Hey Everyone, so ive been considering painting the fender flairs on my blazer for a good amount of time now. I would be painting them with the black bedliner stuff, but im not sure if it will bond properly. What kind of prep work would i need to do to get it to bond correctly? Also, im starting to get a tiny bit of rust on the bottom of the drivers door, what can i do to stop this from getting any further?

 

Rough up the surface of the flares with some 80 to 100 grit sand paper, use a good primer and then spray away.

As for the rust, grind it down to bare metal, bondo, prime and paint unless you are going to bedline the rockers.

 

for the fenders, what is a good primer to use on the plastic surface?

for the rust, i have seen people use the bedliners all the way alone the rockers, what would it take to do that? is it worth it?

 

With doing the bedliner on the flares I would do what AJBert said with sanding them but you wont need to use a primer. Wipe them down with prepsol or any other wax & grease remover, wipe off & go for it with the bedliner [this stuff is made to stick to anything].
As for the small amount of rust on your door, I would use some rust converter or nutraliser before putting on the bedliner.

 

I agree, there is no need to prime if you're using bedliner. Just make sure the surface is clean first and you shouldn't have a problem!

 

Alright and hey if it doesn't work I can always sand it off and try again =p does everyone think it would look good to paint the rockers and fenders with the bedliner?

 

I've seen it done several times before. It's not really my style, but I don't mind it. It adds a certain ruggedness to the trucks

 

Sisk, you drive a darker colored truck, i think the black and red contrast very well together and thats what looks good =p but still its all a matter of opinion. For the prep work should i just sand the metal and the plastic down a bit to rough up the surface, then a good anti rust primer on the metal and paint away? thats what ive gathered lol

 

btw heres the areas i was thinking about painting....

 

You should remove the flares of your truck for a start[ saves alot of masking] give them a sand & wipe them down with a paint prep wax & degreaser then paint them.

As for the lower panels, where you have the small amount of rust use a rust converter or nutraliser [this isn't an anti rust primer as you already have the rust]
Wipe your panels down with the wax & degreaser then wipe dry, mask of areas with a low tack masking tape & news paper [no need to sand these areas] & paint them.