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Old 06-21-2010, 10:19 AM
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Default faded bumpers/fenders

no more... used some rattle can bumper paint from advanced autos. turned out good just wondering how long it'll last.

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Man, that's a night and day difference!
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Did you try 303 before you painted? I know this stuff is awesome for plastics and soft top on our jeeps.
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Originally Posted by TripleJeep_99
Did you try 303 before you painted? I know this stuff is awesome for plastics and soft top on our jeeps.
no couldn't find any of that stuff local and back to black is a waste of time/money IT DOESN'T WORK.... they were so faded I don't think anything would have brought them back.
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What size tires are you running there in the "after" pic? They look tuff!
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Originally Posted by TripleJeep_99
Did you try 303 before you painted? I know this stuff is awesome for plastics and soft top on our jeeps.
Originally Posted by NWDave
What size tires are you running there in the "after" pic? They look tuff!


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Originally Posted by Calypso
Man, that's a night and day difference!
did those wheels and tires come out of that can too...
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Originally Posted by CruserBruiser
did those wheels and tires come out of that can too...
I was just thinking that! I was like "wow! he sprayed his bumpers and fenders with a rattle can of stuff and wheels and tires popped out also?! F* ME!!"
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Originally Posted by EXTREMEG
no couldn't find any of that stuff local and back to black is a waste of time/money IT DOESN'T WORK.... they were so faded I don't think anything would have brought them back.
Altho I've been thinking about painting mine too for a long time too....(really over how hard they are to get really clean), I actually I saw where a guy lightly hits the plastic with a little propane torch and it makes them look damn near like new.....

Yours do look good tho.........did you prep the fenders at all first? If you did and got all the crap you could off of them, then the paint should last. Like any other paint job, I would think it's all in the prep.
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Originally Posted by AK4Dave
Altho I've been thinking about painting mine too for a long time too....(really over how hard they are to get really clean), I actually I saw where a guy lightly hits the plastic with a little propane torch and it makes them look damn near like new.....

Yours do look good tho.........did you prep the fenders at all first? If you did and got all the crap you could off of them, then the paint should last. Like any other paint job, I would think it's all in the prep.
made sure they were super clean before I started.



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