I know a few of you have made fun of me for making to many threads everytime I pick up a can of paint, but I was looking over my car in the garage a couple minutes ago, noticed something & how easy it could be fixed...

You know the area behind Your tires in the tire well, like... the inside tire well of your side skirt (people w/ body kits or factory)? How riding down the road, rocks will fly under your tires & shoot into those area's, chipping paint etc? This goes for tar as well, all that **** that ****s up that area in general... well I personaly have many paint spots missing there from **** on the road & tar globs that I cant get off, so I've decided to buy some type of black paint tomarrow , sand over the area & put some nice coats on, this will be spraying over my car color, but it's in the inside of the tire well so theres really no way it will look bad,should just match the tire well.. Really I think It's going to look a lot better if I do it right.

Anyone have this problem to?

 

Without complete sanding to the metal, and using a primer, I’m not sure how long the job will last. And you will have corrosion problems where the new meets the old paint. Adding clear coat complicates the job.

 

Wait, so you don't want scratches in your paint that show, yet when you say you're painting over them, it won't matter because it won't be seen?

 

No.. wait, I'm not sanding metal, Its not the tire well I'm painting, it's the side "skirt", the part that bolts into the tire well.. Correct me if I'm wrong (I could be), but isnt that made of fiberglass or.. plastic? It DOES show, it's not like hidden in the tire well... **** I'll go take a picture, hang on.... lol

 

This thing... Is what I'm going to paint

 

The mud flaps. Sure you can paint those. But new ones are about $30/2.

 

Yeah sorry, haha, thats the mudflap right there, but the other end doesnt have mud flaps, it still has a spot like that though, just not as big, and THAT is the side skirt bolt on spot I was trying to describe, but yeah, I think I'll like these black better anyway. Damn I'm bored... lol

 

Not worth painting. They get crudded up to quickly. Just keep em clean and use some detail spray once in a while. This is one area of the car you CANNOT keep perfect. Either that or just buy new ones.

 

i went to a nissan dealer and just ordered new ones. only cost $100 for all four. Seems kinda expensive but i looked on ebay and they were about the same price.

 

My body guy used the spray in bedliners stuff for the inside of the finders. Still looks as good as the day I brought it home. No marks or tar build up.