dave1123

What is the best way, dye, preparation, to use to change the color of the vinyl trim on the bottom and bumpers of my WJ or any ZJ or other vehicle? Mine is a dull battleship grey and I would prefer it to be a darker charcoal grey. I've been told to use a dye rather than paint it, but I don't know what to use. Any ideas?

JJCIII

I used krylon fusion plastic paint. Works awsome and cant chip. Highly recommend

Deloy3

I just painted my interior from beige to black and I just used the duplicolor interior spray paint and honestly, it came out great. I did about 3 coats of paint on each panel and it looks factory still. I was very happy with the outcome. I used about 10 cans of it but still have a couple pieces to paint still so probably around 15 cans all said and done.

JJCIII

I only used 3 cans for all of my exterior plastics. Inluding door handles and mirrors

dave1123

You see! That's my point. My mirrors, door handles, liftgate hinges, and roof rack are black. The side trim looks crappy. The base color is white, so spray painting with black or dark grey anywhere in the same neighborhood is very likely to put overspray on my white! I didn't want to spend a week masking it or taking it to a body shop. I am familiar with Dupont Krylon and think it's great, however I'd probably use a spray gun. It's more consistent and cheaper than buying 15 spray cans. I'm also told if I use a dye, I could wind up with streaks. I wanted your opinion and I think I got it. Thanks, guys.

Bluebyu

Use bed liner!

dave1123

I did that on my Chevy truck. Awful rough stuff, but it lasted. I did everything below the crease; fenders, doors, box.

Bluebyu

If you do tons of light coast with the spray on cans you can get it to come out pretty damn smooth.

JJCIII

I didnt tape mine i stripped all of them of except the skirts. All the panels pop right off, with a possible breaking of a clip here or there. The fusion i used doesnt go on like regular paint. They way it went on it would be hard to make an uneven coat. Long story short, it goes on evenly all by it self. I dont think dyeing would work, i feel it would come out unevenly colored due to the platic streaking ZJs always have. That paint on the other hand does fuse right to that plastic. Lol i sound like im pitching a product here

dave1123

My bad! Dupont doesn't make Krylon. Krylon makes Krylon. I think I'll probably go with painting, however Krylon doesn't make Fusion in a charcoal grey. Do I want to go black? Not sure yet.

JJCIII

I went black and i like it. The texture of the plastic plus the paint makes it look like its been armouralled all the time. But i got a green zj. White on black in your case... Idk if the contrast on it will be to much.

Bustedback

The cheapest and funnest way to change the color of the faded plastic is to find a nice big mud hole, but this is what I used.

Bluebyu

Blackkkk all day

dave1123

Hey Busted! That looks pretty smooth. When my buddy did my truck, it came out looking like a stipple-plastered ceiling. Very hard to keep clean, but I didn't care because it didn't rust! I'll post a pic of my truck if I can figure out how. Back in a sec.

Nope! I only have a pic of it before I repaired it. Maybe I'll find one later.