Best paint for flares

[nutznky]

The flares on my TJ are in need of a fresh coat of paint. I would normally never paint them but the previous owner already did and obviously used crappy paint as it is starting to flake off. There in good shape so I figured I would strip the rest of it off and start fresh. Just wondering what paint would work best till I replace them. I've heard the krylon fusion is really good on plastic.

 

[69jeepcj]

I have painted my flares in the past to and it just flaked off over time. I dont. really know of a good flare paint. My current jeep don't have flares but, I was going to try bumper paint I have seen at our local autostores the next time I needed to paint flares.

 

[wwch99tj]

I'd say the bumper paint or one of the spray on bed liners
I used rustoleum on mine and in a years tine they were chipping and pealing, but alot of people use Krylon fusion

 

[prariepunk]

Bed liner just flakes off... The Krylon Fusion has stuck around the longest on my flares

 

[54cj3b]

I never had luck with paint on plastic parts
but I have heard powder coating works how good I have no idea since I never done it myself

 

[RR14]

I'm not a painter, my uncle is though and I remember him telling me about this stuff called bully dog adhesion promoter that he uses on plastic parts when he paints. Said it works good

 

[nutznky]

Isn't the powder coat a heated process? I may be wrong but I think I recall someone telling me you can't powder coat plastic because of the heat involved. I think I'll just go with the fusion till I replace them. I've been kinda hinting around about new ones with fathers day coming up. Maybe I'll get lucky,lol.

 

[69jeepcj]

How far from Cincinnati are you?? or the covinton, newport area.

 

[tow_hook]

dupicolor bumper paint, has worked for 4 years so far. i did the yj now the xj.

 

[TerryMason]

There's a nice looking set on ebay for $10 right now
yj flares | eBay

Can you just sand the paint off, then hit it with something like forever black?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=forever+black

 

[Ghost Rider]

Isn't the powder coat a heated process? I may be wrong but I think I recall someone telling me you can't powder coat plastic because of the heat involved. I think I'll just go with the fusion till I replace them. I've been kinda hinting around about new ones with fathers day coming up. Maybe I'll get lucky,lol.

DO NOT attempt powder coat....it require that the parts go into a heat oven for a set amount of time. You might not like the looks of the flares. They can very esyly toun from flares to flames......

 

[nutznky]

I live about 2 1/2 hours from Cincy down near Ashland, Ky. If the guy before me hadn't already painted them I could have brought the color back out with a butane torch. Don't know if any of you have tried this but it really works well if you watch what your doing and don't overheat them. It works for about a year and then you have to do them again but it's simple to do and they look like new again. I got some fusion today and hopefully by tomorrow evening I'll have time to take em off and try it out.

 

[jeepsterchip]

My fender flares were badly faded when I got my Jeep, so I went to Home Depot and got this stuff called PlastiDip. It's a spray that dries as a rubberized coating and goes on pretty evenly, I didn't even take them off, just taped off my body panels. It's about $7 a can and goes pretty far. If you don't like the way it looks or it gets damaged, you can just peel it off. It's pretty good stuff.

 

[RudeDog]

2nd the Plastidip, its pretty sweet. Alcohol/clean and spray on. No sanding neeeded. Downside its a flat and slightly rougher look, not glossy and super smoothe. But, as mentioned you can peal it off easily. Do a search on Youtube and see.. lots of people doing wheels, emblems etc.

 

[JohnnyO]

Bed liner just flakes off... The Krylon Fusion has stuck around the longest on my flares

I wiped them with acetone and painted with Krylon Fusion and it's held up real good for two years.

 

[Dawgvet06]

Thanks for the tip on the Plasti-dip guys! Started doing my wheels this weekend. Working good so far. Thinking about a couple of other parts I could do too. Sorry, my flares are fine, so I won't be trying that, but I'm impressed so far.