Color to paint Limited Fender flares?
03-15-2006, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by bamachem
take a piece of cardboard and mark the best way you can on the cardboard for the holes. cut them out and then verify on the flare that they're in the proper place. use them to mark the holes on the body panels, then drill, square them off, cover the exposed metal with some primer and let it sit a few hours, then attach the flares.
that should be easy enough.
that should be easy enough.
I think this is a great suggestion and i think I'll try to do this. It'll probably be weekend by weekend since my spring break is almost over. Should I get the cladding and flares painted before or after I'm done mounting them?
03-15-2006, 07:28 AM
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mark and fit them up before so you don't have to be as delicate with them. then after you KNOW they'll fit and you're happy, then have them painted and just snap them on when you get them back.
03-17-2006, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bamachem
drill a round hole w/ a drill and then use a triangular or square rat-tail file to shape them to your liking. that's exactly what the body shop would do for that $800-$900 they want to charge you. it would be a 6-8 hour job total for somebody who has the tools.
03-17-2006, 08:22 PM
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Not trying to hi-jack, just a quick question:
Bamachem- I've got the Limited two-tone black and grayish 4runner and have thought about getting the bumpers, flares, and side cladding painted so the whole thing will be completely black. Do you happen to remember how much it cost to get your bumpers and flares painted to match, or do you have any good guesses what it would cost?
Bamachem- I've got the Limited two-tone black and grayish 4runner and have thought about getting the bumpers, flares, and side cladding painted so the whole thing will be completely black. Do you happen to remember how much it cost to get your bumpers and flares painted to match, or do you have any good guesses what it would cost?
03-18-2006, 03:06 AM
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get the file at home depot / lowes / sears, etc.
i painted my own. i've heard some people get estimates as high as $2000 to take everything off and paint/clear them. if you leave everything on, pull the flare and bumper gaskets, and then just remove the tag surround, you can prep and paint everything on the truck. you should be able to get that done for $500-$800 and $1000 at most. you then just order the color-matched flare and bumper gaskets from toyota and put them on and you're done - providing you're going to a color that toyota had color-matched gaskets on (only on the sport edition colors with fat flares and the monochrome limited edition runners) you're fine since you're going all-black.
i painted my own. i've heard some people get estimates as high as $2000 to take everything off and paint/clear them. if you leave everything on, pull the flare and bumper gaskets, and then just remove the tag surround, you can prep and paint everything on the truck. you should be able to get that done for $500-$800 and $1000 at most. you then just order the color-matched flare and bumper gaskets from toyota and put them on and you're done - providing you're going to a color that toyota had color-matched gaskets on (only on the sport edition colors with fat flares and the monochrome limited edition runners) you're fine since you're going all-black.
03-18-2006, 04:27 PM
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yup. 2002 sport edition in sunfire red. however, i just got 4 front gaskets. it's cheaper to get the 4 longer ones and then cut them to fit on the back instead of paying almost double that for the rear gaskets. i think they were about $10 each new.
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