guide to smoothing???

  1. Established Member Joined: May 2005 newport United Kingdom (Wales) Posts: 1820 saxo vtr an furio
    #1
    right want to colur code all the bumpers and side strips on my car , how do i go about it??
    im not going to spray them myself just get them smooth etc.
    how long does it take .

    cheers

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  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2007 Coventry Posts: 5182 Lupo GTI
    #2
    I'd be interested in this also
  3. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2007 Verwood Posts: 5217 53 Renault Clio 1.2 16v
    #3
    To colour code the side strips your best bet would be to remove them. Can be very tricky to do. Then you primer them, colour them and then lacquer them. I would imagine you would need lots of coats of lacquer to stop the paint cracking. I was gonna have my bumpers colour coded and I was quoted £50 for the lot. Would only take a day to do

    Cheers
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2557 Corsa C 1.2 16v twinport
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by McCrunk View Post
    To colour code the side strips your best bet would be to remove them. Can be very tricky to do. Then you primer them, colour them and then lacquer them. I would imagine you would need lots of coats of lacquer to stop the paint cracking. I was gonna have my bumpers colour coded and I was quoted £50 for the lot. Would only take a day to do

    Cheers
    is that professionaly?
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2007 Verwood Posts: 5217 53 Renault Clio 1.2 16v
    #5
    Indeed
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2557 Corsa C 1.2 16v twinport
    #6
    thats not bad... for the side things tooken off and resprayed quite cheap i might get that thanks for info
  7. Forum Section Moderator Joined: Jan 2004 Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5082 RX8, Cliosport 197
    #7
    colour coding at a body shop usually costs around £200 - £250, i did mine myself, you cannot remove the strips on there own they are part of the arch, lower door pannel and rear 3/4 pannel. however if you are carefull at masking it up then there is no need to remove them. you will need to cover the whole of the side of the car to stop any overspray, also you have to pull out the side repeater and mask it up and remove the door badge. its then just a case of working different grades of sand paper, starting with a relatively coarse one to make it smooth, finishing on 1200 grit. then apply 3 coats of primer, allow 24hrs to dry, then 3 to 4 coats of paint, allow 24hrs to dry then 3 to 4 coats of laquer after 24hrs you can remove the masking tape but i kept mine garaged for a week for the laquer to fully harden
  8. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2007 Blackpool Posts: 7123 MK5 Golf GTi FSi
    #8
    See i wouldve said get it done properly i know when i get a decent car i will, but ive been looking at jungles pics card fault his work at all, depends if your confident or not i suppose!
  9. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2557 Corsa C 1.2 16v twinport
    #9
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jungle_Jim View Post
    colour coding at a body shop usually costs around £200 - £250, i did mine myself, you cannot remove the strips on there own they are part of the arch, lower door pannel and rear 3/4 pannel. however if you are carefull at masking it up then there is no need to remove them. you will need to cover the whole of the side of the car to stop any overspray, also you have to pull out the side repeater and mask it up and remove the door badge. its then just a case of working different grades of sand paper, starting with a relatively coarse one to make it smooth, finishing on 1200 grit. then apply 3 coats of primer, allow 24hrs to dry, then 3 to 4 coats of paint, allow 24hrs to dry then 3 to 4 coats of laquer after 24hrs you can remove the masking tape but i kept mine garaged for a week for the laquer to fully harden
    yea my bonnet needs redone agan lol... had a BIG scratch down it ike something metal has been scraped down... tried to spray but you can see where it joins...