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Wombo 11-13-2010 11:28 PM

Painted my fender flares
 
Finally got around to painting my ugly faded fender flares


Before:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...flarepaint.jpg






After:
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...flarepaint.jpg



Comparison to the valance that I haven't gotten a chance to paint yet (This pic was a few days later so the dirt makes the paint look bad) :
http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ance_flare.jpg

MooDib 11-13-2010 11:30 PM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Looks alot better.

terryduanemiller 11-13-2010 11:33 PM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
did you know a lil' motor oil will bring plastics back to life?

TerrenceStuart 11-13-2010 11:53 PM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
looks better!

BisketFx4 11-14-2010 12:02 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Looks good I need to do mine to... What kinda paint did you use??

terryduanemiller 11-14-2010 12:03 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BisketFx4 (Post 243560)
Looks good I need to do mine to... What kinda paint did you use??

did you know a lil' motor oil will bring plastics back to life?

Jp7 11-14-2010 12:14 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
why not paint them to match the body?

MooDib 11-14-2010 12:17 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by terryduanemiller (Post 243552)
did you know a lil' motor oil will bring plastics back to life?

Yes, I think we got that.

Wombo 11-14-2010 11:00 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BisketFx4 (Post 243560)
Looks good I need to do mine to... What kinda paint did you use??

Just some duplicolor trim paint



Quote:

Originally Posted by terryduanemiller (Post 243552)
did you know a lil' motor oil will bring plastics back to life?

I wanted black instead of grey



Quote:

Originally Posted by Jp7 (Post 243565)
why not paint them to match the body?

Didn't think about that, I'm really loving the black though

MooDib 11-14-2010 11:03 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Yeah, I like the black with the dark green better than if you painted them to match.

terryduanemiller 11-14-2010 11:43 AM

Re: Painted my fender flares
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by MooDib (Post 243566)
Yes, I think we got that.

doesnt seem like it, paint doesnt stick to "recycled oil based plastics". did you get that?


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