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Offline JC

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Bumper trim PAINT
« on: 19 May 2009, 15:51 »
given up with the dyes, special lotions etc etc,

lookingat de  trimming and PAINTING Them black.

anyone recommend anything ?

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #1 on: 19 May 2009, 18:04 »
can of matt or satin spray paint from Halfords  :undecided:

i used Satin to do my rear valence


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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #2 on: 19 May 2009, 18:05 »
did think of that, but  sure there is a special paint with " flex " as such  :undecided:

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #3 on: 19 May 2009, 18:28 »
ive been thinking of dong this too, not quite sure what to do so il see how you get on  :tongue: :grin:

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2009, 18:55 »
did think of that, but  sure there is a special paint with " flex " as such  :undecided:

well its been on the car approx 2 months and i've seen no signs of the paint cracking - washed it a few times too

i also did the front valence and bumper grills  :smiley:

for £7 a tin its got to be worth a punt

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2009, 21:10 »
did think of that, but  sure there is a special paint with " flex " as such  :undecided:

well its been on the car approx 2 months and i've seen no signs of the paint cracking - washed it a few times too

i also did the front valence and bumper grills  :smiley:

for £7 a tin its got to be worth a punt

the paint cans from halfords are actually pretty good i feel, have used it on loads of differnt surfaces with good results all round

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #6 on: 19 May 2009, 21:53 »
did think of that, but  sure there is a special paint with " flex " as such  :undecided:

well its been on the car approx 2 months and i've seen no signs of the paint cracking - washed it a few times too

i also did the front valence and bumper grills  :smiley:

for £7 a tin its got to be worth a punt

if ia ma going to the trouble of removing all the arches, bumpersm side trims etc then i want to use the correct stuff  :lipsrsealed: if there is such a thing  :grin:

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #7 on: 19 May 2009, 22:05 »
yeah you can get a proper plastic bumper paint il try and find the name of it  :smiley:

found em  :wink:

http://www.wilcodirect.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=168

not bad stuff used it on a transporters bumper and gave a good long lasting coat.
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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #8 on: 19 May 2009, 22:13 »
cheers stu, thats what my googling found, will try the rear bumper ( got to come off after todays " incidient " ) and go from there  :wink:

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Re: Bumper trim PAINT
« Reply #9 on: 19 May 2009, 22:58 »
I've just painted my front bumper valance (the coloured bit) and used adhesion promoter first, then plastic primer. This gave very good results, so perhaps you could undercoat the trim before spraying with the stuff in the link (even though it says no pre-treatment required).

I would also invest plenty of time stripping any wax/forever black off the trim first. Perhaps a gentle steam clean? Or tar/solvent remover at the very least.