paint

So, I got lucky and a while ago I found a "dark blue metallic" aerosol at my Autozone from the Duplicolor line of products and it totally worked for rock chips and other blemishes on the body paintwork.. a few years ago.. However, now it seems as though they do not stock this anywhere anymore...

Hello, let me start off by introducing myself. I’m new to the forum and I recently purchased a 2021 Explorer in Infinite Blue. I’ve owned a couple of Fords in my lifetime such as 2 1st gen Focuses that were extremely reliable and great cars and eventually owned a 2018 F150 that had nothing but...

Hi All, With the winter being here, my car got nicked by some gravel thrown up by the snow plow. Minor in size but deep. So wanted to use a touchup pen. I looked at the inside of my door where the VIN is listed and saw the EXT PNT Code: HS. The samples look a little off from what I would...

So I just got my new 2020 Explorer after trading in my 2017. Everything looked great when I was checking it out, but then a week and a half later I just noticed that they painted over the insulation over the tail lights and in the door. Is this normal? I haven’t seen this before? The flaking is...

Despite my X recently taking some abuse, I'm hoping to clean her up a little and maybe do some paint work as well. The big decision I'm wondering about is weither or not I should paint my chrome bumpers and trim black. I like the look of the black wheels, but I like the chrome accents and am...

Hey guys, I just recently washed my 2019 Explorer Sport and noticed the swirling on the black soft plastic window pillars where the front and rear doors meet as well as the corner of the rear window by the hatch. I already scheduled an appointment to get it corrected and have some x-pel film...

Im planning to repaint. I want to go with a 2 tone. Any suggestions?

I have a few paint chips on the black grille on my 2017 Explorer Sport. Does Ford have a touch up paint for the gloss black Sport grille?

I've debated on my medium for painting my super rusty explorer all winter and I'm reaching out for opinions. I've posted before about how to properly handle the rust (Tackling Runaway Roof Rust!) and I've decided to strip down the whole rig, windows, rub rails, and lights, the whole thing...

I'm not a master mechanic or a certified auto body tech. I have a 1996 Ford Explorer 4x4 and I live in FL but it was in NC for a few years from what a vehicle search said. It has some rust like the front and rear of the frame has some rust but that doesn't concern me. The rust has attacked the...

I've got a pretty bad roof rust problem, and I'm trying to get together a game plan to tackle it right and paint the whole vehicle this summer. As you can see there have been multiple attempts to fix it before 4+ and counting! I would like to remove the whole upper rack assembly and bumpers...

I need to pick up or order White Platinum Pearl (UG) to repair the hood paint bubbles. Has anyone found an online supplier that has been good to buy from? We have NAPA and OREILLY locally, but I couldn't locate anything on their web sites.

I decided to restore my roof rack, this morning I removed the rear roof rack with ease,the front was a different story, a passenger side screw isn't coming off. It just turns, and appears to be damaged in some way. I would like to avoid painting the rack while on the vehicle if at all possible...

Hey guys, I've owned my 2007 Limited for about a year now- and living in the midwest I've noticed some mild paint bubbling on the bottom of the interior of my doors. I've also got some corrosion on the interior of my tailgate at the bottom edge. No other rust/corrosion on the vehicle yet, just...

Rear Ford Emblem to match paint colors on car

Blacked out Sport Badge

Matched the paint colors of the car to the Ford Emblem

So last weekend I decided to finally paint the front and rear bumper trim on the truck. It wasn't until the paint dried that I realized it was dark brown and not dark gray (now I know what color dark walnut is). Well i'm not happy with the dark brown color and I'm just going with black paint...

Hey guys, this is my first real post and I was originally going to post it under Modified Gen 2s, but decided that was more of a serious modification forum (Move wherever it actually belongs please). What I'm looking for was more of an opinion so I decided Polls is a good place. I'd like to...

I purchased a new 2013 Ford Explorer Limited Edition in early 2013. When I picked the vehicle up from the dealership there was a run in the paint on the hood. The dealership informed me that they would replace the hood, but without letting me know they decided to paint the hood. Now the hood has...

Hi anyone repaint aluminum roof rack yet not much of a painter and how do I get these things off without destroying them do the bolts go all the way threw Thanks for any help

I hope you'll bear with me and my long story... It's been a really long time since I have posted here. I got a lot of good info from this site back in the day, so I reckon it is worth paying to become an Elite member to make this post. Ugh, I'm getting a little nostalgic and emotional just...

