Painting base fender flares..

I was thinking of painting my base black fender flares to match my truck (silver streak mica) and was curious if anyone had any pictures of this done. The reason is, I was wanting to keep my front bumper black, and I can't decide if having the front flares completely painted or un-painted will look goofy (the seperate piece of the flare on the bumper.) I want the non-goofy option..... I hope this is understandable.. Thanks guys

 

Keep the flares black.

 

hhmmm tuff call... I took my fenders off because I didnt like the black. But I also got after market bumpers.

I would leave them black if you are going to keep the stock bumpers black. But it may actually look really good if only the fenders were painted - I never seen it.

 

I would love to take them off, but dont want holes like yours! Bodywork and re-painting aint happenin either. I tried to do it in Microsoft paint but it looked like shit

 

i was thinking of painting mine black

 

Yea, black is bitchin. Specially since they stick out so far (with stock spacing) great for hitting parking posts and shopping carts.

Mine aren't scratched yet, but on my old one with black flares I'd just rest the shopping cart on the flares to keep it from rolling on a hilly parking lot. Don't feel comfortable doing that on my sissy painted ones.

 

Ship me your base flares and I will ship you my White flares from my SR5. I hate body colored fender flares

 

Where you live?

 

keep them black. here is my old truck. I miss her



Silver and black looks great IMO.

 

02184

 

I'm just tryin to even out this black plastic crap. I think I'm just gonna go with painting the front bumper silver instead, and leaving the lower valence black. I have a feeling the painted fenders are gonna look stupid

 

Personally I think the only good looking silver trucks are the ones with the black bumpers and fenders flares... but that's just me, you do what you gotta do bub.

 

same here. the all silver ones look "too" silver to me.

 

I’ll ship you my base fenders for your white fenders

 

You will need to do significant sanding and prep to get the surface smooth before painting.

Also, unfortunately you have the worst color in the world to do any painting. The new silver flares, even if they come out perfect, will not match your truck.

It is very difficult to match silver, and it is a very difficult color to paint and not get tiger striping.

The reason for this is because silver has virtually no pigment and is mostly metallic flakes.

I would proceed with caution on painting any part of the truck.

It is doable with appropriate prep and care but it will be a big challenge with a risk of it not matching.

 

I know the color match woes. Im installing bushwackers and they dont match the other black trim. Ill prob just rattle can all the black to match.

 

Mine came with silver flairs. Here she is:

 

Super long shot, but do you still have the stock flares and do you want to sell em?