painted mirrors and plastic

[MuscleTruck03]

Been wanting to color match my truck for a while now but I've always worried about it chipping off on the plastic parts like the grille and mirrors. Just curious how good it holds up and how long it lasts. If it lasts a while I may try it this weekend :thumb:

 

[hondarider552]

My colorado mirrors are colormatched, been good so far for about 8 months. no chips.

 

[Cornell]

Had my mirrors on my 06 paints for 3.5 years and have 1 chip on the passenger side. Otherwise they are fine.

 

[MuscleTruck03]

Sweet! Think I'll be doing that soon then

 

[jmaz268]

If you plan to do it yourself...def clear coat it too.

 

[02greysixer]

I did all mine with spray paint, so far so good. If you're using spray paint do as many coats as you can. Mine have 4 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear and I wish I'd have done more paint


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[JakeBrakeIH]

Mine have been holding up really good too. I put about 20,000 miles on the painted plastics and knock on wood still looks great!

 

[MuscleTruck03]

How did you guys prep your plastic? I used to armor all mine so I gotta get it un-greased

 

[dieseldave01]

Also be sure to use a plastic adhesive promoter before painting or priming

 

[Bustedknuckles]

I am dropping mine off tonight at my buddies shop to get some body work done and am having the mirrors and maybe bumper plastics painted white to match. I'll post some pics when its done!

 

[crazycrew]

I've had every truck I've owned since 2001 colormatched.

 

[Chevy1925]

my bowtie has been painted for the last 5 years. no chips yet. i still see my old 1500 runnin around and i had those mirrors painted 8 years ago. about a month ago i saw it up close again and mirrors just had a chip or two in each. pretty good for a long travel prerunner

 

[MuscleTruck03]

Nice! good to hear, I was a lil paranoid about this haha so did you guys just spray your mirrors and stuff or sand the texture off?

 

[Chevy1925]

sanded the plastic a bit, cleaned thoroughly, used adhesion promoter, heavy primer to give the "smooth" look, sanded, about 5 coats of color, 5 coats of clear wet sanded and buffed to a shine.

 

[crazycrew]

Mine are sanded just about smooth then primed until completely smooth!

 

[MuscleTruck03]

Sweet, that's what I'll do then

 

[mean06]

Let me know how easy it is, looking to do it to mine.

 

[Subman]

I am dropping mine off tonight at my buddies shop to get some body work done and am having the mirrors and maybe bumper plastics painted white to match. I'll post some pics when its done!

Make real sure they prep the plastic especially the bumper, will peal right of if not preped with the correct primer for that purpose. Mine is pealing and I have to take a high pressure washer to it and start over. The Shop I had do it didn't prep it correct just pained over the plastic, looks like chit now.

 

[Bustedknuckles]

Well my buddy texted me and said they're started on it. They are gonna sand them down and use adhesion promoter and at least 2 coats of color and 2 coats of clear. Is that enough?

 

[Bustedknuckles]