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StephenH 
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 Topic: Replacement Fender?Posted: 22 May 2022 at 5:19pm |
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Thanks. I'll look that one up.
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StephenH
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GlueGuy
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Posted: 22 May 2022 at 12:42pm |
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There is something that I've been looking to coat the running boards on our F150. It's 7 years old, and the clear coat on the running boards is flaking off from sun exposure. I'm also on an F150 board, and what some have started doing is coating them with a DIY bed liner material called Herculiner. That might work well for your fenders.
EDIT: I called the local Line-X franchise to see what they wanted to do my running boards, and the guy on the phone quoted me $675. I guess he didn't want to do it.
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StephenH
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Posted: 22 May 2022 at 11:25am |
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Truck bed coatings are much more robust than Plasti-Dip. They are meant to be permanent and to stand up to things being tossed in the bed. I think it would work.
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Posted: 22 May 2022 at 10:22am |
Powder coating would be pretty robust. I'm not sure the truck bed coating would stand up to the abuse. But let us know if you go that route! |
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StephenH
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Posted: 22 May 2022 at 9:23am |
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Perhaps I could find a place to powder-coat them. I think that is what was on the original fenders. I was thinking also of using truck bed coating on the insides since that would be more impact-resistant.
I did find one more item that was damaged. The cover for the black water tank flush port was ripped off also. I'll need to find a replacement cover. I may need to replace the whole port. There are some scrapes on the side from the screws when they pulled out. It looks like the tread hit it and it started separating on the back side and then peeled off toward the front. The fenders sure are not sturdy enough to take the impact of the tread. The worst thing was that these were Carlisle load range D tires. There was wear and I was going to check them when I got here to our daughter's house. We did not quite make it. We now have new Goodyear Endurance load range D tires. Hopefully, they will be good for a few years.
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Posted: 21 May 2022 at 11:37pm |
They are aluminum. We were headed out on a trip, so I Plastidipped them with a few coats after scuffing them up. No good. The Plastidip adhered to the aluminum, but rocks chipped the heck out of them. I'd said they're 50% Plastidip and 50% bare aluminum now. It's ugly (or rugged, depending on your perspective), but I haven't been motivated to actually paint them.
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StephenH
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Posted: 21 May 2022 at 11:03pm |
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Thanks. From the looks, they are unpainted. Are they aluminum? Did you paint them?
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poston
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Posted: 21 May 2022 at 10:09pm |
That's what we did. We drove home with "one shoe off, one shoe on" and ordered a pair of the flat-top fenders. We were able to salvage the marker lights off the mangled fender. Required some splicing of wires that were ripped off in the blast.  |
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StephenH
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Posted: 21 May 2022 at 7:58pm |
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The newer models have a single unit that sits on top of the fender with amber in front and red in back. Ours has two separate lights, amber and red a few inches above the bottom of the fender. I have no idea where those went. I did not see them on the fender when I found it. As for the fender, it was flattened and tossed into the weeds by a passing vehicle, so there would not have been the opportunity to take measurements. I could take measurements from the other side.
I almost want to use one of the diamond plate ones that is squared off to have a flat top to use. I'll be weighing options as we travel and likely, not do anything about it until we get home. |
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David and Danette
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Posted: 21 May 2022 at 3:21pm |
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I forget do the newer r-pods with fenders have marker lights on their fenders?
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