I have one on mine which is directly on top of 3M clear bra. It's a softer, flexible composite plastic...not sure exactly what it's made of. I cant really see being able to sand it down and getting paint to stick to it, especially knowing the elements it has to stand up to. UV light would kill it.

You might have better luck wrapping it in vinyl. Vvivid probably has a white that gets you close enough.

 

Sorry, I wasn't clear on the color.

My truck is Greystone Metallic. The one I saw on another forum was painted white to colormatch their truck. It looked good and almost disappeared.

I'm stumped on the material too. It's not your typical hard plastic but pretty soft and flexible.

 

Here is what I got back from AVS.

"This hood protector is ABS plastic with a impact resistant acrylic."

So, do you think this could be painted and it hold up? I haven't been able to find a vinyl wrap to match the Greystone Metallic for a decent price to wrap it.

 

You'll be disappointed in the result if prep is not done properly. In the old days there was adhesion promoter and flex additives. Not sure what's out there now. No matter what you use, you need to sand with no coarser that 500 grit. Degrease it thoroughly. It must be primed and then top coated. Even then there's no guarantee it will stick once it gets hit with stones.

2013 Silverado LT CC 1500 Z71 5.3 4WD 3:42's all stock

 

You use to be able to purchase a clear deflector and paint it from the back. I haven't seen a lot of them available in clear lately.

 

Flex additives are still widely available, a must on rubber and plastics.
If not it will blister/crack

Example
https://www.amazon.com/CP-9600-Universa ... er%20clear.

Good luck on the project

 

I don't like the hood protectors that stick up. This one uses double-sided tape and lays flat on the front edge of the hood.

I'm hoping to find vinyl that matches the greystone metallic and wrap it so I don't have to worry about painting. I'm hoping to get a few samples from Avery and 3M to see what is close.

 

It can be done
https://www.lundinternational.com/avs-3 ... mmit-white

 

Of course they don't make the colormatched ones for the GMT-900s. I'm betting that they are molded in the color and probably not actually painted.

I guess I can check with a local paint shop and see if they can paint it. They would probably be better equipped to paint something as flimsy as the hood shield.

 

Of course they don't make the colormatched ones for the GMT-900s. I'm betting that they are molded in the color and probably not actually painted.

I guess I can check with a local paint shop and see if they can paint it. They would probably be better equipped to paint something as flimsy as the hood shield.

Sounds like going to a good local paint shop is the best route. My uncle got this Sierra project that we'll work on after we finished installing the suspension from 4Wheelonline onto the Wrangler and clear the garage. The truck got real bad chips as well so we might need a good prep before painting.

 

I found a 3M vinyl that matches pretty close. It's not perfect but it's close enough.

3M actually sent me a colorwheel of every vinyl they make that's pretty cool. It's like a paint wheel but all of the actual vinyl swatches.

My brother in law just got a 2020 Silverado and had the dealer fix a scratch that must have happened during transport and you can't tell it was even there. They use an outside guy to do that work so I'm going to see what he can possibly do to fix some of them. I got an estimate of $500-$600 to completely repaint the hood which would be my last route.