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Painting Fenders. Paintable vs Non-Paintable.

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What makes a fender paintable?
Is it just the texture that make a Fender Non-Paintable?
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Also, can you spray Rhino liner on a plastic fender?
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You can spray rhino liner on dang near anything. I've seen entire rigs covered in the stuff.
Making a material paintable is about the prep, which would be based off of the surface being painted.
plastic painted fenders is a factory option so its doable.

ask at a local shop, perhaps you can find a good bargain.
 

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What makes a fender paintable?
Is it just the texture that make a Fender Non-Paintable?
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Also, can you spray Rhino liner on a plastic fender?
What's makes anything paintable......the prep work done in the body shop before paint
 

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The standard black fenders are very paintable. Sand them, etching primer, a couple coats of filler primer (sanding between coats), base coat and then clear coat.

Yeah not cheap, but cheaper than paying and extra $5-10k for the X options on Rubicons/Mojaves to get painted fenders.

I got my knock off +24 grill sprayed in HVY for $250 cash AND they did an amazing job
 

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Not a painter by any measure but I believe you would also need to add a flex additive to the paint.
 

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Not a painter by any measure but I believe you would also need to add a flex additive to the paint.
Yes, this exactly. Otherwise you end up like the fender flairs and bumper ends on my SX4.
I had a shop spray the color for me and they "forgot" to add that to those pieces. So, they did them over again.
Otherwise, as plastics and other parts expand and shrink, or flex, the pain will eventually flake off even with great prep.
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