[ImperialCrown]

Actually the chrome bumpers held their appearance better, longer than the painted bumpers. There are bumper 'recyclers' (Google) for less cost than new ones, although I have never used one many body shops do.
A rusty bumper can make an otherwise good-looking truck look old.
My buddy just uses an old railroad tie for his bumper. It keeps traffic at a distance.

 

[blackstratus]

Hi,
My dad has an 01 Dakota Sport that the bumper rusted to pieces in the Wisconsin salt.This past summer I replaced it with an aftermarket factory bumper. It was a kit, looked just like the factory. Bought it at cooltruckparts.com Heard about them through a friend. I lived close enough to them to be able to pick it up. But they do ship. Had no problems putting it on, i did undercoat the back of it with multiple coats of undercoating. I noticed the other one seemed to rust from behind. He bought it new and noticed it rusting already just after the 3 year warantee was up. They also had the SLT model bumper too. I am not affiliated with them in any means, just passing on a place that i had good service and got the correct parts. Hope this helps.

 

[TWX]

You might call some of the full-service junkyards in the Phoenix area. A lot of them do mailorder business for reasons like you're having.