Paint finish durability and fender flare question

No Rapor yet, but just curious. To the guys that off-road pretty hard, how are your paint finishes holding up? Do the fender flares catch a lot? Another question, when waxing, what do you use on the plastic fender flares? I know with my current truck, if I get any wax on the plastic parts of the bumper or the bed rail caps, it's a bitch to get off! Thanks!

the flares are painted. i wax them, no problem.

I've been kinda hard on mine Pez. I've never waxed a vehicle in my life, and don't plan on it with this one!
After a bath, most of the scratches rub out with the towel - but not the plastic parts like fender flares or the hunk of plastic between the windows. Too dark now for pics, but if I think of it tomorrow I may take a few.

I've also managed to put some serious scrapes in my rims - I think it was a tough rocky river crossing I had to go at it a few times...

I'm told they refer to it as "Rocky Mountain Pin-striping" out here...

But my truck was bought for function - not to be the shiniest one on the block. Some may call me a meathead for scratching an expensive truck, but I thoroughly enjoy the thrills it provides in different terrain, and it still get looks on the street with or without the scratches.

JP7 said:

my truck was bought for function - not to be the shiniest one on the block. Some may call me a meathead for scratching an expensive truck, but I thoroughly enjoy the thrills it provides in different terrain, and it still get looks on the street with or without the scratches.

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Yepper, My 2004 was just right in about 2009 to be just scratched up enough to play a little harder or care less and then I go and buy a $50 K replacment unit! HAhahaaaaaa. Damn. I gotta keep it shinny for atleast the first few months. I plan on a trip to my property in the next few weeks and willbe taking the narrow roads between the trees very EASY! HAhahaaaaaa. I know I know........
BDRAG

The paint on the flares of my truck have been scratched a little, but the parts that have really taken a beating from desert brush are the plastic pieces all over the sideview mirrors and like JP7 said, the A-Pillars between the front and back windows. I don't know why, but the plastic in those two areas seem to take scrapes pretty easily when running a thin trail.