Colour Coding: a Diy Job ?

[Renault_Boy01]

I am going to take off the gash plastic on my clio : side bump strip and the front and back plastic on the bumper

I have read a guide on here on how to paint them and was wondering is it easy enough to get a good finish and how do you get the front and back bumper plastic strips out ?

cheers
Tom

 

[Renault_Boy01]

anyone ?

 

[Middo]

nope. Plastics too bumpy, you'll be there for days getting it smooth without high build primer. I just got mine done for 70 quid in a bodyshop, not worth the hassle imo

 

[Renault_Boy01]

has anybody done it themselves, any pics ?

 

[Middo]

I've done it myself hence why i'm speaking from experience. i do have pics but dont really show the quality etc so pointless posting them

 

[Renault_Boy01]

lol soz middo.. do you have any pics of the bodyshop finish

 

[Middo]

if you wanna try it yourself you'll need an electric sander, various grades of sandpaper, plastic primer, colour and laquer. start with the electric then work though the grades of sandpapoer, then a few layers of plastic primer, sand that smooth with 800 grit. apply colour until colour match achieved, leave over night to dry, then laquer. Start with a dust coat and then a thick coat only applied in warm sun to avoid clouding

 

[Renault_Boy01]

thanks for your help.. how do you get the front and back bumper plastic out - is it like all renault stuff just use some elbow grease and it will fall out

 

[Middo]

no pics of my current bodyshops attempt but here are my diy ones :-

these are my bodyshop ones

as i said crud piccys for showing quality but there they are anyway to take em off its a blunt butter knife jobby

 

[Renault_Boy01]

wow middo your cars stunning

 

[jessica_laurie]

ooo lovely..

what splitter do u have on the front? and where did u get it from?
much hassle to fit?

 

[RichMcc]

I did my bump strips, handles.
All have come out wicked, use propper renault paint tho for best match.

 

[S Garbett]

ooo lovely..

what splitter do u have on the front? and where did u get it from?
much hassle to fit?

Its a cup spliter i believe

 

[S Garbett]

wow middo your cars stunning

Hes sold it now to someone else on here! Hes moved onto ph1 172 now in yellow

 

[Renault_Boy01]

I did my bump strips, handles.
All have come out wicked, use propper renault paint tho for best match.

Yeah i'll be using the real stuff

 

[RichMcc]

What colour? If using metallic’s its very important to keep the can at a consistent distance from what ever your spraying and an even flow or you'll get shades in it

 

[Renault_Boy01]

metallic black..so thanks for the tip

 

[RichMcc]

Doubt you'll have a problem with black but silvers a right cow lol!

 

[davebem]

This is my old Clio, I did the mirrors and fog light covers myself with Halfords primers, spray and laquer, I would only do small parts yourself, get a bodyshop to do larger parts. At least you can take them off and not have your car off road.

 

[Renault_Boy01]

my uncles a mechanic and has resprayed his 1960's triumph herald perfectly by himself so i'll just get him to do it i think.... I'm not gonna risk it by doing it myself

 

[Middo]

wow middo your cars stunning

thanks mate, yeah i've sold it now! do miss it though

 

[Chris2007]

would someone be able to post the link to the guide to sraying the bump strips please, cuz i can only find the guide to taking them off and the guide to spraying the spoiler (or is it the same as spraying the spoiler?)

thanks

 

[Renault_Boy01]

its the same process as spraying the spoiler

 

[Rob]

sorry to thread jack here, but middo... would it be possible to not use the electric sander??? I have quite a bit of patience, but would it just be ridiculously hard?? I really want to colour code myself as i really cant afford to pay to have it done (places down here aint cheap) its a mk2 ph1 so the plastic is pretty shabby!!!

 

[Renault_Boy01]

i did mine without an electric sander..just takes a little longer :

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w143/Renault_Boy01/?action=view&current=P1010019.jpg

 

[Chris2007]

i did mine without an electric sander..just takes a little longer :

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w143/Renault_Boy01/?action=view&current=P1010019.jpg

how did you go about getting the right colour for your car i knw this prob sounds stupid but im going to colour code my black clio and i think the actual car is faded abit so i dont want to spray the bumpers if its going to look darker (if that makes sense lol)

 

[mattjk]

i did mine without an electric sander..just takes a little longer :

http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w143/Renault_Boy01/?action=view&current=P1010019.jpg

Looks matte!!

Did you top it with laquer?

 

[caeteez]

I dont think you'll ever get that really deep shine that bodyshops will get with the more expensive paints and laquers they use.

 

[mattjk]

I dont think you'll ever get that really deep shine that bodyshops will get with the more expensive paints and laquers they use.

Course you can Preparation and patience is the key!

Although having a nice warm spray room spray gun helps alot

 

[Chris2007]

how did you go about getting the right colour for your car i knw this prob sounds stupid but im going to colour code my black clio and i think the actual car is faded abit so i dont want to spray the bumpers if its going to look darker (if that makes sense lol)

 

[Renault_Boy01]

yeah i thought that it looked matte...so since the pic i have laquered it more

if your clios paint is faded you can always t-cut it..then you can colourcode it properly