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wardk
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 Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:24 am Post subject: Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders. |
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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?
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Location: Louisville, ky
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders. |
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| I used brush on truck bed liner in my wheel wells and am very happy with the durability. |
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wardk
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:16 am Post subject: Re: Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders. |
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| Did you put it on over primer or paint? |
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders. |
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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? 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 6:20 am Post subject: Re: Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders. |
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| 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. |
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wardk
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Gravel guard or body paint inside fenders. |
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| 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. |
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