Aging my new bumper (1 Viewer)

[Crush 4]

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.

Now that is a constructive idea!! Thx
Fairlead ordered any recommendations on cable brand/vendor?

 

[Crush 4]

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

Original paint. Used meguites 7 let it soak, then clay bar, clean paint buffs better!

 

[roadstr6]

Now that is a constructive idea!! Thx
Fairlead ordered any recommendations on cable brand/vendor?

If money is not an object get the Warn Synthetic cable. If you want to be more frugal, price shop Amsteel and Dyneema. Don't buy some cheap Chinese stuff though. Get a decent cable.

 

[brian]

front body mount doesnt match the bib.

 

[Crush 4]

Fairlead replaced. Better?
In terms of

 

[Crush 4]

in terms of syn cable any recommendations on diameter and length?

 

[Living in the Past]

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.

I have no problem with steel cable. I see ton of old vehicles laying the Southwest on car haulers headed to the rust belt. What people will do is strip the interiors and used the one from a rust hulk. Rubber plastic and Synthetic do not hold up to the UV in the desert. Can't see spending the money on something that would rarely get used and then the expense or replacing so I would trust it. Worked a Government job which followed OHSA. Safety harnesses were required to be replaced ever five years. They base this off worse case scenario where like if it was be exposed to the elements. Have winches with over forty year old cables I still trust. Can't say I would trust a synthetic line that old that been out in the UV. I admit synthetic is easier to use just not worth the cost for me in the desert. Rust belt would be another story like the Windy City where the OP is from.

 

[lcwizard]

T-bone a TJ

 

[jim land]

Spray some fluidfilm on it, it will be like a dirt magnet , easy to clean when you want it

 

[JohnnyC]

T-bone a TJ

That might only leave a scratch...
T-bone several

 

[Crush 4]

That might only leave a scratch...
T-bone several

I like jeeps too

 

[ICD FJ40]

If you want the patina look to show the age of your 40, you need the classic steel cable and roller fairlead to go with it. Synthetic rope and hawse fairlead now make the shiny bumper stand out worse.

 

[cbmontgo]

If you must make that bumper look aged, take some 200 and 400 grit sandpaper and lightly sand the curved surfaces until you get to the next layer of primer or steel.

I’d leave it alone if it were me, as that 40 looks as shiny as the new bumper. Beautiful truck.

 

[Tank5]

Take it off, dragit behind your 40 face down for one mile ona dirt road, then reinstall it. Good to go.

 

[lcwizard]

how about these

 

[Splangy]

Original paint. Used meguites 7 let it soak, then clay bar, clean paint buffs better!

more pics. I’m not buying that claim.

 

[Crush 4]

more pics. I’m not buying that claim.

This is after soaking meguires 7 for 24 hours. I then used Clay bar and machine polish after this step. I have also done other vehicles w clay bar meguires 7 then carnuba

 

[Crush 4]

This is after soaking meguires 7 for 24 hours. I then used Clay bar and machine polish after this step. I have also done other vehicles w clay bar meguires 7 then carnuba

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This is after soaking meguires 7 for 24 hours. I then used Clay bar and machine polish after this step. I have also done other vehicles w clay bar meguires 7 then carnuba

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Since I’m showing off here is a underhood shot in the early phases of the process

 

[Crush 4]

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This was a shot on the early phase of paint clean. Notice firewall has not been completed as compared to earlier pics

 

[John McVicker]

Good job! And to me it appears to be a legit original paint.