Need a little advice

[Grey86]

So the time has come to paint my front lip to match the colour of the car, it had that many paint chips and crap in it, it needed a refresh.
Ive got the paint mixed up in spray cans as thats all they had at available, and cause i dont have a compressor and paint equipment.

So with your advice what are some tip/s you could give me to help me get the best result for this front lip (its fiberglass) if it makes a difference the colour is dark grey/Tornado grey (61K)
TIA

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Grey86

So the time has come to paint my front lip to match the colour of the car, it had that many paint chips and crap in it, it needed a refresh.
Ive got the paint mixed up in spray cans as thats all they had at available, and cause i dont have a compressor and paint equipment.

So with your advice what are some tip/s you could give me to help me get the best result for this front lip (its fiberglass) if it makes a difference the colour is dark grey/Tornado grey (61K)
TIA

My first thought would be to take your paint to a good body shop and have them prep and paint it. Since you brought the paint, if it doesn't match, that would be on you.

Option two would be to rent a compressor and a sprayer and DIY. Preparation would be most important. Then a primer coat, then a paint coat, then a clear coat. If you have never painted a car before, I'll almost guarantee you, you will mess it and wind up taking it to a body shop to get it "fixed".

Good luck!


humfrz

[Grey86]

Originally Posted by humfrz

My first thought would be to take your paint to a good body shop and have them prep and paint it. Since you brought the paint, if it doesn't match, that would be on you.

Option two would be to rent a compressor and a sprayer and DIY. Preparation would be most important. Then a primer coat, then a paint coat, then a clear coat. If you have never painted a car before, I'll almost guarantee you, you will mess it and wind up taking it to a body shop to get it "fixed".

Good luck!


humfrz

One of the reasons im painting it myself is because the body shop f it up, after two weeks of getting the lip back from them the front lip paint was chipping away, along with them not paint matching it correctly.

TBH the lip is now painted and has never looked better.