Heat Gun Fender Flare Trick

Has anyone tried this on their flares? I see people doing this to Jeeps on YouTube and it looks like it works pretty well. Mine are completely faded out and i'm tired of using the "back to black" products every few months. Thanks!

 

I'm contemplating wether or not to take a shot at it this evening. I will say that its not quite as easy as they make it look from what I have read/heard. People who have tried it seem to all say it is hard to achieve an even look across the fender, and if it's done poorly it looks splotchy

 

It will probably affect the paint

 

I was planning to remove mine prior to trying this. The rubber seal between the paint and the flare wouldn't hold up so well i'd imagine. I'm wondering if a nozzle would help get better coverage and better results.

 

I just did mine a few weekends ago, worked perfect. Pretty easy, took all of about 10 minutes to do both sides. I used a Milwaukee heat gun.
Use just enough heat to turn it back to black, keep the heat moving and don't sit in one area too long.

 

Thanks for the tip did you use a low or high setting?

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LyN_m4mMcls

 

High setting.
I just watched the vid that was posted, pretty much did it the same way.
Very simple process.

 

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Sweet! Thanks!

 

I finally gave it a shot last night on my worst flare. It came out pretty nice!

 

I just took mine off and refinished them the old fashion way.

Clean, prep, prime, paint.

They look brand new

 

This is what I'm going to do when I get around to it, the heat gun trick only lasts so long.

 

I did it and it lasted about a month before it started to return to it being faded, so I prepped them and painted them.

It was an easy process but like others have mentioned, keep the heat gun moving and you'll be fine.

 

I dont have this problem but has anybody try to plastidip them? I used that on the front bottom part of my bumper and it works great! Looks like new and lasts a lot longer than 1 month

 

This got me thinking...I'm always one to use the main paint to tie everything together, so I think I'll paint mine...probably use PPG paint in the original paint code, prep with 400 grit sandpaper wet...seal with two coats of 'Bulldog' flexible additive...10% 'Bulldog' in the finish paint, two, maybe three coats of paint so as not to build that paint too much...obviously will have to remove the flairs, might be a good idea to get new OEM trim strips...just what I need, another project...