How to find bumper paint for 2019 Expedition?

[LW54]

Hello All,

I have some wear marks/scrapes on the hitch cover part of the bumper, and called Ford to obtain touch up paint. The parts person said they don't sell touch up paint for the bumper and I would need to go to a body shop to have them mix matching paint. My exterior paint color is White Platinum Metallic Tri-Coat, but the bumper area is a silver color. Has anyone else run into this issue? Do you know how to determine the color code for the bumper paint to try and find a matching paint somewhere else, instead of the expense of a body shop? Thanks so much.

 

[aggiegrad05]

Hello All,

I have some wear marks/scrapes on the hitch cover part of the bumper, and called Ford to obtain touch up paint. The parts person said they don't sell touch up paint for the bumper and I would need to go to a body shop to have them mix matching paint. My exterior paint color is White Platinum Metallic Tri-Coat, but the bumper area is a silver color. Has anyone else run into this issue? Do you know how to determine the color code for the bumper paint to try and find a matching paint somewhere else, instead of the expense of a body shop? Thanks so much.

You might check this thread:
https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/silver-trim-touch-up-paint.40015/

 

[aggiegrad05]

Hello All,

I have some wear marks/scrapes on the hitch cover part of the bumper, and called Ford to obtain touch up paint. The parts person said they don't sell touch up paint for the bumper and I would need to go to a body shop to have them mix matching paint. My exterior paint color is White Platinum Metallic Tri-Coat, but the bumper area is a silver color. Has anyone else run into this issue? Do you know how to determine the color code for the bumper paint to try and find a matching paint somewhere else, instead of the expense of a body shop? Thanks so much.

Found a couple more:

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/paint-touch-up.42733/

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/paint-color-code.40329/

 

[Sunflowergirl]

Hello All,

I have some wear marks/scrapes on the hitch cover part of the bumper, and called Ford to obtain touch up paint. The parts person said they don't sell touch up paint for the bumper and I would need to go to a body shop to have them mix matching paint. My exterior paint color is White Platinum Metallic Tri-Coat, but the bumper area is a silver color. Has anyone else run into this issue? Do you know how to determine the color code for the bumper paint to try and find a matching paint somewhere else, instead of the expense of a body shop? Thanks so much.

You’ll need to just find generic bumper paint and paint the whole plastic piece. Ford does not sell bumper paint for plastics.

 

[LW54]

Thank you aggiegrad05 and Sunflowergirl! Really appreciate all the great suggestions and links. We will get busy checking them out and report back as to what worked.

 

[Dukesean]

So I had this EXACT problem because as a new owner I wanted to test out the self park feature and didn’t apply brakes before the car scraped its bumper against a wall. So I ended up with scraped up tow hitch cover.

easiest solution is to buy a replacement cover, but most of the ones you find online are paint to match (PTM). BUT...I did find the exact same part, molded in color (MIC) on fordparts.com

Be careful as it’s not super clear which one is which because they sell PTM and MIC. The one you want is MIC Locus Silver

https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/body/bumpers/cap-12528573-1

 

[LW54]

Thank you so much Dukesean! This sound like exactly what we want. We had seen the PTM ones but were hoping not to go to the expense and chance that it would be painted correctly.

 

[polidori]

I purchased a bottle of Dupli-Color Silver Frost from my local Autozone and it’s a pretty good match for the silver on the hitch cover of my ‘19 Platinum. Not perfect, but darn close.