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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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I gotta say, that's a pretty decent Photoshop job.
 
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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by magnethead
I would say shoot the flares in some flat black paint. The gray tone just stands out too much for me. I like it overall, have been wanting to do my rockers for looks (especially with the blacked out nose) in either plasti or roll-on, just can't justify it $$ wise yet. and I'm the darker blue, looks good on your light blue though.

How did you decide where to stop the stripe? I saw you chose the top of the ridge. I've always debated bottom/top/center.
I know it looks grey but its very similar to the actual bed liner.

I painted the flares way before I did the truck and had them sitting in my garage collecting dust and dirt. They got extremely bad when I pulled out the grinder and had clearcoat flying everywhere. Theres actually a thin layer of dust on the blue paint too but its hard to see in the pic.

I had originally planned to stop the stripe on the bottom of the body indent but I had rust very close to it so I decided to play the repair safe (with POR15) and chose to go just above the indent.

And yes that is a very good photoshop job haha.

Oh and Tom... Good luck getting the line in the middle of the indent haha, it was hard enough having a straight edge (sort of) help me lay down the tape!
 

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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 10:39 PM
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Haha thanks. Im not a pro but I do alright lol Could be better but that was just like a quick 5min job
 
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Old Jun 4, 2013 | 12:28 AM
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I dont have flares on mine, don't really like them from the front/3/4 even though they look good from the side. I also haven't blacked the wheels (well, does brake dust count on the fronts?)
 
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Old Jun 4, 2013 | 07:49 AM
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Brake dust always counts haha.

The only thing I don't like about the flares is that they don't hug tight enough to the body even with screws and moulding tape. There is also that horrid gap where they go over the ridge indent thingy.
 
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