. Kinda like a mullet I guess.

 

[Jeepwalker]

Obvious statement but ....If the underlying prep isn't good ...e.g. applying over flaking paint, i would expect the bed coating would be vulnerable to flaking too....eventually. Esp if it gets rubbed-on, tweaked, etc.

So definitely make sure you have good prep, it should hold well.

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[jason1]

Obvious statement but ....If the underlying prep isn't good ...e.g. applying over flaking paint, i would expect the bed coating would be vulnerable to flaking too....eventually. Esp if it gets rubbed-on, tweaked, etc.

So definitely make sure you have good prep, it should hold well.

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Absolutely. Good prep and planning is almost always the most important steps to anything.

 

[21SilverRam]

Mine is peeling off on top of bumper near the front light. Looks awful!!!