Dressing wheel wells

[ben54]

Is there a spray on product, or do you need to actually get in there and wipe it down? It`s not so bad when the inner fender wells are plastic, but I have olders cars with rustproofing in the fenderwells.

Saw cars on the road today that looked good, but you could see the inner fender wells weren`t touched (kinda that light brown color). Made the car look half done.

[Don]

For those types, I have used a roller or brush to apply a black paint. The brush/roller applies the paint with a rougher texture and eliminates overspray problems.

[ben54]

Don, thanks. I`m considering either painting it black or just shoting it down with a tire dressing to see if it gets darker.

[EBPcivicsi]

I have painted some wheel wells for a permanent solution.

Recently I used some SEM undercoating(PN 39463) in the wheel wells of my accord. Turned out really well. I cleaned them, cleaned them again with tar and wax remover, masked everything off, then sprayed thin coats. The look was jet black, but flat, just what I wanted.

Sounds like you could just hit it with a water base dressing cut 50/50 with water. I like meguiars #40 or armorall for wheel wells.

[membim]

I used Poorboy`s Bold N Bright on my plastic wheel wells this past weekend and they look great. I did rub the product in with a terry applicator pad.

[ben54]

How often do you guys dress your wheel wells?

[Bill D]

Originally posted by EBPcivicsi
I have painted some wheel wells for a permanent solution.

Recently I used some SEM undercoating(PN 39463) in the wheel wells of my accord. Turned out really well. I cleaned them, cleaned them again with tar and wax remover, masked everything off, then sprayed thin coats. The look was jet black, but flat, just what I wanted.

Sounds like you could just hit it with a water base dressing cut 50/50 with water. I like meguiars #40 or armorall for wheel wells.

Are you talking about the rear wells of the Accord? I partially painted my gf`s, the fronts are plastic.

I use Megs Engine Kote for wells and when thats used up Im going to go with a floor shine like Mop n Glo. I`m convinced they are extremely similar substances. Once my wells start looking dirty or after a bit of bad weather I would clean and redress them.

[ben54]

Mop-n-Glo, that is a new one. Little easier to put that into the shopping basket and not get an eye roll from the better half. Is Mop-n-Glo an apply and leave product?

[optik]

If your using a silicon based product and it rained, couldn`t the stuff get on the face of your tires and make them slick (less traction)? What about water based...coudln`t the same thing happen? Any exp with this?

[EBPcivicsi]

Originally posted by Bill D
Are you talking about the rear wells of the Accord? I partially painted my gf`s, the fronts are plastic.

I use Megs Engine Kote for wells and when thats used up Im going to go with a floor shine like Mop n Glo. I`m convinced they are extremely similar substances. Once my wells start looking dirty or after a bit of bad weather I would clean and redress them.

Fronts too, yes parts are platic. It has been three months with weekly cleanings no problems.

I will post pics if you would like.

even if next week the undercoating starts to peel, I will clean and repaint. Not that big of a deal at all. So far, so good.

[Bill D]

The paint I applied still holding up well 2 years later

[ben54]

What kind of paint did you use? And was it glossy, or matte?

[Bill D]

Ben you can spray on the mop n glo just like cother dressings. As fpr the paint on the rear wells of the Honda, i just got a very close color match auto spray paint from WalMart. It was more or less matte, matched the look of the existing paint .You could get spray paint from your dealer though

[CarGlow]

Do you dilute the Mop n Glow?

[Deanski]

Still use Megs EK for wells. Dries hard. Use it on all suspension parts as well.

Regards,

Deanski