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Fender Flares, black or painted (Bushwacker OE)

Old Oct 9, 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 Oct 9, 2009 | 12:33 AM
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For sure paint them. You'll have that nice clean factory look.

Nice truck!
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Old Oct 9, 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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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 08:04 AM
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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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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 08:12 AM
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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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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 12:37 PM
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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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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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paint them....
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Old Oct 9, 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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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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What did it run you to have them matched?
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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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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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:00 AM
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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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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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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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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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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 05:29 PM
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Got 'em painted and one side on...



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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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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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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 09:35 PM
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Much better painted!
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