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Old 12-19-2010, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by HutsonHawk
I think yours looked better original.
I just wanted to touch mine up only when I did mine, the paint started chipping right off after only two weeks. Should have used the paint you suggested..
x2 There was some way that your's pulled off the PTM Flares, but it still looks really good man!

As for paint, definitely go for Krylon Fusion of some kind. I used the original Krylon Fusion in Black on mine and it's held up great. I wanted something a little more textured (without going Herculiner or something) so that's why I didn't use the Satin kind.
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Originally Posted by Jawsh
x2 There was some way that your's pulled off the PTM Flares, but it still looks really good man!

As for paint, definitely go for Krylon Fusion of some kind. I used the original Krylon Fusion in Black on mine and it's held up great. I wanted something a little more textured (without going Herculiner or something) so that's why I didn't use the Satin kind.
PTM? And one reason I painted these is because the paint that was originally on them to match the truck was starting to flake off but all in all im happy with em black too!
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Originally Posted by Nitewolf
PTM? And one reason I painted these is because the paint that was originally on them to match the truck was starting to flake off but all in all im happy with em black too!
PTM = Painted To Match. I know how you feel, the previous owner of my truck must've nudged a guardrail or something, so one of the fender flares was a little creased and it was making the paint flake off, so that was the main reason I decided to do mine, but in the end I'm much happier with mine the way it is now.
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Looks really good and nice write up.
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Hey there guys, i've been pretty busy at work and what not but I had today off so I decided to hit up the rest of the paint.. I still need to do around the rear window, some body trim and the top of the rear bumper, which I have no Idea how to get off because they dont budge. But, as promised, here is the inner wheel wells, bed caps and front bumper.















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It's lookin good man, I like the 4X4 sticker too; nice touch
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It's lookin good man, I like the 4X4 sticker too; nice touch
Haha thanks man. Tomorrow's project is some of the body trim and the grille. I'm still tryin to figure out that rear bumper pad
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Haha thanks man. Tomorrow's project is some of the body trim and the grille. I'm still tryin to figure out that rear bumper pad
Just mask it up with some automotive tape, be sure to get the edge of the tape up under the pad so you wont make a mess, if you looked up that one dude he did all the plastic by just masking it off, so it should be fairly easy
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That 4x4 sticker really brings it all together, man! Lookin' good! Can't wait to see it with all of the plastics painted.
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First off, Merry Christmas everyone. I started painting yesterday and it started to snow so I had to cut it short. But I did get the grill painted yesterday and installed today.. Here is how it turned out.
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