12$ And your car looks better....1 pic

[goalieman59]

I think i might try the taping and spraying on my parts cars then go from there.

 

[ManySHOs]

3M sells a blue masking tape with an attached plastic drop cloth. I need to respray my trim; I was planning on using the drop cloth to cover the doors and roof. Hopefully this week if I have time!

Ian

 

[goalieman59]

3M sells a blue masking tape with an attached plastic drop cloth. I need to respray my trim; I was planning on using the drop cloth to cover the doors and roof. Hopefully this week if I have time!

Ian

Where do you buy this type of tape at. Because I was just going to to use newpaper for taping off the area around the mirror.

 

[ManySHOs]

Where do you buy this type of tape at. Because I was just going to to use newpaper for taping off the area around the mirror.

Home Depot, Lowes, Sears Hardware, Ace Hardware, etc.

Any home improvement store should have it in their paint section.

Ian

 

[goalieman59]

Well I guess that I am going to give this a shot and we will see what happens.

 

[goalieman59]

did you scuff these up before you painted them? And where did you buy the clear coat?

 

[1995mtxsho]

Alternatively, if you cringe at taking a rattle can to your car, pick up some "Back to Black" from Mothers. Works awsome on any black surface and lasts a reasonable amount of time too.

 

[goalieman59]

Alternatively, if you cringe at taking a rattle can to your car, pick up some "Back to Black" from Mothers. Works awsome on any black surface and lasts a reasonable amount of time too.

I do this before every car SHOw i go to, but i am just looking for a longer lasting solution.

 

[yzstud]

Duplicolor gloss black + SEM clear makes shiny mirrors and door frames.

Bye bye dull'd/sun'd plastic.



Donno if its gonna last but , at least it looks better for now.

wow!!!

that looks like crap
:theyareontome:



seriously though, that looks great man.
Thats what i had planned for this weekend

 

[1stSHO]

Not crazy about the 3.2 decal though.

Flapping your gums and not saying a damn thing!!

 

[Phoenix]

did you scuff these up before you painted them? And where did you buy the clear coat?

I did use a little bit of light sand paper to remove some remaining bugs.

I found the SEM coat in a local paint/parts store (Napa kinda store)

 

[Danz13]

I did this as well almost 2 years ago, since then, only a small amount of chips came up, and I didnt put that many coats. It looks nice on your car Phoenix, only thing left is to paint your door handles the same color :angelnot: . BTW I want to repaint the black trim around the keypad, how do I remove this?

 

[WSC-SHO]

Phoenix, I seriously love your car... That looks great.

But you still gotta get the "SHO" on the sides and bumper painted black

 

[MrSho]

BTW I want to repaint the black trim around the keypad, how do I remove this?

You can remove the buttons from the door by first removing the door panel, peeling back the plastic on the door, and then removing the clip to the buttons from the backside of the door. Make sure your window is up and find the right size pliers or channel locks so you get a good grip on the clip and IIRC pull it out to the right. The clip is metal so don't worry about it breaking BUT WEAR SOME GLOVES! Your hands will suffer if you don't wear gloves when removing the clip! I don't remember what it takes to seperate the buttons from the black trim piece though. Good luck and take some before and after pictures to show everyone!

Mike

 

[CademiaX]

I hate you guys sometimes, make me do things like paint my mirrors

Anyways, here is passenger side replacement, the old on got smashed...

This is 4 coats of black satin, and 2 coats of clear coat... might put another 2 on just to make it over ****

 

[Phoenix]

haha , Good job

 

[jonmon6691]

Just wondering... Is this Dupicolor DA 1600 Gloss Black? I really want to do this, do you think it'll look good on a Silver Frost SHO? I'll definitely tint if i do this.

Looks awesome btw!

 

[Phoenix]

Just the gloss black wont be that glossy , Use duplicolor clear to make it nicer.

It actually depends on how glossy you want it.

 

[Sho Amo]

i dunno.

i did mine in flat black and i think it looks more like the original. only problem is it doesnt last very long.

 

[SHOCH]

The "Back to black" is the best I've found but at Carlisle someone said Stoner (I think) made a dye to do the back glass plastic that looks like carp. Gotta have a few beers and try to remember.