Fender flares

Its that time again to re paint the fender flares. I went with grey last time, I'm thinking black now?

Does anyone have pictures of stock black flares on their 1st gen? Or opinions?

 

There's my 01 with stock black fenders back when I still had it.

 

Just did the bed coating treatment. Pretty happy with it.

 

Rustoleum plastic paint

 

got any close-ups? and how long have they been painted?

 

im sitting here thinking about taking off my flares

 

Thats a nice looking truck, how hard was the mt conversion?

 

Did you sand it or tape and spray?

 

Hey @Trev7 , here is what I posted in my build thread:

Hello @frizzman , it has been painted for about 5 months. Here are the close up from my build thread:

Hey @waldotoyota , Thanks! Regarding the swap... the physical work to do the conversion was pretty straight forward. The issue I had was documentation and legality. Being in California I needed to know if it was legal. Any gear head in CA knows there are loop holes but we wanted to do it right. A team of members at TTORA helped gather info over the course of several months. When I first inquired about the swap there were only two documented cases of a 5 speed swap. One of which was on TTORA swapping a double cab body on a extra cab frame:
More Info Here: - Nothing regarding smog.
The other instance was in 2009 on CustomTacos.com. Junglecode wrote all the info out but his pictures were dead by the time I got to it.
More Info Here: http://www.customtacos.com/forum/13...to-manual-tranny-swap-junglecode-writeup.html - Also nothing regarding smog.

I don't want to thread jack so if you have any more questions feel free to message me.

 

Thanks bro!!

 

Note that taking off the flares will break some of the clips. I bought all new clips and weather stripping seals that go on the fenders.

 

How much were the seals?

 

In total I think I spent $100 bucks, but that was with a employee discount at the time.

Edit, sorry $100 just in seals and clips. Another $50-70 in paint, primer, sand paper, and beer.

 

Well worth it judging from the result. Looks great.

 

i really like how the fenders came out.

can you please share the process and exact paint (bedliner) you used. it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Sprayed with dupli-color bed liner about 8 months ago. I don't really remember but it came out great

 

I used Rust-Oleum Truck Bed Coating. Cost about $7.

1. Clean the surface
   I used Totally Awesome Orange All Purpose Degreaser. I works pretty well. "Totally awesome" is a bit of an overstatement though.
2. Mask off everything you don't want to coat
   I used 2.83 painter's tape to cover the flare, gasket and fender. I then used my thumbnail press the tape down into the crease between the flare and gasket.
3. Use a razor blade to carefully cut the tape along the crease
   I used a new utility knife blade. The sharper the better.
4. Lightly sand the surface
   I used (I think) 100 grit.
5. Thoroughly clean the surface again
6. Start spraying
   I followed the directions on the can.

I did about 4 or 5 quick, overlapping passes for each coat. I think fast, light coats produces a better end result. If you go too slow it will deposit too much material and it will show when it dries, resulting in an uneven finish. I did probably 3 coats with about 2 to 3 minutes between each. You don't have to do it exactly like this. The objective is to avoid laying down too much material.

Take your time. Preparation is the key to a good finish.

 

That finish looks pretty good too.

 

Paint gun or spray can?