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Old 05-24-2010, 05:02 PM
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what can i use to black out my wheels wells? looking to do it on mine and my buddys yota. What do i need to use? never really see anyone talk about this but i kinda want to do it cause im goin the black out route
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Ive thought about doing the same thing. I was thinking about just using a flat black rustoleum paint.
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spray paint. If it gets scratched or chipped, just take more spray paint and fix the spot. Why are you wanting to make it black anyways?
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Just plain ol flat black will work just fine.
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spray paint. If it gets scratched or chipped, just take more spray paint and fix the spot. Why are you wanting to make it black anyways?
sorry i didnt mean i wanted the whole jeep black, im just going with the whole red with all black, like some people chrome out their vehicles, i black mine
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sorry i didnt mean i wanted the whole jeep black, im just going with the whole red with all black, like some people chrome out their vehicles, i black mine
I understood that. I was just wondering why you would spray the inside of your wheel wells.
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I just did this to the passenger side of my jeep. I will do the driver side next week if I get a chance.

I sprayed the area, Metal, plastic with brakecleaner. This will take off most of the paint and grime. Then I dried and sanded the area. I then painted the area with a bedliner paint. In black of course.
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I undercoated mine, looks pretty good.
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I understood that. I was just wondering why you would spray the inside of your wheel wells.
oh ok, from the way i said it i thought thats what it sounded like, reason being is that with my black wheels and my tires that i meticulously keep as black as my wheels, the red just sticks out like a sore thumb, and since my jeep is a faded red the color isnt the same as the jeeps exterior
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Ive always used Undercoating also on wheel wells.
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I used bedliner spray from a can, worked great
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does anyone have any pics of this done?
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Originally Posted by Desert Rat
I undercoated mine, looks pretty good.
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Ive always used Undercoating also on wheel wells.
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I used bedliner spray from a can, worked great

Same thing here I bought the Rustoleum undercoating. Some other brands dry kinda brown I think that one does well and is black. If u spray it think but not to were it runs it will look rough like bedliner but takes a while to dry. Or just of get a bedliner kit like rhinoliner or something.
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i guess ill just get more bedliner when i do my lower door line and just spray it with raptor
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