Matching faded moon pearl

[RyanTomorrow]

Apologies for the frivolity of this post, but I'm hoping someone here can give some guidance...

Recently I had a run in that required some paint work on my fender flare (moon pearl). It was a small area the body shop initially intended to blend. Through a series of ineptitude a including losing my original flare and then trying to mount a Pathfinder flare , I am now the proud owner of a brand new, very glossy replacement:

So my question: is there ANY way to make that glossy finish more closely match my other faded flares? Or am I stuck either with this or repainting ALL of the flares?

In before: "just take them off, they're useless".

 

[LINUS]

If you care that much, maybe just paint the door 1/2 of that flare & stop there.

It's a slippery slope from there - doing both on that side, or eventually pulling all the rest & spending $1500 getting flares that really just get in the way made 'pretty'.

But I suppose if you have some super rust free, low miled, mainly stock 80 getting it done may be worth it to you.

I have both mine covered in a protective layer of pollen & dirt - so I never see minor crap on mine.

You could go get it dirty & have a beer, then let time let you come to terms with the fact it is what it is.

 

[Ridgerunner78]

Scuff the gloss clear and spray with a satin clear so it's not so shiny?

 

[tampacruiser95]

You could literally take them off and paint them in an afternoon. Since they don't match the body anyway, there is no hand wringing involved in that perspective. I taped off and painted a lot of the black trim on my 80 in about 3 hours.

 

[RyanTomorrow]

But I suppose if you have some super rust free, low miled, mainly stock 80

I do...

You could go get it dirty & have a beer, then let time let you come to terms with the fact it is what it is.

...but this is excellent advice, for a number of things.

 

[alia176]

Yup, more beer......

 

[Kernal]

Remove all the flares, paint them off the vehicle (do not paint over the gaskets), then put them back on with new gaskets if available.

 

[inkpot]

800 wet n dry will remove some of the shine. May want to test theory with 1000 grit W & D first?