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Fender Flares, black or painted (Bushwacker OE)

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Old 10-09-2009, 12:29 AM
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Fender Flares, black or painted (Bushwacker OE)

Got me some Bushwacker OE Fender flares in today and I'm trying to figure out if I should get em painted to match or not...

can someone please photoshop a colormatch job on them for me?

please vote and let me know what you think...

the back of the front fender is a little tweaked cuz I just suck 'em up there, they will go between the step and the body flush when installed...

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Old 10-09-2009, 12:33 AM
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For sure paint them. You'll have that nice clean factory look.

Nice truck!
Old 10-09-2009, 03:00 AM
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I love the khaki color, and the black is just enough to offset it. I say leave 'em black.

I put Bushwacker pocket flares on my '06 (left) and left the ones on my '08 black as well. I thought about color matching them with the patriot blue, but too much blue is a bad thing.








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With the color of your truck I would paint them. But then again I am half way color blind
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I plan on buying a set of pocket flares. And I am going to have them painted and my truck is even black
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i have a set of fender flares and my truck is silver. i really think it depends on the color of the truck. mine will be left black, but i have a black fab fours bumper too, and some day a fab fours rear when i can find a used one. for your truck i voted paint to match, it will look killer.
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paint them....
Old 10-09-2009, 11:57 PM
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thank you all for the opinions, I dropped them off at the painter today. Hopefully will have them on by or next weekend. I'll update with photos. Thanks again!
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What did it run you to have them matched?
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nodak,
My wife has the same color truck as yours and there are pics in my gallery of her truck with black and painted flairs. There pocket flairs but you'll get a good idea.
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Originally Posted by bansh-eman
What did it run you to have them matched?
$260 plus tax at a local bodyshop
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Originally Posted by Topper
nodak,
My wife has the same color truck as yours and there are pics in my gallery of her truck with black and painted flairs. There pocket flairs but you'll get a good idea.
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I appreciate it, but I went through the gallery and did not find a truck the same color as mine. There was a grey one with and without flares...

maybe my rudimentary knowledge of the functioning of the gallery lead me to not finding more than the 4 pages that were readily available?
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Got 'em painted and one side on...



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Man, now that I think about it... I think I liked them better black....



Just joking those things look awsome now!!!!
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Much better painted!


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