Spoiler and Mirrors DIY Painted Gloss Black SHINY!

[dtmwelburn]

Hi all further to my previous thread about wrapping or painting my spoiler and wing mirrors, i bit the bullet today and painted them gloss black, i managed to impress myself haha, no paint running nice and even coats and a lovely shiny finish, heres a list of what i used:
1 can of plastic primer
few sheets of 180 grit paper and p1200
Few tack rags
1 Can of Plastikote Gloss Black paint
1 can of clear lacquer

and spaced the job out over the full day, only put last coat of lacquer on about 25mins ago, overall i put a base of 2 coats of plastic primer once sanded, and to be honest i think i put 5 maybe even 6 coats of black but real thin coats to prevent any running of the paint, and 2 coats of lacquer and im absolutely stoked with the finish, (wheels tomorrow haha)

What you think?

 

[tyrer]

Good job mate, I used the plastikote myself.

How hard was the spoiler removal?

 

[dtmwelburn]

Absolute doddle mate 3 small nuts hold it on and the 3rd brake light is held in with 2 phillips screws, but unplugs under the headlining, took me about 5 mins once id located the bolts, should go well aslong as the diy roof carbon wrap goes as sweet lol

Dan

 

[dtmwelburn]

Small nuts the middle one is hidden under the plastic on the tailgate just pull it away and get a small spanner on it saves messin on taking the plastic off, Im planning on using the plastikote gloss black on my wheels tomorrow, ill post a thread of them when theyre touch dry
Dan

 

[tyrer]

Cheers mate! Have something I want to do but need the spoiler off.

Also may go t@ts up so need it planning properly.

When you do the wheels make sure you sand them first to get a good grip for the new paint, an area of mine has flaked slightly as I must of missed that little bit

 

[AIM86]

They look really good. Very tempted to do mine after seeing this.

 

[Captain Cupra]

Do you still need to laquer them? Did you wet sand them down between coats?


Sent from my IPhone when I should be doing Work!!

 

[Captain Cupra]

Do you still need to laquer them? Did you wet sand them down between coats?


Sent from my IPhone when I should be doing Work!!

I'm not being a bitch just being constructive, when I did mine they went gay, so did them again and it smooths the finish especially spraying using rattle cans, halfords stuff is very good.


Sent from my IPhone when I should be doing Work!!

 

[dtmwelburn]

I gave two coats of lacquer, and i didnt wet sand, may do if the paint dont last, but then again if it dont last ill be wrapping in carbon vinyl

 

[AIM86]

Have you got any pics of them back on your car?
Are you having the roof wrapped as well?

 

[dtmwelburn]

Yeh heres a few:

Dan