Lacquering RS grill?

[Ben10]

what are peoples opinions on this?
personally i think it could look pretty good and smarten the car up a bit.
has anybody done this?
its just that ive found 2 cans of lacquer and i am considering it

 

[Paul.M]

i havent seen it done before
but there could be a reason for that tbh not sure if it would look right

 

[Ben10]

i was thinking that myself. but it may look decent. i dont want to try incase it goes wrong.... unless somebody says "it will look good. here is a pic of mine" lol

 

[jesus]

Might as well give it a go, people have sprayed theres black and laquered it and that looks good.

 

[Jordi17]

Go for it, you'll never know how it looks if not.

 

[Ben10]

yeah... im a bit crap with the lacquering though. it never turns out right tbh.
any tips?

 

[guysy]

Black with a matt laquer (if there is such a thing) would look nice.

 

[theduck]

was gonna say spray it black first but jme beat me to it

 

[Ben10]

well theres a job for tomorrow eh?

 

[jesus]

Are you spraying it black or just laquering it as it is?

 

[Nick_P]

Do it red like that mint V6!

 

[JCC]

Will look sh*t. Just buy a tin of matt black paint, don't need to lacquer it.

 

[pete_clio]

silicone spray...tidies it up nicely

 

[J03]

i sprayed mine satin black then laquer.. then you dont have to mess around with the back to black crap

 

[jesus]

Any pics of that Joe?

 

[J03]

erm just the pic of the grille:

not much difference really, i was going to go for gloss black but i thought the front end would be too shiny black.. just kept it matt/satin looking without the hassel of it fading/turning grey..

 

[JCC]

Buy a matt black aerosol, you don't need to lacquer it.

 

[jesus]

Looks good that, might do mine for a more 'stealth' look!

 

[J03]

yeah to do it mate! its not noticable but in direct sunlight the grilled looked hazed and grey.. it looked nice and black when i sprayed it

 

[Ben10]

hmmm and i have a large can of matt black sitting in the garage too! tempting

 

[Final Maxim]

will look s**t laquered

just give it a good clean

 

[Ben10]

yeah? fair enough

 

[jack_davey]

I'm going to do mine black when I get a chance as it looks blue next to my black paintwork

 

[r_dizzel*]

i am planning to do this..

anyone been successful?

pics

 

[Tigger]

pete_clio did his - can't mind exactly what he used though.

Pete - care to enlighten him/her/them/us?

 

[J03]

i am planning to do this..

anyone been successful?

pics

have you actually read the thread?

if you want to laquer it just give it a good clean then get the laquer out, what so hard about that? just spray a few coats until its shiny... but it'd look crap. stick to matt black aerosol, or if you stil persist on the shiny look get the gloss black

 

[r_dizzel*]

i was just going to spray it matt black.. nothing else..

 

[Tigger]

Satin black then, don't think it needs any lacquer

 

[Ralphizzle]

Lacquer (or even Flat Black) on ABS plastic without primer?
You kidding... RIGHT

 

[AlexG]

Sprayed my saxo grill. It was faded quite badly and ag bumper care wouldnt get it back to life so i just gave it a quick rub down with 800 then 1200. Primer. 1200 again then satin black paint from halfords.

Looks much better now and will not fade.

 

[D1CKY]

I don't want to burst anyones bubble.

But wouldn't a painted or lacquered grill be prone to bad stonechips ?

 

[J03]

I don't want to burst anyones bubble.

But wouldn't a painted or lacquered grill be prone to bad stonechips ?

just spray it again lol

 

[r_dizzel*]

:S i dont know whos advice to take loll!!

 

[Ben10]

just do it however you feel. when i do mine im just gonna go with what i feel like on the day!

 

[Ralphizzle]

My feeling is the right way!

Plastic primer, sand it down, basecoat Black, 2K Clear (be it High Gloss or 'Eggshell').

 

[D1CKY]

just spray it again lol

Lol

 

[jack_davey]

I painted mine black gold and laquered it too, looks nice imo. Take a look in the media section

 

[r_dizzel*]

check'd it out mate.. looks really good! ^^

 

[Ben10]

looks good mate.

link here for peeps http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=425055

 

[J03]

^^^ thats what mine looked like. looks good because its not coated loads in laquer making it look cheap.