Hi guys I recently meshed my front bumper and bought some Fiat Black spray paint from Halfrauds and it seems to be a matt paint with no shine to it even after laquer. Can anyone tell me what paint to get that will match the rest of the car?

Cheers, Shakey

yes mate i got told if u just keep putting paint on like a few more layers it will eventely change colour hope that help coz i sprayed my frony bumper and put 6 or 7coats of and it looks ok now

Cheers pal I only did 3 coats cus I was spraying over old paint. I will have a go tomorrow at spraying a few more coats and see if it makes a difference.

The prep work or surface being painted is important to the finish gained with any paint.

Liam

the lacquer that come's out of a spray tin is very very thin! thats why it takes lots of coats to get it looking good.

when i sprayed my new bonnet vent i primed it then painted it with broom yellow basecoat which has a very matt finish then got my pals at a local bodyshop to give it a coat of 2k (2 pack) lacquer.

it's the kind of lacquer all pro bodyshop's use. 1 coat and it's very very smooth and shiny.

i was going to lacquer the vent myself but i knew what the outcome would be like!

get some t-cut as well, spray, t-cut, dry, spray etc etc... should bring the shine out of it nicly!

Thanks for the tips everyone I think Im gonna get some body filler and smooth the bumper now that I got it meshed should look nice with the area that the rub strips go all filled in and smooth

lets have a look at the pics of it meshed!

i quite fancy doin mine but aint 100% yet!

I finished sanding the filler and its had 2 coats of primer ready for painting in the morning! I'll take some piccies tomorrow Meshing the bumper was pretty easy but filling the gaps where the rub strips go and filling the strips which the bonnet covers was a bit of a bastard!

Should look good though when its done and Alex you will hopefully get to have a proper look at it on saturday as im planning on getting to skeggy saturday afternoon and going out on the **** with you lot

Shakey said:

I finished sanding the filler and its had 2 coats of primer ready for painting in the morning! I'll take some piccies tomorrow Meshing the bumper was pretty easy but filling the gaps where the rub strips go and filling the strips which the bonnet covers was a bit of a bastard!

Should look good though when its done and Alex you will hopefully get to have a proper look at it on saturday as im planning on getting to skeggy saturday afternoon and going out on the **** with you lot

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awesome man.... as i am back to the standard bumper i am either just gonna colour code the strips an air intake things or smooth the strips out, dependin how easy smoothin out it.... remembering i am s**t with body filler hehe

all of the above im gonna do in the next few weeks. i sprayed my boot and it hasnt come out with a shine to it. i put 3 coats on, but it looks lyk i`ll put some more on readin this now. how do the rubstrips come off???? some1 told me there are little screws holdin it on.

Yeah that's right there are about 4 little screws holding each of the rub strips on, you really need to take be bumper off to removed them properly.

Then once they are off you left with a little recess and four little holes that will need to be filled.

Hope that helps.

Brian

mase_abarth said:

awesome man.... as i am back to the standard bumper i am either just gonna colour code the strips an air intake things or smooth the strips out, dependin how easy smoothin out it.... remembering i am s**t with body filler hehe

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Colour coding the strips will be alot easier, thats what I did at the back but I think it will look better filled.

Heres a couple of pics I took of the bumper after its been meshed, filled, smoothed and sprayed. Ive also sprayed my washer nozzle, door handles, interior handles & door pockets.



This is a pic of my 2 cold air feed pipes, one is some ali ducting from B&Q and the other is the original K&N pipe!

lookin good man, will b interested to c how it has com out, u should of taken a jig saw to the back of the other air intake as well tho!!! my personal opinion,


as for the rub strips i am just gettin them colour coded till i can afford to get them smoothed professionally an the bumpers resprayed!

yea i mite just colour code them. to much work 4 me 2 do, me thinks.