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Old 11-04-2019, 10:04 AM
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Fender Welt, What material and why?
I see that welting is available in rubber, vinyl, and other material. What works best for our trucks? I'm referring to ease of installation and stuff that lasts. I would not be painting it.
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Old 11-04-2019, 11:59 AM
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I used the rubber version from Carpenter. No issues or breakdown in six years.
 
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For those of you using the Fender Welt, are you painting the exposed Welt body color....or leaving it as is? Is black the most common color?
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Old 11-04-2019, 01:37 PM
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Black truck + black welt = No paint on welt.
 
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I used the vinyl covered cloth on the rear fenders and at both ends of the running boards. With a dark colored truck and black running boards, the black bead doesn't stand out.

 
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What year truck, Bob,?

I used black vinyl as original, of course, on my 54 in 1999. Still looks good on a green truck.
 
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I painted this one vinyl used adhesive promoter





this one is black rubber
 
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here is the back side this again is rubber



you can see the notches in the rubber
 
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And they have colored welting I don’t know if it’s any good or not
 
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I have done 4 trucks...all of which I used the black rubber.......never any issues
 
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Originally Posted by TomCT55
For those of you using the Fender Welt, are you painting the exposed Welt body color....or leaving it as is? Is black the most common color?
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This might answer your question but do they make the color you like is another ??..
https://www.google.com/search?q=colo...w=1586&bih=778
 
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51 Fred, that is one fine looking truck!!!
 
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Sounds like either work well. I appreciate your feed back. Abe it's a 54. 51Fred your truck is super nice.
 
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Thank you for the feedback. Looks like black is the most common color. I guess the black will compliment an Aquatone Blue truck that has black bumpers and black running boards.
 
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I like the look you get from the black. Makes it stand out

 
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