Coloured flares on new GU

I agree with the look prefering the black as on previous models myself too.
you only have to look at the flares and they scratch...personnaly i dont worry about it, will get them resprayed when selling the car(3ltr GUIIII).

Coloured ones are fine...
I have driven mine to hell and back... You can put all the scratches you want on em and they polish out...
The trick is not to worry about each scratch you get,,,, just save em all up and after each year just polish them out...

coloured flares hey!!! black looks classy but what colours are we talking about with these other type....?

Laura B

Have definitely seen the GU4 with black flares in various bits of advertising which I can only assume are plastic......maybe this was the DX model although I the DXs I have seen dont seem to have flares as such

Bring ya coloured ones down..and I'll cover them in Carbon Fibre look-a-like!!

I've gouged some big chunks out of one of my flares (reversing past one of those small green signs in a national park, Fraser Island to be precise.) You know the ones, with yellow writing and big bolts holding the horizontal plank on. Yeah the bolts do good work on the plastic flares :)

I can confirm that underneath the stippled paint on the flare is black plastic, same as the DX I gather. The paint on the flares is not glossy but has a pattern printed on it. I understand that it isn't possible to reproduce this, so once you've stuffed a flare, there is no chance of having it put back to original condition unless you can get one from another car. Nissan only provide them in black plastic, you have to get them painted yourself.

I'm thinking of having something done with all my flares so they match and offer better scratch resistance. (Not for reversing past signs, but tight tracks ;) A carbon fibre look alike print sounds interesting and would provide a high level of scratch resistance I gather?

Aaron.

I bought my patrol last july and have scratched the flares and they polish out alright. The biggest problem I've got with the ST is that they have 17inch rims and trying to get a second rim here in Perth is not easy. even went to Mr mags, biggest dealer of rims in perth and they don't have one I was told that they maybe available in 12 months, typical vehicle manufacturers change specifications but don't think of the spares that you might need Asked Nissan about the cost of a rim the same as the one on the Ptrol and was told $1100.
I am still looking. I have been told that a rim of the latest Toyota Sahara may fit.
EricM.