Putting a coat of anything on them can certainly not hurt anything, one added note, before you go to hang your new bumper tape some towels on the quarter panels to protect them until you have the bumper bolted in place, seems no matter how many hands you have during installation the bumper wants to kiss the body,,,,,, In a message dated 3/28/2011 8:44:43 A.M. Central Daylight Time, victim1234@xxxxxxxxxx writes: I had my bumpers redone and the plating company told me to paint the back side of them with Tremclad aluminum brush paint. I must say they do look a lot better and will probably last for years. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Phelps [mailto:mikeph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 1:17 AM To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Bumper question Hi all, it's been a while sense I've posted anything but here goes. I'm about to mount my newly rechromed bumpers, the question is should I paint the back side of them? I live in Florida and salt hangs in the air, I'd hate to think in a few years I might have rust problems that I possibly could have prevented. Any thoughts? Mike Phelps 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II Convertible 361/727 2004 Hemi Ram Quad Cab 2004 Chrysler 300M 3.5HO 2004 PT Cruiser 2.4 Turbo ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html.