I have opened a can of worms

I've went down the painted bumper route before and had trouble with them. The paint started chipping off... they wasn't prepped right. I didn't do the painting so I don't know what happened. Not saying you will have the problem. Eventually I bought new chrome bumpers for the car (68 Charger) and really liked the look much better than the painted. It was brought to my attention that painted bumpers is a indicator that the owner couldn't afford to re-chrome the bumpers (took the cheap way out)... I don't know if that's true but it was brought to my attention.