Bought my first XJ yesterday. Its a black 97 with faded fender flares so I decided that needed to be fixed immediately. Saw the heat gun fix online and decided I'd give it a try. Took about 30 min as I took my time. This is the before and after. Think i turned out well. Let me know what you all think.

 

man looks good. I used the forever black and it was a little more uniform but that still did a great job

 

looks real good,mine faded but i just removed then lol

 

Ya, I need to go over it one more time and I think it will look even better, but didnt want to heat the plastic up continously.

 

Ya done good. Looks great.

 

thats amazing!


Please tell me more about this "heat gun" fix. could you post a link?

 

That looks great! Did you have a heat gun or did you rent one? I saw the same some where but I can't remember. I ended up removing my front and rear bumper caps and painting them but I need to redo my side trim.

 

I painted mine, but yours looks really good!! Nice work.

Oh and congrats on your first XJ

 

Looks much better. Good job. Now get some good trim & Tire dressing that has UV protection and that will stop them from fadding back to gray.

 

take off that side trim it looks much better without it

 

That is if you can get it off without the glue staying behind.

 

Here is the link:

and no i went and bough one at harbor freight. It had many heat settings and worked great.

 

It does work pretty darn good. I discovered it accidently the other day while repairing a crash victim flare. I'm going to do all of mine when I get a chance, definite improvement!

Anyone have a "long term" report on how well they hold up once "refinished" with the heat gun?

Oh, and I cast a "second" on the Harbor Freight heat guns. I bought the orange one with two heat settings for $9.99 a while back just because I could probably use it and it was a good deal. Man, I have used the heck out of that thing! Decal removal, glue removal, drying out parts, bending plastic, straightening plastic... it's a handy addition to the tool collection!

 

I just grabbed a couple cans of krylon satin black and went over mine, made a HUGE difference, and has proven to be pretty durable. Ive rubbed em against rocks and trees and never had any marks I couldnt just rub out.

 

Nice