TheSamba.com :: View topic - Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders.

Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:24 am

I am taking the bug to paint shop soon and was wondering if I should have the painter do inside the fenders and wheel wells or just gravel guard?

Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:30 am

I used brush on truck bed liner in my wheel wells and am very happy with the durability.

Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:16 am

Did you put it on over primer or paint?

Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:02 am

Paint your inner fenders off the car base/clear in & out. They will be shiny & chips to the clear coat do not chip the paint & don't show much. You can spot spray a little more clear on the inners every 5 years if necessary? 8)

Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:20 am

wardk wrote: Did you put it on over primer or paint?

The original paint was still there. I judiciously removed the undercoating. Undercoating is useless in wheel wells as it chips easily. I uses acid primer on the paint to get good adhesion and then the truck bed liner on that. I really enjoy the gravel roads of southern Indiana. I have a lot more chips on the outside of my rear fenders (two part epoxy) and none on the truck bed liner on the inside of the fenders.

Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:45 pm

I went to the painter , he said put on paintable gravel guard. It comes in a rattle can, levels out nice and you can still see the spot welds under it.