ballpark cost of powder coating bumpers? (1 Viewer)

[txgringo]

I have a Slee Shortbus and a 4x4 dual swingout that were scraped pretty good in a wreck and I'm planning to get them re-powdercoated. I'm not ready to do the rear bumper yet, so I was just trying to get pricing for the front bumper. I sent pictures of the Shortbus to the two closest shops and got a price of $325 from one shop and an estimate of $275-$300 from the other. This includes stripping the old powder and applying a new coat.

I was expecting to pay somewhere in the $100-$150 range for the front bumper, so this was a bit of a shock. Am I out of touch with what powder coating costs, or should I get quotes from a couple more shops? With all the parts on the rear swingout bumper (bumper, arms, attachments) I'm going to have to sell a kidney or something to pay for all this work at these prices.

 

[rjones]

Paid $250 for this two-tone (center caps and stinger are a really dark brown to match the sliders and wheels (wheels that aren't in this photo)). Shop is in Lodi, CA. Will be getting a price on Thursday on the rear bumper I just picked up. Will report back here if it'll help.

Cheers,
rjones

 

[txgringo]

Thanks. for sharing @rjones. Did that price include stripping an existing coating, or was it bare when they started?

 

[jomelo]

I have a Slee Shortbus and a 4x4 dual swingout that were scraped pretty good in a wreck and I'm planning to get them re-powdercoated. I'm not ready to do the rear bumper yet, so I was just trying to get pricing for the front bumper. I sent pictures of the Shortbus to the two closest shops and got a price of $325 from one shop and an estimate of $275-$300 from the other. This includes stripping the old powder and applying a new coat.

I was expecting to pay somewhere in the $100-$150 range for the front bumper, so this was a bit of a shock. Am I out of touch with what powder coating costs, or should I get quotes from a couple more shops? With all the parts on the rear swingout bumper (bumper, arms, attachments) I'm going to have to sell a kidney or something to pay for all this work at these prices.

I don’t think these prices are far off. I know my local powder coat shop charges a higher fee when they have to remove existing powdercoat.

 

[rjones]

Thanks. for sharing @rjones. Did that price include stripping an existing coating, or was it bare when they started?

My bad, I should have included that info. It was bare metal and the aluminum wings portion was super clean already. They did sandblast it to clean it up, a little rust and oil, but I doubt that is as intensive/time consuming as stripping existing powder.

As delivered to the powder coater:

Cheers,
rjones

 

[PAToyota]

You can definitely run into some cost with prep work - and definitely with stripping old work. I’d be wary of anyone too cheap even for bare metal because it means they aren’t putting the time into the prep.

 

[txgringo]

Thanks for the reality check guys. I have received three prices from local shops, and it looks like they are all in line:

1. $275 for bumper, $70 for coil springs = $345 total
2. $325 for bumper, $60 for coil springs = $385 total
3. $300-$325 for bumper & coils (they didn't break out the cost for the different parts)

Ironically, the #3 price is the first quote that I got that I thought was too high!

 

[Prairie Swamp]

Stripping powder coat is a bitch and very time consuming. If you could do that yourself you would same some $.