Fiberglass paint? DIIY or take it to a shop?

I'll be getting my fenders shortly, i refuse to rock the white fender look. My question is, paint em myself, or take them to a paint shop. Most likely Earl Shibe or something like that. Not lookin to spend a lot, but I want it to look good. I realize you get what you pay for, just lookin for opinions.

 

You did it all wrong... next time own a white truck and call it a day

But in reality, i have seen many members on here paint their own with great results. If you do it your self, it will not hurt as much when you scratch it when wheeling.

 

do it yourself. i made the mistake of getting mine painted, and then 2 weeks later when this happened i was pretty mad about pissing money down the drain

 

Yeah, I hear ya on the white truck! It really is the best color.

 

Lower ball joint failure?

 

diy

 

just the 4 bolts... not the actual ball joint itself

 

Did you wet sand and clear coat? is there a rattle can full of SSM? or whatever out paint color is? if not, what color did you use?

yes, i off road, i will most likely do it myself, i was just curious...

 

Duplicolor has paint match rattle cans, I got mine at oreily auto parts like rc said if u take the time they can come out really good, I primered mine and put like 1 coat to see if it was worth finishing and now I e been to lazy to finish hahaha.

 

Heres mine...duplicolor

 

sounds like duplicolor is the way to go. now i just need greyhound to call me to say my fenders have arrived...

 

I vote paint shop if its a great price....under $250 for the fronts.

I paid $300 for a friend to do my fenders and bedsides.

If you DIY, the better results I've seen are with the silver color.

 

Don't mean to jack a thread, but I was wondering if any of the fiber glass rear panels can still accept a fiberglas cap? I am interested in getting fiberglass for mine but I do use a cap on my truck when we take vacations and it would be a hefty purchase if the cap no longer worked. Sorry to mention this is a question regarding the 2nd gen tacos.

 

Shop did a great job on mine, just hurts to see the stripes

 

For a truck that is going to spend 90% of it time on roads it should be done nice of you can afford it. With tax money in having all my glass professionally fitted and painted.

 

My vote is to get it done professionally at a shop (because I have a mall crawler)
If you wheel a lot and know it will be scratched and otherwise damaged then a $30 rattlecan job is all you need - which sounds like it is the way you are planning on going anyway.

 

I believe it can be done but would require some fab work to support the cab. From what I understand you would need to build a frame to support the cab since the fenders alone won't.

 

Got the paint today, Ill have the fenders by the end of the week, now I just need the weather to clear up so I can get to painting.

 

I used a one stage 2K paint. Just wet the garage floor with water then start shooting. Mine came out pretty good just make sure to take your time. Remember refinish paints are generally made to put two coats on, so if the first coat doesn't seem to be covering don't hose it down. Mine don't match perfect but i didn't have the paint shop match the truck I had them mix factory color.