Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
So yeah, i got them on sunday. Last night i finally started repainting them. I guess ill post the before and after pics of my car and the bumper and side skirts at a later time.
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
How are you planning to paint them. I mean steps will you take? What tools will you use?
I would like to paint my new bumper and lip myself but I don't really know how. I am doing some reading and trying to learn. Any help that you can offer would be uhh...helpful.
I would like to paint my new bumper and lip myself but I don't really know how. I am doing some reading and trying to learn. Any help that you can offer would be uhh...helpful.
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
well what i did was go to crappy tire, and bought some of the duplex spray paint i think its called, some primer, and some sand paper. i think the highest grit they had for the palm sander i have is like 120 or 220 i cant remember. from what i read on different sites online they used 400 grit.wytbishop wrote:How are you planning to paint them. I mean steps will you take? What tools will you use?
I would like to paint my new bumper and lip myself but I don't really know how. I am doing some reading and trying to learn. Any help that you can offer would be uhh...helpful.
so yeah i sanded everything down. after that i wiped them down with a dry cloth. after that i stared using the primer. i did 2 or 3 coats. then i used the spray paint with 2 or 3 coats.
so yeah they came out pretty good seeing as how iv never done it before. sorry i suck at explaining stuff.
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
Does Canadian Tire have Raspberry Metallic?
94' RS/GS/MS/CF Monster Turbo...coming soon.
93' GS SE, the Black Beast, the former love of my life...soon to be gutted and crushed.
94' GS, black on black, now in several small pieces...and one large crushed piece.
2007 Mazda3 GT Sport --- super fun
2004 Honda RC51 --- Lost forever to some theavin' bastard
My Worklog
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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
93' GS SE, the Black Beast, the former love of my life...soon to be gutted and crushed.
94' GS, black on black, now in several small pieces...and one large crushed piece.
2007 Mazda3 GT Sport --- super fun
2004 Honda RC51 --- Lost forever to some theavin' bastard
My Worklog
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
Nope! You will have to go to NAPA and if they have the paint dept on site they can make you up a spray can of it..... though it's $30 a can! Colour code 6V!
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
Meade any pics? Curious as to what front bumper/side skirts you are referring to
Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
ok so here are the before pics
my car before
this is the side
here is the front bumper i got from a member of this site. im not sure if he wants to be mentioned. has alittle damage on the bottom but ill fix that.
here is the side skirts. i only took a pic of one of them....no point in having 2 pics lol
ok, now the fun began. here i already sanded and now youll see the primer. i couldnt get a better pic cause it was starting to get dark.
now here it is all painted up. it came out pretty good for my first time doing it. i think i need some of that stuff that makes it shiney.....i cant remember what its called. btw that is the other one turned around.
my car before
this is the side
here is the front bumper i got from a member of this site. im not sure if he wants to be mentioned. has alittle damage on the bottom but ill fix that.
here is the side skirts. i only took a pic of one of them....no point in having 2 pics lol
ok, now the fun began. here i already sanded and now youll see the primer. i couldnt get a better pic cause it was starting to get dark.
now here it is all painted up. it came out pretty good for my first time doing it. i think i need some of that stuff that makes it shiney.....i cant remember what its called. btw that is the other one turned around.
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
Clear coat...makes it shiny.
I'm going to go for it. I have a front and rear bumper, Euro mini sides and a door to replace. I also have a bad key scratch on the driver's rear quarter to fix.
Should be fun and if it looks like crap I was planning on getting the car painted at some point anyway.
I'm going to go for it. I have a front and rear bumper, Euro mini sides and a door to replace. I also have a bad key scratch on the driver's rear quarter to fix.
Should be fun and if it looks like crap I was planning on getting the car painted at some point anyway.
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94' RS/GS/MS/CF Monster Turbo...coming soon.
93' GS SE, the Black Beast, the former love of my life...soon to be gutted and crushed.
94' GS, black on black, now in several small pieces...and one large crushed piece.
2007 Mazda3 GT Sport --- super fun
2004 Honda RC51 --- Lost forever to some theavin' bastard
My Worklog
My feedback thread
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
93' GS SE, the Black Beast, the former love of my life...soon to be gutted and crushed.
94' GS, black on black, now in several small pieces...and one large crushed piece.
2007 Mazda3 GT Sport --- super fun
2004 Honda RC51 --- Lost forever to some theavin' bastard
My Worklog
My feedback thread
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
yeah, i have to buy that lol.wytbishop wrote:Clear coat...makes it shiny.
Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
ok i finally got it finished. i couldnt get it done earlier cause iv been busy with school and work.
Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
There she is. only thing i have to do now is get it painted professionally. im thinking about going to maaco. im not sure who much it cost to get it sprayed. iil take another one with the hood down later.
Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
Don't do maaco unless you want your paint job to fall apart after a year. If you're getting it painted, do it right.
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
hey,
nice job. nice headlights. where'd u pick them up at?
nice job. nice headlights. where'd u pick them up at?
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
search "spyder projector headlights", also ebay. And as u can see, they come in black!dubber084 wrote:hey,
nice job. nice headlights. where'd u pick them up at?
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Re: Yay after waiting i got a front bumper and side skirts
yeah, what he said. the only thing i need is the bc-2 back bumper *sigh*