I noticed the OEM Black lip on the front, sides, and bumber, is starting to fade, as well as my wipers. I saw the write up on how to paint your wipers, so that is taken care of, but I am just wondering when I paint them, do I need to sand them or anything, since they are plastic, can't I just spraypaint them?

And what type of spraypaint should I use?

 

What color are you going to paint?! Color of the car of just black?

Don't use "flat back" or "gloss black", flat back will turn grey in a few months, and gloss black will take one hour or two to dry, meanwhile, the gloss black will trap dust, mosquitos and such when fresh.
Go with a "semi-gloss" black, from anybrand you want (spray can)... I always use duplicolor... but whatever ...knowamsayin'.... protect whatever that does not need to be painted and spray what you want.

 

I will use a semi-gloss then, thanks. No need for a clear coat, right? How many coats of the semi do you think?

 

I would just do a light sanding with like an 80 grit and clean it off really well. I did this on my wife's Sol and you wouldn't believe how much difference something so simple makes.

 

Yeah, I noticed that before when I saw that windshiled wiper write up, it looked newer just from that

This will give me something productive to do tomorrow , I plan on doing a claybar // wax job.

Should I paint before or after the wax // claybar?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by H2290 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would just do a light sanding with like an 80 grit and clean it off really well. I did this on my wife's Sol and you wouldn't believe how much difference something so simple makes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

80 grit is hardly light sanding, you could teal bits off with 80 grit.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gianinline &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What color are you going to paint?! Color of the car of just black?

Don't use "flat back" or "gloss black", flat back will turn grey in a few months, and gloss black will take one hour or two to dry, meanwhile, the gloss black will trap dust, mosquitos and such when fresh.
Go with a "semi-gloss" black, from anybrand you want (spray can)... I always use duplicolor... but whatever ...knowamsayin'.... protect whatever that does not need to be painted and spray what you want.</TD></TR></TABLE>

W.T.F.

let's get it right this time.

Flat black will not turn grey, there's car with satin/flat black and they start that way forever. I have alot of part sprayed flatblack and they do not turn grey.

glossy black will take more time? hell, you are suppose to let it dry for a good time before touching it, the paint needs time to cures. dirt? bugs? then do it indoor, i'll shoot the next guy spraying their car in the open.

spray the ground wet when you spraying, wet ground=trapping the dirt so your feet will not kick it up the air.

krylon is a good brand, but i have no idea why the hell you are not spraying it with OEM colormatched spray paint(other than you are poor like me)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m1ndless &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, I noticed that before when I saw that windshiled wiper write up, it looked newer just from that

This will give me something productive to do tomorrow , I plan on doing a claybar // wax job.

Should I paint before or after the wax // claybar?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you are not suppose to wax anything after a paint job for couple of month, that's six month if you have a complete car painted. waxing before it pointless, you want to stripe out all the wax, dirt before you lay down the spray.

I hope you didn't wing it yet(with all the infomations that pulled from the *****)

so you want to do it properly? this is how.

1)stripe the wax by washing it with dishwashing liquid.

2)depends how much blemish the part collected, sand it down from rough to fine grits. for example, the front lip have alot of chips or pits on it, you want to use 440 grits to sand it down, then 800 then 1000. if your other part, such as sideskirt is pretty clean, you can skip it straight to 800 then finish it off with 1000. make sure you buy wet sand sand paper, so you can wetsand.

3)when you are done with the finish sanding, wash it good, and dry it. some people use prep. cleaner like acetone.

4)spray the primer, use lightcoat.

5)After it's dry completely, you want to sand it again, WETSAND with 2000 or 1000 grit to get all the imperfection out.

6)paint(light coat)

7)top coat(clearcoat)

8)at this point, you are done, but if you mess something up during the spray, you could use compound or sand it out.

 

I found this stuff by mothers at autozone today, its made espically for flat black plastic parts on cars, its supposed to restore the black-ness, if that doesnt work, ill return and get spraypaint.

 

Yea the "back to black" works good but if that doesn't work you can use some bumper trim paint which is sold in auto stores.

 

Whoa, are you trying to do a paintjob on these pieces and clear them or just get them back to that nice flat black? If you just want that nice flat OEM black completely ignore everything iam7head just said. I think he thinks you are trying to color match these pieces.

Seriously, a light sand and 3 or 4 light spray coats of flat black is all you need for that OEM look.

 

Yeah, I used the Back to Black stuff, it works WONDERS! I used it on my window trim and **** too.

 

Trim Paint at kragen and autozone stores work good. Makes skirts look brand new