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minus-squareinvertedspear@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoPlastic with no paint is not going to do well in places like the Southwest. But I’m sure that getting it painted or wrapped won’t be a huge deal.
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoMany vehicles have some sort of MIC paneling these days. It does fine in the SW. You can paint it if you’d like.
minus-squareinvertedspear@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoIt does fine for a few years, but eventually starts sun bleaching and looking terrible. Seen a lot of hacks to make it look better, but the plastic still gets brittle and dry. A coat of paint or spray on bed liner does wonders to fight that.
Plastic with no paint is not going to do well in places like the Southwest. But I’m sure that getting it painted or wrapped won’t be a huge deal.
Many vehicles have some sort of MIC paneling these days. It does fine in the SW.
You can paint it if you’d like.
It does fine for a few years, but eventually starts sun bleaching and looking terrible. Seen a lot of hacks to make it look better, but the plastic still gets brittle and dry. A coat of paint or spray on bed liner does wonders to fight that.