Getting ready to color match my mirrors and door handles but not sure if I want to paint the handles (while still on the truck) or get chrome covers and sand and paint them. What do you think?

 

Cheaper to just paint the ones you already got

 

x2 just go with what ya got

 

2nd question being what to use to match the color (fire red)...

 

Take your paint code to a local paint shop they'll hook you up

 

Go to pep boys and look up the paint in the Duplicolor paints... they have a lot of colors

 

I was in same situation as you.... i sanded and painted my putco's... it is a pain to sand them, but really doesn't take that long. more you sand, the better they are going to look...

only suggestion i have for you is to make sure you put lots and lots of double sided tape on the covers. I have one that is starting to come off on one corner...

 

which way is better to do? i just want to paint my door handle buckets. also, what do u have to do to paint those and the mirror caps?

 

I"ll just give you the link to the thread i made a couple weeks back... I explained most and the steps i used to paint both mirror's and buckets..

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I think the directions are on page two when I did the mirrors. It was basically the same steps... Well I guess I took them off the truck, so no need for putting on newspaper.

And if you already have yours on, I just used a hairdryer and took my time and started to pull them off... took me a couple hrs to get them off... I broke 3, first was tailgate, then a passenger handle so i didn't really care if i broke the drivers since i had to order a new set of 3.

Well any other Q's feel free to ask

 

cool. thanks!