I've had the flares painted and covered with film. Oddly, my doors don't show any wear and my flares weren't that bad even with sticky MPSS' constantly pummeling them with debris.
Cost me about $100 per side to get it all done. Drove around without them until the painted flares were ready to be covered with clear film and installed back on the vehicle. I did not get the running boards painted or covered, although I should have. Again, they didn't look real bad at the time so it was passable. You may want to consider doing yours at the same time.
Not sure what film they used but a year later the film has taken a pounding too. Hopefully the paint underneath is fine and new film just needs to be re-applied.
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