What to do about rust on the back side of bumpers?

[tdskip]

Use a rust converter / seal it and be done with it? Other ideas?

 

[DNK]

Just look at the front?

 

[Andrew Mace]

Use rust converter if needed, followed by a good primer/sealer and some silver topcoat?

 

[Silverghost]

Drive fast enough everywhere you go so the ONLY possible view for other drivers is the shiny side?!

That sillyness aside, the others have already covered it.

 

[tdskip]

Just look at the front?

Where, I ask, where would I be without you Don?

Ha!

 

[DNK]

I figured you'd have score of possible conclusions to your question.
So i proposed a response that might be rhetorical in nature.

 

[hondo402000]

I por 15 mine

 

[PeterK]

Sorry to chime in late. But on mine I lightly blasted the back after taping the edges of the chrome just in case. Then I coated with a stainless steel coating by Rustoleum Pro. If yours are really rusty, then rust converter as suggested first.

 

[Scott_Hower]

Remove the worst with some sandpaper, then POR-15 in silver.

 

[Don Elliott]

Twenty years ago, I had the front bumper straightened and re-chromed. They did the inside as well. Now after 103,000 miles and 20 summers, the chrome still looks like new.

So, some day, when you decide to have yours re-chromed, have them do the inside as well. Till then, you have lots of suggestions above.

 

[tdskip]

Thanks guys - I got down to a clean surface and then used a rust sealer. Should be good for now.