Dye, Don't paint

[03Fx4MN]

I have to fender flares that fade to grey. I wanted to get them black but i didn't want to paint them. So I poked around and found this stuff Online and it works great and it can be used on other plastic pieces such as running board steps, Valences, bumper caps and bed rail caps. Pretty much anything thats abs plastic and you want it to be black instead of grey it will work. You can find the dye on E Bay for about $30 for a two pack. It covers really well I've done my front valence and two flares and I'm about half way through my first bottle.

I decided to leave my flares on the truck and mask them off you can remove or mask. Masking was just easier in my case.

I used a foam roller from Lowe's picked it up for around $2.

Then rolled on some dye:

When rolling it on it will look uneven just add a second coat and you'll be good.

And DONE... with one side at least.

Other side:

 

[BlueChariot]

Do you know if this has better longevity than painting the plastics?

 

[Ryannn]

You should try to get this into the Tech Library....

 

[doyouquaxu]

what's the stuff called? not posted anywhere, and theres a smudge over it in the pics

 

[03Fx4MN]

what's the stuff called? not posted anywhere, and theres a smudge over it in the pics

Sorry I had it all typed up but it disappeared Its called showroom new and you can dye anything. I just did my door handles last night but forgot to take pictures. It can take any gray plastic and make it black stuffs great. It comes in Gray too if your looking to go that route.

 

[88_Eddie]

looks good, plsu you dont have to worry about overspray onto the body if you roll it on....might have to look into that for the b2