Colour coded bumpstrips

[A18XHO]

Decided to colour code my bump strips, so got myself down to halfords where i got some plastic primer, laquer and renault pearlescent black and had to tell 1 of their fat spotty chavvy employees how thick he was lol. Thanks to jezleaman for the advice

Edit: I sanded the plastic down smooth before i painted them so theres no bobbles on the plastic

Alex

 

[Renault_Boy01]

did you spray the 16v badge as well ?

 

[A18XHO]

yeah, i had them sprayed silver before i colour coded

 

[lanky]

Looks like you've done a good job there.

 

[philmots]

Job well done mate.

 

[Pep]

nice one mate, might attempt this at some point if i can be bothered!

 

[Renault_Boy01]

yeah, i had them sprayed silver before i colour coded

which colour silver is it ?

 

[A18XHO]

cheers for the comments guys, suprised how good it went! im so chuffed with it

renault boy i done them in mercedes brilliant silver metalic, only becuase i have some in the garage but any metalic silver will look the same

 

[Jezleaman]

Well done buddy...they look really well!!

You might have tempted me into doing mine now

Jez

 

[A18XHO]

lol was so funny wen i started it, my dad wanted me to do them silver lmao

 

[Renault_Boy01]

^^lmao looks good mate... you've given me the confidence to do my badges silver and the bumpstripes black just likes yours

 

[Mikey]

Nice 1 Alex they look great, i darent do DIY on mine hehehe leaving it to pro's lol

 

[oli_c_299]

awesome job mate, how long did it take you?
i want to do it to mine, will need to prime first, fill in a couple of scuffs i have. Only problem is getting them off...i can never remove them from my car lol

 

[joel_b]

Looks Mint Just do the Bumper Strips

 

[A18XHO]

awesome job mate, how long did it take you?
i want to do it to mine, will need to prime first, fill in a couple of scuffs i have. Only problem is getting them off...i can never remove them from my car lol

All in took me about a week, thought i sanded them down enough to start off with in about 10 mins (you will need an electric sanded to speed things up and make things easyer) but wernt enough so spent first day sanding them smooth and first coat of primer. Rest of the week was waiting for the paint to dry, wet and dry sanding between every coat

 

[f0xy]

how long did you leave the laquer to cure...?

 

[Ryan k]

Looks good from the pics

 

[gazbenger]

I'm thinking of doing this soon, looks like youve done a good job mate

 

[f0xy]

ive just been doing this over the last few weeks.... alot of wet and dry, primer and paint later everything is near enough perfect... been applying laquer in the sun so it cures properly, although ive been told by some people to leave it 24 hours to fully cure, and some 7 days.... so i guess hes only let it cure for 24 hours if hes finished it in a week...

 

[jimbo666]

excellent work there mate, looks spot on

 

[Pep]

lol was so funny wen i started it, my dad wanted me to do them silver lmao

my first clio was black and had the bumpstrips sprayed silver, i thought it looked good!

 

[A18XHO]

lol i cant really picture it, do you have any photos pepsi?

 

[AhmedRSi]

looks very good mate. nice job!

 

[anthrogan]

lol was so funny wen i started it, my dad wanted me to do them silver lmao

my first clio was black and had the bumpstrips sprayed silver, i thought it looked good!

You didnt sell that to someone in Sunderland did you? Theres one kicking about round here and imo it looks a bit gash :S

 

[Kneel]

looks good, nice timing also as I need to respray one of my bumpstrips after catching it on a erm, wall... Could you PM a step by step or post a guide at all?