My bumper was scratched in a parking accident and I'm looking for the paint to touch it up, however the bumper is a different color than the rest of the car and I can only find the paint code for the main color. I have a 2009 White Ford Explorer

Hey guys, been thinking here about painting parts of my door panels. I have a 98 explorer xlt with a tan interior. Been thinking that since there is some black already like the bezel, speedometer and other stuff, painting some parts black would be ok. When I got it, the plastic parts i guess...

Hopefully this can help someone, I learned this just recently after being hit in my explorer. So anyway, I found out that between 95, 96, and 97, the paint and pinstripes on explorers change from car to car, between two 96's the Eddie Bauer pinstripe was about a half inch off from the other...

Id like to paint the grille black... I want durability (color and chip/scratch) and also want it to be somewhat easy. Thanks

Check this out! lol...is there even an engine??!!!?? :eek::eek::eek::eek: 8 7.2” TV’s 57 2.5” TV’s 13” Sharp TV 2 7” Headrest TV’s 10 7” TV’s 7 4” TV’s 1 17” TV 17” Samsung screen...

Can anyone point me to a thread that goes through the steps of removing all the trimming from the ex? Searched to no avail. I have trimming on bumpers, fenders, quarters and all doors. I might be buying a parts explorer in the next month and will be taking off bumpers, doors, hood, etc. The...

Hey there so I searched and didnt really find what I was looking for on here so i just went for it and thought I would post what i did incase anyone else was thinking about it. Well to start out its a 92 explorer xlt with some rust on the lower doors and the part of metal underneath the door...

Wanted to get people's thoughts/experiences for those who have painted their grille. I have a 2011 White, XLT, 4WD and after a year and a half of keeping everything stock, I'm looking to make some mods now. For a while I've wanted to paint the grille black and when I saw pictures of the Sport...

Hi Folks, I noticed that the oem black paint was chipping off my muffler and nasty rust spots started to pop up. So I decided to rust proof and re-spray. While I was at it, I also sprayed the ugly silver Y piping that's visible for anyone driving behind us. Everything is blacked out now and I...

Right now it is a from the factory maroon color. i really wanted it painted black has any one here had a 1993 4dr painted? About how much was it? Is there anything i can do to reduce the cost. thanks ahead of time!

So i got an idea while talking to a friend and I decided to paint some of the trim in my car white. I have a 2002 Ford Explorer XLS, which is grey and I figured it would give it a nice clash. Here's some pics :) Enjoy and tell me what you think, Good or Bad, Yay or Nay. :exp::exp::exp...

Did Ford forget to pay any attention to the details with this? Its all bubbled and gives if ypu press on it, and one spot looks like its starting to crack. I find it very disturbing that I'm constantly finding things that bother me with this car. Most of them are minor, but this one doesn't seem...

So I have a 2008 red Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer And I'm thinking about changing the color of the trim to black. How much would it cost to have the trim painted black? Also I want to make the door handles black, what is the best option for that?

i was wondering if anyone had any feed back about tire paint. i have a dark blue explorer with black rims and i wanted to get some blue letter tires but i cant find them. i have black tires on it now so if it will even work, i dont know. it would be greatly appreciated if i could get some...

using the tips and advice i got from everybody on the forum, i finally got rid of that old grey look and i think it came out pretty damn nice. here are pics of my results. thanks to everyone on the forum sharing all the good knowledge. thats just dust from my hands on there...

All, My driver's seat in '02 EXP has minor cracks and blemishes from me sliding in and out, sitting for 90K, just wear and tear. The other seats are all pristine as about 75K of those miles I was alone. There are NO tears, full up rips, anything to "patch". I read many posts here about...

i have had the tints done, dual side exit exuasts, matching color coded body trims to black, and got the obx racing manifolds fitted. still more to do lol And dont forget to check your seat belt bolsters, mine are coming loose and scraping the center consol trim..

Hi all, Im trying to remove my rocker covers/panels before my truck goes in for a new paint job. i managed to remove the front corner peice with no problem and the plastic retainers at the bottom of the main rocker. The clips i see inside the main rocker dont come our without serious prying and...