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Anyone paint the factory skid plates?

Chadd7

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Am I the only one that thinks the silver factory skid plates are ugly? Was thinking of spraying them with a high heat matte black paint to make them “disappear”. I did something similar to my Wrangler JKU muffler, which was an eyesore. Anyone tackle this yet?
 
Am I the only one that thinks the silver factory skid plates are ugly? Was thinking of spraying them with a high heat matte black paint to make them “disappear”. I did something similar to my Wrangler JKU muffler, which was an eyesore. Anyone tackle this yet?
I've got a couple cans of Steel-It black that I picked up for this purpose, although I don't think I'll get to it until it warms up
 
But then if you use them for their intended purpose they'll look like crap. Its one thing I appreciate about the Rival skids and not having paint on them.
 
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Did it 10 days after got the car.
 
But unless properly cleaned up the rattle can wont stick and will look poo poo.
Of course. Any painting needs good prep. I plan to clean with alcohol and lightly sand before spraying. Will wait for it to warm up though.
 
I have a Donnie gray one, and I think it already lacks color. I painted the tow hooks, but I would actually look at maybe painting the skid plates of contrast color. Or just leaving them alone. The silver actually goes well with the Gray.
 
Powder on mine
First blacked out hood/bonnet I've seen. I've been trying to figure out a good way to do it without covering the entire thing. Land Rover Discoveries were perfect for this as the hood had a nice flat spot. I had this done on my 2004 Series II (example image/not my truck - found pic on internet)
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First blacked out hood/bonnet I've seen. I've been trying to figure out a good way to do it without covering the entire thing. Land Rover Discoveries were perfect for this as the hood had a nice flat spot. I had this done on my 2004 Series II (example image/not my truck - found pic on internet)
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Agreed. I think I'm going to do something like this but in matte black. I can’t decide if it would look better to run it into the grill and/or scale it thinner??🤷🏻‍♂️

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Agreed. I think I'm going to do something like this but in matte black. I can’t decide if it would look better to run it into the grill and/or scale it thinner??🤷🏻‍♂️

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I did it in a semi-matte, I did the bonnet and roof, I was going to to part of the hood, but having a white ring didn’t make sense to me, the discovery was perfect with the line you followed but the bonnet went all the way to the edges. I am so OCD I did both sides of the hood black so that it was black underneath too :)
 
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