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I just used Midnight black on the trim, I think it looks ok I have yet to do the rest. I'll probably do them when the car is outa action with new chip install
I just used Midnight black on the trim, I think it looks ok I have yet to do the rest. I'll probably do them when the car is outa action with new chip install
What is that?! It looks VERY sweet. Paint?
More pics and more details on the product!
If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.
Well, as usual its paint. At first I primed and clearcoated the bumpers, but they just looked like slightly darker plastic, no more armorall or trim detailer but I wanted to take it a step further.
So I started with the front lip, sanded it back with 60, 120, 180, 240, 360 and then 400 cutting out all the scratches and dents which the previous owners did. Lol I probably could have skipped a few levels of grit but heck it was my first attempt at sanding trim.
Then I cleaned it with turps PROPERLY. I cleaned everything to the N'th degree then primer'd it up. I used the same brand as the one in the picture just in a smaller 150g can. After applying 3 coats, not overdoing it and spacing the time between coats to about 15 minutes. Then let that dry entirely. The applyed the spray evenly and quickly working from the inside out, doing the bottom trim and less visible parts firsts then the predominate surface. After the first coat, I applied another, maybe 4 coats of that gloss paint. I ended up spending 1/2 the car on the front trim.
BUT! Disaster struck, as I was letting it to dry i accidentally touched the lawnmover rail with it. Woe is I! Then when I was about to give up decided to sand it back when it was dry with the 180 paper, sprayed it again and it came up fantastic as you can see there. Although there are some bits of dust on it that are not visible unless you put your nose to it. I had to prime it outside as there was nowhere else that I could do it.
So yeah, total cost you say?
$8.20 for the Clear Plastic primer 150g
$15.50 for the Midnight black 400g: NP 070 I think was the paint code. But gloss black or Black (Gloss) would do just as well, they're the next step down the paint ladder.
Time: 5 hours of sandings YES I KNOW THATS ALOT. But it was my first attempt and didn't realise the paint and primer would stick fine if not better to 180-240 grit level of sanding.
I'll do the entire car when I have my new chip fitted, and I'll update y'all!
Lol first wingless golfs now black trims BUHAHAHA I am a trend setter ...
I need to get my whole front bar done since I have a painted rear and textured front. Getting the side skirts and lower front and back lippy bits looks the biz too. Mind you my problem is that my painting skills leave a lot to be desired and if I do this I want to do it right... which means I also want to do the front quarters... then the passenger side doors...
At the end of the day it's pretty much a complete re-spray
Oh, and Golf Houso... nice GTI Racing you have there! Nothing like driving a car dressed up to look like yours
If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.
Yeah exactly, the older golf's have alot more plastic panels than mine. I only have the side skirts, front and rear lips now that the wing is gone. It'd be alot of work, but less if you take it one piece at a time.
Yeah I was pretty crappy at spraypainting as well a few months ago. But now after several peices of interior trim and about 15 cans of paint and primer and what not later, I'm pretty good at it now.
So yeah, well you could always just sand the bumpers black and leave it like that. It won't be textured and the colour will be very intense with armorall or another product. But it won't have the gloss of the paint nor the lack of maintanence. See how you go, and you can always sand it back and use paint stripper on those exterior trims if you mess up the paint, they don't melt I tried...
This type of work isn't neccesarily difficult more labour intensive, if you can put up with mismatched bumpers and your car being MIA for a few days then this is the option for you, otherwise well...
I personally prefer the textured black bumpers on the older golfs, but they look out of place on my car so I'm getting rid of them.
Hahaha, I couldn't resist it was only $5! But no GL or VR6 or GTi 16v! Its a pretty well... disapointing game, good for a laugh but not much else realy.
I'm going to do the same for the rear lip on the rear bumper, just took it off intend to sand it back and paint it the same colour as the front lip and now the wheels hehehe. I'll post some pics up when I get it done in next few days, next monday probably
I one of those little blow torches/soldering iron thingies the other day (because I could) and remembered someone saying it was possible to bring up bumpers using a carefully controlled torch.
So I picked a small out of the way spot and gvae it a little bash. Looks not too bad. The question is, what's the blow torch actually do? Does it destroy/damage the lip/bumper? Anyone every done it?
If it has an engine or heartbeat it's going to cost you.
A blow torch / soldering iron will melt the bumper so you can then smooth it out. Paint the textured black bumper well is so um ugly! You need to smooth it out. Most people just sand the bumps back and prep then paint - much faster and probably better job in the end than using Blow torch etc.
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Not so sure about it being any slower to be honest, it takes a long time to sand those bloody things i've almost finished my rear trim. Yeah textured bumpers only look good with a very dark trim product finish, otherwise they look like sheit, I realy dislike the faded plastic look, and almost every mk3 suffers from it.
Have a go with the torch, then go over it with 80 grit, then 220/180 and then primer and paint. You'll have a fantastic look. I clearcoated my front trim the other day and polished that back again, looks alot better than just black paint I can tell you!
Heres a pic of my rear... ummm valence whatever you want to call it, on my GL that I've sanded back and painted. Not quite as well as the front lip but I was incrediably stretched for time.
Ummm... I have no idea sorry. I've seen a DIY of people going backwards from painted plastic bumpers, they use thick particle spray product. It was really weird, I just sanded mine as firstly I wouldn't trust myself with a blow torch and secondly I don't have one.
The texture on the bumpers is a consistient almost amoeba type pattern on a 45' angle. That would be very difficult to replicate, let alone with a blowtorch. I think you would use the torch just to even out the pattern by melting it, they probably just heated up the bumper in the factory and pressed the pattern in to create it in the first place. You could just paint it in matte black, the effect would be similar...
Aaron, what style of bumpers do you have on your '96? Which are smooth/texutred?
My '94 VR6 has obviously all textured, and the car is white so I'm contemplating painting them. It's either going to be satin black like Ray or gloss black like Branko's. Anyone got suggestions? I'm kinda too scared to change the bumpers to smooth right now though, lol
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I have yet to do the rest. I'll probably do them when the car is outa action with new chip install
as I was letting it to dry i accidentally touched the lawnmover rail with it. Woe is I! Then when I was about to give up decided to sand it back when it was dry with the 180 paper, sprayed it again and it came up fantastic as you can see there. Although there are some bits of dust on it that are not visible unless you put your nose to it. I had to prime it outside as there was nowhere else that I could do it.
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