painted flares, valence? what do you have
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painted flares, valence? what do you have
hey guys im really tired of the xlt grey plastic trim on my truck so my project for the summer is gonna be to paint them. now ive seen you guys all take different approaches to this so what would look best on my truck? black flat or semi gloss, dark grey, paint matched, bedlined
ive been tossing the idea around with bedlining the rocker and then do flares and valence to match but idk how that would look and not sure if im ready to make that happen quite yet
and paint matched will be a lot more work and money so im not sure im ready for that yet either
so i want your opinions and pics would be great
btw here is my truck
ive been tossing the idea around with bedlining the rocker and then do flares and valence to match but idk how that would look and not sure if im ready to make that happen quite yet
and paint matched will be a lot more work and money so im not sure im ready for that yet either
so i want your opinions and pics would be great
btw here is my truck
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Mine was just like yours....but for last year, flares, bumper and valence are Duplicolor Truck Bed Liner in a can.
Sanded all down with 220, took a tack clothe to it, 2 or 3 coats of DupliColor adhesion promotor, then on went the Bedliner. Takes some time to learn how the stuff sprays to get the desired texture. If sprayed thick it'll be smoothish/bumpy. If sprayed thin and far away, you'll get the good texture. I just sprayed my new flare to replace the missing one I've had for eons.
AND i'm even more help....since I'm DWB! lol.
Here's DWB with Krylon Fusion Flat Black on the flares....looked really good...just I didn't prep them properly before spraying. I literally cleaned them and sprayed. I had a ton of chips. Went to respray after my double lift, tried to get rid of the chips and keep the texture, sanding the chips made it smooth...had to texture it somehow, then i sprayed the bedliner, then flat black on top, looked like junk to me. SO...now i'm all bedlinered. I love it.
Sanded all down with 220, took a tack clothe to it, 2 or 3 coats of DupliColor adhesion promotor, then on went the Bedliner. Takes some time to learn how the stuff sprays to get the desired texture. If sprayed thick it'll be smoothish/bumpy. If sprayed thin and far away, you'll get the good texture. I just sprayed my new flare to replace the missing one I've had for eons.
AND i'm even more help....since I'm DWB! lol.
Here's DWB with Krylon Fusion Flat Black on the flares....looked really good...just I didn't prep them properly before spraying. I literally cleaned them and sprayed. I had a ton of chips. Went to respray after my double lift, tried to get rid of the chips and keep the texture, sanding the chips made it smooth...had to texture it somehow, then i sprayed the bedliner, then flat black on top, looked like junk to me. SO...now i'm all bedlinered. I love it.
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that looks really good shane but how well has that held up cuz ive read that it chips off but maybe they did bad prep
and how rough is it
cuz i know i dont want my flares to be as rough as my herculined bed
and how hard is it to clean do you have to use a brush or can you use a sponge
and how rough is it
cuz i know i dont want my flares to be as rough as my herculined bed
and how hard is it to clean do you have to use a brush or can you use a sponge
it's actually quite smooth. just bumpy.
I've heard some folks have chipping issues with the bedliner...but i havn't . Ive had it done since last march/april/ It pays to properly prep the surface. I havn't noticed much fade over the past year as well. For two years, my once was chrome upper has been painted with duplicolorl bedliner. virtually no shade difference between the newly painted stuff and the year old paint(now two year old paint) on the upper bumper.
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yea i have a half can of herculiner but thats way to rough imo
so just clean the plastic really good then adhesion promoter then primer then paint then clear
btw how do you get the flares off just pull all the little push clips out
then how do you get the valence off without taking the bumper off
so just clean the plastic really good then adhesion promoter then primer then paint then clear
btw how do you get the flares off just pull all the little push clips out
then how do you get the valence off without taking the bumper off
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