how to paint ph1 bumper strips?

[Aston Hamer]

just want to know what best way is to paint my mk2 ph1 front and rear grey bumper strips to get them smooth, i am going to use body filler on the line that is indented all way around the trim, but want the rest of the bumper to look smooth as thy have a slight bumpy texture, i would normally use plastic primer from halfords however would filler primer work for this as i have never used the stuff ?

 

[Timmsy]

Sanding and plenty of it

 

[DannyR]

Your better off buying an already painted one then you'll only need to rub it down and spray it then.

You'll never get black plastics 100% perfect.

 

[Aston Hamer]

stuff it i cba lol , im just going to paint them as they are , however i think i will fill the line in that goes all the way round it

 

[DannyR]

That will look even more s**t.

Just buy a bumper off a scraper that came out of the factory painted. It'll cost about £20

 

[Lee coley]

Scotch the textured plastic with red scotch brite,plastic prime (adhesion promoter) upol do it in a rattle can called grip 4 or #4 then use high build 2pack primer (3coats) dry over night flat down with 800/1000 or 500 on a orbital sander, paint.

 

[DannyR]

Scotch the textured plastic with red scotch brite,plastic prime (adhesion promoter) upol do it in a rattle can called grip 4 or #4 then use high build 2pack primer (3coats) dry over night flat down with 800/1000 or 500 on a orbital sander, paint.

How much effort is that when a painted bumper that needs respraying is about £20? It will save 75% of the work.

Then it just needs a quick scotch, prime and paint.

Have you ever tried sanding down black plastics??

 

[Lee coley]

How much effort is that when a painted bumper that needs respraying is about £20? It will save 75% of the work.

Then it just needs a quick scotch, prime and paint.

Have you ever tried sanding down black plastics??

Only replying to the thread.

Have I ever tried sanding down black plastics?

 

[Aston Hamer]

thanks guys, i just painted them over normal for now , be getting 172 front end at some point so i couldn't be bothered to mess around too much

 

[ben lee]

That will look even more s**t.

Just buy a bumper off a scraper that came out of the factory painted. It'll cost about £20

no non sport ph1 bumpers come with colour coded bump strips .

only the ph1 sports are so the op would need sports bumpers wings and skirts so more than £20 and probably be a different colour too.

 

[DannyR]

no non sport ph1 bumpers come with colour coded bump strips .

only the ph1 sports are so the op would need sports bumpers wings and skirts so more than £20 and probably be a different colour too.

You still would only need to paint the small black bits though, not the whole bumper!

 

[ben lee]

You still would only need to paint the small black bits though, not the whole bumper!

that's what the op is asking about he just wants to paint the black part.

 

[Aston Hamer]

Yeah just masked off the already painted bumper and sprayed the black strip^^

 

[Aston Hamer]

looks rubbish in dark but its done and on at the front