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U12 Bluebird, Pintara & Stanza => the style department => Topic started by: TRX_wnb on Aug 16, 2004, 04:30PM
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hey there, my red pintara has a black grill insert that im gonna change to red, will a red touch up can from super cheap etc do? or is it best to get it properly resprayed??
cheers
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the red pintara paint is no longer made by any 'touch up can' manufacturers. you will have to go somewhere that will match your paint.
most good automotive paint stores will have the facilities to make you pressure packs with matched colours to your car.
and yeh, i think for something like a grille this is the ideal way to go about painting it yourself.
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If you don't rub it back with some 300-600 grit wet or dry, the paint won't stick. And it depends what kind of finish you are after too.
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yeh i shoulda said that..
pull the grille out and sand it back, prime it and paint it.
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well i guess that im after as close a finish to the rest of the car as possible, thanks guys now ive got something to do this weekend!
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yeah, what they said ;D
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This car is in pretty ordinary condition, and consequently the clips on the grill to the body are very brittle, best solution? im thinking just a big pair of pliers and a hamburger
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hamburgers are always good.
my old grille was glued on. pain in the ass to get off. my new grille.. suprise suprise, no clips! so mine is cable tied on.
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If you don't rub it back with some 300-600 grit wet or dry, the paint won't stick. And it depends what kind of finish you are after too.
YES IT WILL hahahahahahaha :P that is mine cut and painted with touch up paint red from super cheap!! $2.00 ;D
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My grille was grey with those ugly crossy bits in em!!! Chopped em and painted it
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yeh but lets see how much is still there 6 months from now
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yeh but lets see how much is still there 6 months from now
yes indeedy feed the needy.........
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Well, i sprayed it black with cheap paint and it had been there for about 1 year and it stayed, i've painted it red about 1 month ago and all is sweet!!!
Hey even if it does go, $2.00 later and i got another 6 months up my sleeve!!
Still win win from here blokes!! ;D
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And it'll come up looking better if you rub it back with some 2000 grit wet or dry (wet, of course) to get rid of the orange peel, and polish it up.
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And it'll come up looking better if you rub it back with some 2000 grit wet or dry (wet, of course) to get rid of the orange peel, and polish it up.
Yeh SSS i think i will do that when and if i have to do them again!!!
yeh but lets see how much is still there 6 months from now
Man u don't really like saying anything good on this site do you!
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Man u don't really like saying anything good on this site do you!
man im just no good with typing emotions it just doesnt happen its either i type dribble or straight to the point and people get offended so fucked if i know im nothing like this in real person it never comes across the way i want to , back on topic its not to late to rub it back its probly better to do it a few weeks after have you waxed it yet? comes up nice like glass
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True but sarcasm here is usually followed with a :P face or ;)
Give that i go chief! :)
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thats the dumbest thing i've heard :P :P ;)
hows that sound?
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meh i am who i am........ howd the grill turn out?
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the grill looks really nice ay dude
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did you take any pics?
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meanwhile, my lazy arse hasn't done much except take more shit apart. *must learn to do things efficiently, especially when i post about them*
so the 2 dollar job is the go eh? gotta love stuff on the cheap ;D
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see if you can get some better quality stuff "white night" paint is good quality its 7 dollars and its got more init then the 2 dollar stuff
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Yeh but three bottles of $2.00 stuff is more than 1 bottle of $7.00 stuff!!!
Can u half tell i am a tightarse ;D
Nahn dude, my grille looks phat! I think i might mesh it too with the bumper holes as well for a bit of rice :D
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lol too true, ohh mr flogtara that was your 1300 post, good work dudet, see ya tomorrow ya bum
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Schweet as! Oh yeh, mesh is on sale at super cheap according to this catallogue in front of me, next week i will have ricey mesh!