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Man, you’ve got a really sturdy mailbox!I'll trade you....
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It's made out of rock.
EugeneTheJeep
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Stop this. Jeeps are supposed to have scratches on the fender flares, just not from mailboxes...
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I don't see a problem here....I'll trade you....
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I know. I'm pretty sure it'll buff out.
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Agreed - the plastic fenders are no bueno
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Thanks for this recommendation, but I've never heard of any upgraded fasteners. Can you please explain further or provide a link? I am replacing a plastic fender flare with one that I got on CL, so definitely interested to understand this better. Many thanks!
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American Adventure Labs makes nice ones. In the pic I posted you can see the white clips that hold the fender on. They don't fare well to abuse so they computer print off some beefy ones and supply nuts and bolts to bolt them back on. They work great on the front fenders to really help stiffen them up after you shave the liner out.
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It's a Jeep. This scratch will in no way affect the resale value. Don't worry about it. When it's broken in good and you're ready to get a new one, there will be some dude ready to buy it, rip the fenders off and put ridiculous tires on it.
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I recommend adding more scratches instead of fixing the ones you have. Preferably from very large rocks this time.I discovered I can't get as close to our neighborhood mailboxes with a wrangler as with a normal car. At least I have plastic fenders. I would have been bummed if had nice painted fenders. I imagine a replacement plastic fender is much cheaper than a body colored painted fender.
Any suggestions on fixing these goudges?
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For the love of god, tell people you scratched it off roading, on a a tree, or rocks or something. Not on your damned mailbox. lol (jk)
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This is why I opted for plastic fenders, too. I don't worry about scratching them up like I would painted.
Not on my JL, but I did that on my JK the first month I had it, scraping it against the side of the ramp to my parking garage at the time (couldn't see it from the angle of the turn and hadn't learned the distances on the Jeep yet). I didn't bother cleaning up the scrapes. Over time, the rest of the fender faded to match the lighter scraped parts.
Then I also gouged up the JK's rear ones years later in a very dumb way, enough that it looked like a potato peeler had come after it. Big curls of plastic sticking up. I ignored those too, until it was time to sell it. Then I took a razor blade and shaved off the chunks of peeled plastic. And, when working on restoring the fenders in general, I found that Meguiar's Ultimate Black helped make the color match and then the gouges were barely noticeable.
Haven't tried using heat, but I'd be worried about making it worse that way. Better off just slapping some conditioner on it and making up a better story about how you got your battle damage.
Not on my JL, but I did that on my JK the first month I had it, scraping it against the side of the ramp to my parking garage at the time (couldn't see it from the angle of the turn and hadn't learned the distances on the Jeep yet). I didn't bother cleaning up the scrapes. Over time, the rest of the fender faded to match the lighter scraped parts.
Then I also gouged up the JK's rear ones years later in a very dumb way, enough that it looked like a potato peeler had come after it. Big curls of plastic sticking up. I ignored those too, until it was time to sell it. Then I took a razor blade and shaved off the chunks of peeled plastic. And, when working on restoring the fenders in general, I found that Meguiar's Ultimate Black helped make the color match and then the gouges were barely noticeable.
Haven't tried using heat, but I'd be worried about making it worse that way. Better off just slapping some conditioner on it and making up a better story about how you got your battle damage.
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