I just picked up a real nice set of inner fenders. No undercoating or tar underneath but they are a bit faded. Im in the process of cleaning them up but I want to get them to look mint. I did a set in SEM landau black but I havent installed them yet so I dont know how theyre going to hold up to the heat of the motor. What do you folks use for this ??
what paint for plastic inner fenders
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How does it look ? Holding up well with the heat of the engine ? Any chance of you posting a picture ? Pretty please ??
Hit 'em with black trim conditioner like American Oil's "Black Again", Meguiar's "Gold Class Trim Detailer' or "Ultimate Black", Mother's "Back To Black".
Tommy
Tommy
I tried the Meguires detailer already Tommy. It didnt do much. I picked these up at a yard last Monday with plans to use them on my car. I have another set that were on my car when I bought it. I sprayed them with SEM paint after prepping the crap out of them. Im not even sure if it will hold up under the hood. The reason I wanted to use the set from the yard is the bottoms were real clean without a ton of tar on them. Mine had so much old tar and road crap on them I couldnt get them perfectly clean so I sprayed them with 3M Body Schutz on the bottom to make them look even. I just dont like how they came out. Also the right one from the yard has some pretty bad rust stains from where the battery box was over it. I wanted to powerwash them today but I didnt get around to it. Maybe that will clean them up a little more.
I used the cheapo flat black that you buy at wallyworld. I pressure washed the fenderwells, and scrubbed them down with a scotch brite pad for a little adhesion. I did the same thing on my fan shroud.
The paint holds up just fine. I have melted a speedo cable, and the carpet from header heat and the paint is fine. I also pressure wash under the hood several times a year to keep things clean.
The rest of the cheap stuff is crap, but that flat black will stick with a nice finish.
The paint holds up just fine. I have melted a speedo cable, and the carpet from header heat and the paint is fine. I also pressure wash under the hood several times a year to keep things clean.
The rest of the cheap stuff is crap, but that flat black will stick with a nice finish.
Finally found a pic of mine.......I used Krylon Fusion on the fan shroud and heater/ac unit.......
What about a satin black interior trim paint? I have not tried it but makes sense that if it bonds with the plastic interior pieces it would do the same with the fender wells?
