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Chrome is the only way to go...
Painted with PPF is the best looking option imo
Its a defect between the primer/paint adhesion with the bumper not ROCK CHIPS, well maybe a few, you can probably chip the paint by washing it and I'm serious about this. I only have 3000 miles and have paint chips not rock chips.... I went to Fords and Rams used car lot just to make sure it wasn't me bc I have other vehicles and with my gold saturn as my daily driver bulletproof car the Ram gets driven every so often. They all have these chips on these painted bumpers... on one used black Ram in the lot they touched up over 50 or more spots when I looked closely, looked terrible! FCA will blame the customer and say its rock chips but its not when you have 100's everywhere, my door handle has a chip too. The paint quality on the bumper is garbage and unacceptable, I've been working on cars for 20 years and I never use to see it this bad on the suv/trucks back in the 2000's. FCA has some quality control issues which include paint, water leaks, chrome plated wheels pitting, serpentine belt squealing in cold weather are just a few. My 3 90's cars still have factory paint and dosen't have this issue, I'm old school, I wax my vehicles and never heard of ppf garbage. So they make it that cheap you need ppf! I had to fight FCA for 3 months only 2000 miles just to get one chrome pitted wheel replaced; they blamed me saying outside influences automatic carwashes... when I told them I hand wash all my vehicles, my microfiber towel was catching on the pits in which I told them was a manufacturing defect. I took the wheel off and had them replace it not letting them put their hands on my vehicle! I asked them where the wheel weights were for the wheel and told them you didn't balance it... when I got home and checked the tire only 15 psi in the tire... so they only seated the bead, thats dangerous! I've been in the automotive, diesel/ agriculture/ aviation field for some time... I do all my own work, try to learn as much as I can and dont trust no one working on my vehicles because people are lazy and hacks, when I worked as a technician I treated every customers car as if it was my own regardless of how it looked, growing up in Detroit I had to catch the bus so I know how hard customers work for their vehicle, its their investment. I do my own alignments with a tomcat airbag for camber/ a bubble leveler and string and jack stands with measuring. I noticed my steering wheel was crooked to the right when I first got the Ram, I adjusted toe myself, the mopar serpentine belt would squeal under 30 deg. F in the cold, changed it to a gates belt myself, no more noise! I declined any extra warranties and don't even take it in for recalls.. rear camera glitching every blue moon... oh well I can look behind or reset it. And my tailgate latches fine so Im not letting them touch it to damage or scratch the vehicle. If I have a issue I'll do it myself or deal with it. Looking at new Rams im the lot... surface rust underneath is unacceptable bc surface rust turns to rust.
You have a backcountry truck and a chipped paint on your bumper?
Like this? Just got back from a road trip and picked up at least 10 more.
That is what mine looks like. Coworker has a Backcountry picked up mid 22 w/ no chips and he drives alot more than I do.Like this? Just got back from a road trip and picked up at least 10 more.
I was driving in a snowstorm so guessing rock salt was the culprit.
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My co worker has a later build 2022 has more miles than me and zero chips.
My 22 Backcountry was built in Oct 22 & delivered in early November. Has right at 3000 miles now with two or three noticeable chips in the front bumper.
