Bumper spraying

[VIICarCare]

Hey guys, i just bought myself a 172 rear bumper off ebay. £90 in total, good deal? Anyway, its in silver! What do we think of DIY spray jobs?

cheers :approve:

 

[kerry-w]

Go for it, if all fails you can always take it somewhere else to do it aftwards! Will just be a royal pain to sand down I would have thought.

 

[VIICarCare]

Yeh, spose i have nothing to lose! Sanding down will be quite simple as already smooth, just need to remove the shine really. I'll give it a go!

Cheers!

 

[Gaz_]

Rattle cans on such a big area wont achieve a great finish imo.........

 

[VIICarCare]

^ That was my only gripe, especially being metalic. Bugger it, i'll try it until i get it right! Already spent silly amounts on it!

 

[Rob]

That's because you're insane!

Give it a go, take some good photos along the way, I'm interested to see the results.

 

[VIICarCare]

lol Rob, uno u love me really

I may get our aircraft sprayer to do it for me, hes good! Im not! lol

 

[ScarySquirrel]

You have your own aircraft sprayer?

 

[Gardus]

I'd like to try it on mine too, both front and rear...problem is they're very ruined. I did a pretty good job at refurbishing the wheels, with metallic filler and sanding, but I had them painted at the local paint shop (50 euros for the lot, plus 10 for meterials). I wonder if it's much harder with plastic?! I bet it would be a lot cheaper if I bring the filled and sanded bumpers to the shop...

 

[lukearnold]

im doing the same right now, i've just removed the rear bumper and i'm gonna attempt it later on, the side strips didnt really match that well though when i did them so im kinda nervous about the bumper.. :dapprove:

 

[Gardus]

What do you use to paint? I've got a compressor with a spray gun...

 

[lukearnold]

literally just a rattlecan job mate so i cant really complain, i'll probably re-do them properly when i can find some time, they arent terrible quality wise, just the colour is a bit off, and on a white car it shows