Painted my fenders black! Pics

yeah i did mine not too long ago. need to be done again (thanks ed).

simple slow process.. but i got some overspray on my paint somehow. regardless, congrats.. now get those GSA's off of there!!

and did the bumpers as well..

What type of paint did you use? I've had good luck with the bumper and trim paint sold at Pep Boys. I forget what the name was. I used it on my stock flares when I ran stock flares.

On my Bushwhacker flares I've been using a trim spray made by Stoner. It works pretty well and holds up, although you do have to recoat it every 2 to 3 months.

how does the fusion paint hold up?

I have had the fusion paint on my jeep for about a year now . Has held up well .

I painted my stock flares back to black with fusion. whoever had them before me had them painted silver. Fusion is good paint.

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I think I'm going to have my bushwackers lynex'ed (or how ever you spell it)

I second that.

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Posted on: March 25, 2007, 06:57:10 PMPosted by: Diablo
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Quote from: 04TJguy on March 24, 2007, 08:40:48 PM
I think I'm going to have my bushwackers lynex'ed (or how ever you spell it)

I second that.

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Cant. Wont stick to plastic. I asked them about fender flares after I had them Line-X my fenders.

there is a type of rattle can paint that looks like linex....i think they sell it at walmart...ive never used it except to do some light fixtures in my house

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Cant. Wont stick to plastic. I asked them about fender flares after I had them Line-X my fenders.

line - x wont? Herciliner does so i dont see why line x wont?

Just lettin you guys know what they told me. They said it would peel off.

I am assuming its cause Heculiner is "painted" on Line-X is sprayed on hot.

i wasnt trying to be a smart @$$ but just wanted to know..... i'll look further into it before i do it...

Didnt think that at all.

I ended up buying acetone and krylon fusion paint just havent found time to do it.

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line - x wont? Herciliner does so i dont see why line x wont?

Adhesion is entirely dependant on the two materials used (in this case the plastic flare and the paint used). Herculiner and Line-x are probably totally different chemical systems which may explain why one will work and the other won't. It will also depend on what type of plastic the flare is made from. I think most are made from an ABS type. I know with polypropylene you have to oxidize the surface to get paint adhesion. That can be done with a normal torch or flame. Of course it will STILL probably not hold up well to scrapping on a tree or rock.

Call Jeff Daniel's Jeeps in PA. I forget what it is they use, but it's a spray on that supposedly doesn't come out hot. They told me they can spray just about anything.

http://jeffdanielsjeeps.com/

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So we decided to mix a custom paint color with some of our PROTEX bed liner and spray the enitre exterior of the Jeep encasing it in its own protective shell. Since the Protex has a slightly rubbery compound it dries hard as a rock but is still very pliable against bashing and tree banging obstacles with out worrying about it cracking. It is also tintable so color matching is never an issue.

Not sure if it's the same thing they use to do flares though.

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Cant. Wont stick to plastic. I asked them about fender flares after I had them Line-X my fenders.

Don't know who told you that but I've seen several sets of Line-X'd flares that've been dragged across rocks and trees and haven't peeled....I talked to both the Oxford and Newark shops awhile back and both were willing to do flares (IIRC Oxford wanted like $70 if you brought them just the flare) I'm planning on having my crusher corners and rockers done eventually. FWIW if paint will stick to them and not peel so will Line-X...

--Ian

Oxford will definately do them. He quoted me about $35 each if I brought them in.

When I asked Auto truck outfitters about it, they told me that they would spray them but not warranty them because they were'nt sure how well it would stick.