im wanting to get rid of my orange bumper strips, think i am gonna replace them with some black ones. how much am i gonna be looking a to get them?? also how do they fit??
chears
chears
Styling bumper strips??
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Styling bumper strips??
Best bet i think would be scrappies, because most are front or rear impact so i'm sure u'll find one from each door because i'm pretty certain ones from sx etc will fit right on.
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they are screwed on with tiny screws. Hard to get off without removing the bumper. I sprayed mine while still on the car. If you can get them off, you can replace them with new ones if you're willing to pay Fiat a lot of money, or you can spray them. I'd advise the latter
m8... spray them, u have seen mine, all they are is sprayed an they look body colour!
get some paint matched up, i think halfrauds do it... an there u go, takes about 10 mins!
get some paint matched up, i think halfrauds do it... an there u go, takes about 10 mins!
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did you just newspaper off the rest of the bumper when you sparyed it?? how many coats did you give it?? did it require a special type of spray to apply it to the strips??
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i sprayed my strips, did the fronts then i ran outta paint lol so its just the fronts that are done, but they do look good when its done
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Yeah, newspapers where the answer. Sanded them down to get rid of the pink, primered about 4 coats. Sanded down with fine wet&dry (p600), then the paint colour layer. I gave that about 3 coats. Then ultra thin paper (P1500) and then a couple of layers of laquer. The front ornamental gasket is a hard one because you need to put something to protect the rad from gettin painted!lolDonkey said:
I painted mine with a tiny paint brush and some plasikote enamel paint, but they will be painted properly v. soon.
Liam
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there u go, simple as that!surfin_fella said:
even tho i didnt use any primer and only did 2 coats of paint... but hey i was kinda in a rush!
and if u want to do the ornamental gasket then it can b undone by 6 or so tiny bolts behind it, if u have time to take the bumper off that is!
