Aging my new bumper (1 Viewer)

[Crush 4]

Maybe a goofy question but I just put a nice shiny new HFS bumper on my patina 75 w a used 8574 and it doesnt look right. It looks to “new”!
Any ideas on how to age it so it matches the other parts?

 

[4x4veteran]

Looks good in the picture.
I guess you could dull the finish with some fine steel-wool.

 

[Crush 4]

Looks good in the picture.
I guess you could dull the finish with some fine steel-wool.

Thx that was my first thought or tie a big rusty heavy chain on it!

 

[John in Utah]

Drive it

 

[Crush 4]

Drive it

Maybe I can hit a few deer or go bury it in the mud!

 

[JeffD]

matte black spray paint over it, or portions of it, and leave outside for a few weeks.

 

[thebigredrocker]

You could :
scuff the paint with a green scotchbrite
shoot it with a shot gun
let your kids shoot it with their bb gun
go run it through a brush thicket

 

[Mark W]

Fake aging? Really? Why? From the picture, your rig is clean, shiny inside and out and free of any dirt on the undercarriage even. Not like you are trying to cosmetically match it to a rig with decades of sitting in a field being abused and neglected. Just bolt it on and drive it. It will age just fine

Mark...

 

[Living in the Past]

Take it to a copper mine with a smelter and just let sit outside for a week or so. Working on a HVAC project years ago brand new shinny sheet metal with left on a Friday looked twenty years old on Monday.

 

[cruisermatt]

crazy idea, actually take the 40 out and use it how it was intended

 

[Crush 4]

crazy idea, actually take the 40 out and use it what it was meant for

I love this forum!............................

 

[77mustard40]

Give it time

 

[BadReligion]

Easy. I'm assuming you are in Detroit. Wait for the next snow storm, find a salt truck and then tailgate it for 30 min or so. Might cost you a new windshield too though.

 

[Downey]

Piss on the bitch a few times.

 

[Crush 4]

Piss on the bitch a few times.

Classy

 

[NHFJ]

it takes all kinds, probably says its a"rust bucket" Texans !!

 

[ICD FJ40]

It matches the "patina?" on your 40 very nicely

 

[roadstr6]

The winch and bumper look fine. It's your ugly old roller fairlead that has you questioning things. If I were you, I would pull off that old roller fairlead and unspool that old steel cable, install a nice new hawse fairlead and spool on some synthetic winch rope. That way everything will look nice and new and it will be safer and more functional than what you've got.

 

[brian]

i'm wondering on the "patina"....it looks like a repaint.

 

[samatulich]

Why not trade your new one for someone’s else’s used one?