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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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Can the Power Wagon fender flares be painted? Seems like I read somewhere that they cant.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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depends, i've never seen em are they textured or pretty smooth. if they are pretty smooth i'd think with a bit of light sanding you could easily paint them. I painted the flares on my wrangler because they were faded and now they look great and that was like six months ago and still all good.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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I believe they have texture to them. Something like a like a very light coating of Line-X or equivalent.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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Anyone else know?
 
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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If they are the OEM ones, dodge claims them to be paintable. I too have thought about adding them but I think they are a tad pricey.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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IIRC the powerwagon flares are textured and would take a lot of labor to get them paint ready, DC Parts sells a paintable fender flair, easy to do... sand a bit, degrease, seal, paint... I did it myself and it turned out A+.
 
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