Ok,after years of looking at my nasty chewed up chin spoiler I decided to redo it.Note to self,back the car in from now on to avoid hitting the curb stop :bash:. First I took it off the car,5 screws and 6 rivots (why they could not use screws here :shrug
.Next was some sanding,started out with some 150 grit,then some 320 pretty much got it as close as it needed to be.Got my spray gun out and filled it up with some SEM flexible paint,shot 4 real light coats,and one heavier final coat.Let it dry for a bit,then screwed it back on using the 5 factory screws and 6 new stainless screws and nuts.
Next little project shown is the repainting of my hood.This wasn`t a planned project,it was done out of neccessity.Some dummy (me) was trying to fill some paint chips that have been bugging me.Normally I hit the chip with some touch up,let it dry and wet sand them to smooth them out.Well,I sanded right throught the clear and color coat:bash::bash:.I don`t have any pictures of the damage,but do have pics of the end result.I sanded the hood down,then hit it with some basecoat (side note here,5 color variations for Mineral Grey,and none matched my car.So we scanned it and mixed the paint from the scan code) and then 3 coats of clear.Next was to wet sand the crap out of it with some 2000 wet/dry paper,then buff with some 3M ultra polish.I give the hood a 85% rating due some variations that i`m the only one who has noticed w/o pointing the flaw out.On to the pics.
Chewed up spoiler
Sanded and ready to be wiped down and painted.
Painted and drying
Back on the car.I know my grill emblem is missing in a few of the pics.The bracket had a bit of rust so I sanded and hit it w/a rattle can.
Back on the ground and happy.
Hood pics
.Next was some sanding,started out with some 150 grit,then some 320 pretty much got it as close as it needed to be.Got my spray gun out and filled it up with some SEM flexible paint,shot 4 real light coats,and one heavier final coat.Let it dry for a bit,then screwed it back on using the 5 factory screws and 6 new stainless screws and nuts.Next little project shown is the repainting of my hood.This wasn`t a planned project,it was done out of neccessity.Some dummy (me) was trying to fill some paint chips that have been bugging me.Normally I hit the chip with some touch up,let it dry and wet sand them to smooth them out.Well,I sanded right throught the clear and color coat:bash::bash:.I don`t have any pictures of the damage,but do have pics of the end result.I sanded the hood down,then hit it with some basecoat (side note here,5 color variations for Mineral Grey,and none matched my car.So we scanned it and mixed the paint from the scan code) and then 3 coats of clear.Next was to wet sand the crap out of it with some 2000 wet/dry paper,then buff with some 3M ultra polish.I give the hood a 85% rating due some variations that i`m the only one who has noticed w/o pointing the flaw out.On to the pics.
Chewed up spoiler
Sanded and ready to be wiped down and painted.
Painted and drying
Back on the car.I know my grill emblem is missing in a few of the pics.The bracket had a bit of rust so I sanded and hit it w/a rattle can.
Back on the ground and happy.
Hood pics
