How To: Painting the middle of the front bumper
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I followed the exact steps some members suggest when painting the chrome grille on the GTS'...the proper sand paper, spray paint, and techniques and the paint started chipping off after taking the car on the highway the next day.
When I painted it I did countless coats on the grille, it looked flawless but obviously didn't work out too well. Now Im probably going to do the grille in vinyl or buy a ES grille.
When I painted it I did countless coats on the grille, it looked flawless but obviously didn't work out too well. Now Im probably going to do the grille in vinyl or buy a ES grille.
thanks
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Hey I'm new in this forum and I got a brand new 08 Lancer GTS. The color is the Aqua color. Im thinking on having it paint in a pro shop, but if its to expensive I might just end up doing it myself. Any suggestions or recommendations on what kind of paint or just anything I should have in mind??
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Hey I'm new in this forum and I got a brand new 08 Lancer GTS. The color is the Aqua color. Im thinking on having it paint in a pro shop, but if its to expensive I might just end up doing it myself. Any suggestions or recommendations on what kind of paint or just anything I should have in mind??
Try doing it yourself first, and see how it turns out. If you do not like the final result, than take it and have it professionaly done.
I just ordered flat black vinyl from ebay. I'm hoping 15" X 5' will be enough to do the chrome grill and the front part. I'll post pics whenever I get this done, prolly not until the end of next week. I haven't decided if I'm going to do the bottom lip yet but it looks pretty good from the pics I've seen.
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how did you fix the silver frame around the grill?? its so beautiful..i reall want that on my GT but dunno how to do that?
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Sup folks my name is Matt and im new to the forums. Purchased a white GTS last weekend and its bad***. Anyway so i saw this post and i really like the way the blacked out grill looked, which made me give it a try. Now i followed every step of this how to and it was awsome..(i will be blacking out the rest of the bumper in the next couple days..)
here are the pics
Sorry for the long post but i wanted to show how easy it really is to do!
here are the pics
Sorry for the long post but i wanted to show how easy it really is to do!
hi pal,
how did you removed the front chrome grill?do i have to remove the whole bumber?
thanks
You can get silver trim at an autoparts store like Autozone or checker. I think Walmart has it too. I read his post somwhere and that's what he used. I would try to get rid of the gaps in between though so that it looks like one solid piece.