Re-spraying wheel arches and sill

[Chris_D]

I need to re-spray my wheel arches and sills, also black part of both front and rear bumper, does it all come off easily enough, any tips/advice/pics would be greatly appreciated.

Chris

[Mr Blue]

are you smoothing them?

unscrew the front bumper using a 17mm (think its 17?) socket. 4 in total.
rear bumper has another 4 and a few screws holding it on at the edges.

drill out all the rivets on the arches and discover rust. now they should come off 

Think you have to unclip the sills but not sure how

[...joe]

^^^ what he said but tbe carefulkl with the side skirts as they break easily!!! yeah are you smmothing/painting them?

[Chris_D]

what does smoothing them involve? advantages?

[...joe]

it envolves smoothing all the little bumps off so they are like the rest of your bodywork, advantages are they look cool!!

[Chris_D]

sounds like quite a few hours work, may give it a go though whilst there off, whats best to use for spraying them with then? a general black can of spray or back to black? can they be laquered to protect the paint or will they then come up shiny?

[Mr Blue]

I would leave all the spraying/sanding down to a bodyshop if they give a right price. Spray them gloss black or something.

Sand smooth (if you want), plastic primer, then lots of black paint coats then lots of top coats

If you just spray it with a black paint can then it would flake off after a few days and would be a waste fo time

[Chris_D]

you may have guessed i'm a complete novice at this, how easy will the black parts of the front and rear bumpers be to do? do tey come off the bumper or will they need to be masked off? Am i gonna need a new bbi bumper clip set or should they all go back on ok?

[Mr Blue]

Once you have un-done the 4 bolts under the car the bumper should slide towards you. Wont need new bumper clips mate.

You have to mask off the coloured area of the bumper as its one piece. The bottom front splitter comes off