The PO of my van painted the bumpers, air dam, and the plastic trim
panels on the sides with Plasti-Kote "Bumper Color" black paint.  This
paint is intended for exactly this use.  Looks very nice with the red
body paint except he did some sloppy masking and there's some
overspray in a few places.  Time will tell how long it lasts, I guess.

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL

Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:

> Very good.
>
> Must be where yo
u live.
>
> Cause those normal paints come off plastic where I live, after a while.
>
> And I thought that someone might like knowing about a 'real' paint for
>
> Plastic, and it does go on very nicely 'kinda thick' and is formulated just
> for plastic.
>
>
>
> Thought someone might like to know about it.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:30 AM
> To: scottdaniel@turbovans.com
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Paint the plastic bumper extensions?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/28/08 4:09:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com writes:
>
>
> Sorry , 'any black paint' won't really stay on plastic, especially the extra
> slippery kind that bumper caps are.  I posted earlier about a spray paint
> that really is for plastic and really stays o there, 'Fusion' it's called,
> in hardware stores.
>
>
>
> sorry, most black spraypaints do stay on just fine.
> ive used rustoleum, krylon, you name it.  painted grilles,  mirrors, etc.
> paint lasts for years and doesnt peel..  ive never used their "fusion" line
> but if you want to pay a few extra bucks for paint thats up to you.
>
> ive used rustoleum satin black and krylon satin black to do grilles and
> mirrors and bumpers..  never had a problem.
>