Makeover for my 2000 Integra LS
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Makeover for my 2000 Integra LS
Well I had a friend that drove my car and hit a deer up in the mountains, and I doubt he's ever going to help me fix it up.
The details of the damage is that the deer hit the passenger side of the fender, tore off the emblem off of my non-OEM front bumper, and the impact also caused my hood to crack. I don't think my hood is bent, but if it is I guess I could always swap one from a junkyard or something.
Anyway I know I have to get some special kind of sandpaper to get rid of the original paint. The real question here is how do I find the matching color paint? I don't want to repaint my WHOLE car (sanding down the whole car would be a pain in the ***) I heard that you need the right color and hue, or else the paint will look different in varying places. I'm planning on repainting the replaced passenger side fender, the whole hood, and the front bumper (possibly replaced as well).
Passenger side headlight is damaged, and they've always been "fogged-up" by some yellow residue and it's kinda nasty. The vehicle has apparently been in a minor accident (something that wasn't written in carfax NOR told by the auto broker) and there are two metal arcs that are broken. I would think that those are the control arms for adjusting the angle of the headlights. Please, correct me if I'm wrong (hopefully I am). Aside from the passenger side headlight pointing downwards to the point that I can't see anything on my right side during the night, I also want to clear up my headlights by cleaning off that yellow stuff from the inside. Do I have to take apart the headlights for that?
Also, does anyone know a good place that sells OEM bumpers and fenders for cheap?
Modified by RaDeuX at 6:29 PM 10/7/2008
The details of the damage is that the deer hit the passenger side of the fender, tore off the emblem off of my non-OEM front bumper, and the impact also caused my hood to crack. I don't think my hood is bent, but if it is I guess I could always swap one from a junkyard or something.
Anyway I know I have to get some special kind of sandpaper to get rid of the original paint. The real question here is how do I find the matching color paint? I don't want to repaint my WHOLE car (sanding down the whole car would be a pain in the ***) I heard that you need the right color and hue, or else the paint will look different in varying places. I'm planning on repainting the replaced passenger side fender, the whole hood, and the front bumper (possibly replaced as well).
Passenger side headlight is damaged, and they've always been "fogged-up" by some yellow residue and it's kinda nasty. The vehicle has apparently been in a minor accident (something that wasn't written in carfax NOR told by the auto broker) and there are two metal arcs that are broken. I would think that those are the control arms for adjusting the angle of the headlights. Please, correct me if I'm wrong (hopefully I am). Aside from the passenger side headlight pointing downwards to the point that I can't see anything on my right side during the night, I also want to clear up my headlights by cleaning off that yellow stuff from the inside. Do I have to take apart the headlights for that?
Also, does anyone know a good place that sells OEM bumpers and fenders for cheap?
Modified by RaDeuX at 6:29 PM 10/7/2008
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Re: Makeover for my 2000 Integra LS (RaDeuX)
well for starters why not take your gas cap off the car, bring it into your local paint shop and get them to colour match the paint for you, they should be able to use the gas cap to get a perfect quart of paint for ya. as far as cheap bumpers and fenders try your local junkyards? i know i called a local junkyard here in halifax and they hooked me up with a like new bumper for 100 bucks or somethin
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