Thread: I Painted Thy Front Fascia

The projectors were sold. I wanted to go with more of a stock look. I kind of wish I kept them, im dealing with aquarium corner lenses now.

get the back done so i can see this and then take pics during the day I really think that I want to do this. great work so far

stock headlights look better than projectors IMO

what kind of fogs are u running? look like 3500k hids

I will be painting the rear tomorrow. The fogs are actually nokya 2700k bulbs. I didnt feel like going the HID route and wanted to see if I could get the look with halogen. I think the bulbs are great and are brighter than my stockers.

I definitely recommend painting the fascia for everyone!

i would paint if if my car sat in the garage most of the time. Chips are going to be pretty noticable on that black.

Chips are fine, should of seen it before

that my problem right now to. ive got toooonnnnnnsss of paint chips in it and there are stripes in it because it musta flexed at some point so a new paint color would be a nice change

i know how that goes, highway driving kills the front of your car, and i spend over 200 miles on the highway per week OUCH

Originally Posted by rocafella2032

Chips are fine, should of seen it before

Beautiful car, both the front and rear on mine are chipped badly did you bondo fill or anything like that before spraying? Is there a writeup somewhere I missed. Thanks

only prep i did was sand before paint

lately ive been getting some nasty fisheyes.. what cleaning did you do before paint?

did u ever finish this? id like to see the finished product

http://www.grandprixforums.net/f11/g...ime-29593.html

All I did before painting was sand it down as much as I could, some scratches are too deep. I then painted and cleared it with wet sanding in between.

would like 4 or five coats of clear help with rock chips from forming or am i just gona have to repaint this every other year or so?

Clear coat will help protect the paint, however rocks hitting it will leave marks in the clear. I did 3 coats of clear I think.

i just redid mine about 3 weeks back. i sanded down to just the unpainted plastic, did 3 coats of paint and 4 coats of clearcoat. then after it dried, i armoralled the bumper. THEN i dove it, and six 95 mile trips to and from school later its all still black! you cant even see the chips until your face is an inch away, but they are still black so i think all that paint and clear helped