The truck then made the cross country move from CA to GA. It drove great all the way there and I had no problems (minus cost of fuel. Damn 5.7 is thirsty) It made a few trips to FL and the surrounding area for the year I was there and then towed a trailer to Colorado Springs like a champ. That brings the truck up to this past weekend when I decided I had enough of the chrome bumper. It was time to bedline it. $60 and a weekend and now no more chrome
Everything required
It was pretty easy to do. You pop the plastic top off, then unbolt the bumper with a 12mm wrench. It makes life way easier to remove the tailgate first.
I sanded with 80 grit sand paper (I had read to use 80 grit online but I would recommend something coarser as I'm not sure how well this will stick) and primed with a self etching primer. Notice my helper hard at work
I laid 3 coats of bedliner on the bumper with the last layer being real thick. On the sides I used the included paint brush to apply 2 thick coats on thin part that wraps from the side of the bumper to the truck bed. I was pretty happy with the end product but we will see what happens over time.