camaroman_83

I have the gfx off my car right now and i'm planning on painting it this winter. Is it better to put them on before i paint or should they be left off and painted seperatly? Thanks for the help.

iroc2nv

in all honesty, its probably easier if you prime/paint them while they are off the car. but its totally up to you...if you do them while they are on the car, be sure to get over spray unless you are really good with a gun.


iroc2nv

cam-

OOps sorry bout the double post. Anyways if you do a search you will find all the advice you need here. It is cleaner and higher quality to pinat all the pieces separate though.

TunedPort 335

Definitely paint them seperate, thats what I did.

Sickness91Z28

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Agreed-


If you were to paint with the ground effects on the car....all of the lines would be filled with paint....and that would look like crap

86IROCKET-Z

another vote for painting them seperate..
Do it the right way

Baylisstic12

A good friend of mine paints cars (he did the bird on my hood) and he always tears things like that off then paints them. It's just easier!!![URL=http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/659012]

azraelpins

keep it seperate

camaroman_83

Thanks guys! That's what i figured, but i wanted some opinions.

VILeninDM

hey guys, I already took down my gfx for painting, but I am not sure about the other removable body pieces (i.e. doors, fenders, nose piece, hood, rear bumper...) Should those be removed as well? or is it better to paint them on the car?

nick418

yes you should remove those as well. Usually you remove fenders/hood / Doors and bumpers. Good idea to do so. It will be much neater and easier. You really should never paint thos things when there on a car. YOu have to strip everything pretty much. Hope this Helps

VILeninDM

yeah, it does help. Thanks

JeffW

never strip that doors and fenders and stuff if you painting metalic, perals , or kancy paints they will not match up again the paint will look diffrnet panel to panel. if you painting straight color base clear or one step it is ok to strip. you have to strip if our changing colors also.

jeff

VILeninDM

yeah, I am doing straight black, so that should be ok

FndmntlsOfPimpn

I paint cars on the side and as far as ground effects go paitn them seperatly jus make sure to use the same cup of paint in ur gunto insure match as far as doors and fenders go i alwasy cut them in and paint them on the car to ensure color match cause even with solid base coats u can get color variances

Z28ricer

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Hmm i seem to have lost my BS flag....





ah here it is

Morley

When I painted my car I removed: Front & rear bumper covers, ground effects, hood louvers, door handles, locks, tail lights, mirrors, spoiler, headlight bar with lights, side marker lights, weather stripping, weather strip retainers, T top T bar...basically anything that could be removed, except the hood, doors and fenders.