Linex front and rear bumper

[Jayz]

So my wife backed up into her moms truck and put a nice ding in my rear bumper. Figured it would be a nice excuse to upgrading to a steel bumper but can't justify the cost and amount of "armor" for my Nebraskan gravel road 4runner so had a local company pop it back out and fix some minor body damage. The bumper actually looked damn good but could still see some weakness to the integrity of it an thought a thick linex coat should help it stay strong for the longer haul.
Did some bartering with the good folks at linex and will be getting both front and rear bumpers coated up and should have her back in a few days.
Has anyone done this? Can you post some pics if so? Ill throw mine up once I get it back.
As a guy who does little off roasting but gets out in the country a lot I'm thinking this is a solid alternative to the sick steel bumpers without looking like too much of a flatlander poser. (Although I know I'm rocking that look a bit).
Cheers and thanks for all the inspiration I've been lurking for a little over a year.

 

[beeftube]

I've never seen it personally on a 4th gen, but I did see a 3rd gen build thread once where the previous owner had either Line-X'ed or RhinoLined the original front and rear bumpers as well as the fender flares with color matched bedliner.

It didn't look terrible, but did look a little funky (I suppose because it was color matched silver).

Are you color matching yours?

Take plenty of pics and post them up. It will be unique I'm sure.

 

[4rs]

So my wife backed up into her moms truck and put a nice ding in my rear bumper. Figured it would be a nice excuse to upgrading to a steel bumper but can't justify the cost and amount of "armor" for my Nebraskan gravel road 4runner so had a local company pop it back out and fix some minor body damage. The bumper actually looked damn good but could still see some weakness to the integrity of it an thought a thick linex coat should help it stay strong for the longer haul.
Did some bartering with the good folks at linex and will be getting both front and rear bumpers coated up and should have her back in a few days.
Has anyone done this? Can you post some pics if so? Ill throw mine up once I get it back.
As a guy who does little off roasting but gets out in the country a lot I'm thinking this is a solid alternative to the sick steel bumpers without looking like too much of a flatlander poser. (Although I know I'm rocking that look a bit).
Cheers and thanks for all the inspiration I've been lurking for a little over a year.

what is off roasting?

 

[CXS]

what is off roasting?

If you don't know by now I'm not going to be the one to explain it!

You haven't lived until you've off roasted.

 

[Jayz]

Sorry ***off roading*** not roasting thanks that was probably very difficult to navigate around I do off roast in the spring but only when the temps are right and as I'm sure you know when snipes are mating, it's tough to get out when the weather varies so quickly in the Midwest
I'm going with all black, my runner is dark blue and should flow well.

 

[Jayz]

some pics of the bumpers....

 

[gaterose]

Looks pretty good.. I think...

How about some pics with a little better light when you get a chance?

In the full pic I can barely tell the black and blue apart in the rear.

edit- Nice looking 4runner by the way!

 

[4rs]

I would of told them to do the grill too. Hows beyonce?

 

[beeftube]

Huh, that doesn't look half bad. My truck's the same color, too.

 

[me_rikey]

That looks pretty good -- and the best part is it protects better then it looks. Good idea!

 

[nethngbtstk]

Do the rest of the truck!!

 

[TOY2G]

I think it is very clean, and I like it alot. You might think about doing the fender flairs. also IMO

 

[zstampe]

I think it is very clean, and I like it alot. You might think about doing the fender flairs. also IMO

This.

I read the thread title and was like....

I think it looks great, I'd do the flares as well though.

 

[goohead]

Already done

1e9 color matched upol raptor, bumpers fenders flares, door molding pieces, step hitch

 

[zstampe]

^^^^ love it. Now its time to lift it and get a roof rack ha ha.

 

[goohead]

Ya that's just on fj coils and 5100s

 

[philskeeter]

So my wife backed up into her moms truck and put a nice ding in my rear bumper. Figured it would be a nice excuse to upgrading to a steel bumper but can't justify the cost and amount of "armor" for my Nebraskan gravel road 4runner so had a local company pop it back out and fix some minor body damage. The bumper actually looked damn good but could still see some weakness to the integrity of it an thought a thick linex coat should help it stay strong for the longer haul.
Did some bartering with the good folks at linex and will be getting both front and rear bumpers coated up and should have her back in a few days.
Has anyone done this? Can you post some pics if so? Ill throw mine up once I get it back.
As a guy who does little off roasting but gets out in the country a lot I'm thinking this is a solid alternative to the sick steel bumpers without looking like too much of a flatlander poser. (Although I know I'm rocking that look a bit).
Cheers and thanks for all the inspiration I've been lurking for a little over a year.

Have you noticed any fading in the line-x yet?

 

[ebg18t]

Have you noticed any fading in the line-x yet?

The new line-x has a uv additive so it 'should' be better than the old stuff. But time will tell.

Might be worth a PM to Goo to see how his are holding up, but JayZ hasn't logged in since 2013.
[MENTION=10234]goohead[/MENTION]

 

[xxaarraa]

Looks good OP, nice job. This won't work on light colored trucks though - the black textured bumpers will look very odd on a silver truck for instance.

 

[ebg18t]

Looks good OP, nice job. This won't work on light colored trucks though - the black textured bumpers will look very odd on a silver truck for instance.

I wonder how the silver line-x would look?