Basicly the title sais it all
I need to paint my bumper cover. Currently it is black and I need it red since I am replacing the one that is already on my formula. What is the best way to paint it without having to spend hundreds of $ at a paintshop for just a bumper. Also I have to paint my side mirror since the previous owner scarped it on a wall, can anyone give me hands on advice and a step by step instruction?

Thanks alot!

Cedric

 

Anybody? Need help. Thanks

 

Give me a little more info on your bumper? Is it spider webbed (cracked) or is the paint all good. If it is all good, then you are going to want to wet sand it with some 600 grit paper and shoot it. If it is cracked, then you will have to strip it all to bare plastic. Let me know what you've got so I can tell you what you need to do.

 

ok, here is the current situation.

The bumper has no cracks what so ever and the paint isn't bubbling off or anything. There are some places where it is chipped off. not just the paint but also some of the plastic leaving you the sight to the yellow plastick of the bumper.

I hope I'm able to get it good in the pics. But otherwise the bumper is in good condition for its 23 years


Not sure if the above pic is just paint chipping weird or what.

First pic of the plastic chip

and the 2nd.

Since there is a pic limit on the board, the pic of the complete bumper is the link bellow.

Pic of complete bumper

Thanks alot for all and any help! I really appriciate it!!!
Cedric

 

I have the same situtation here, so I guess I will follow along with the thread. Good Luck

 

still needing help and advice! Help please!!

 

You want to paint it with cans of spray paint or do you own a spray gun?
As for those chunks of plastic missing from the bumper you can buy plastic repair from an auto body supply, Its a two part mixture and is alot like bondo but much more flexible. you have to sand the surrounding areas of the repair and make sure the area is clean.
As for the rest of the bumper you can dry sand it down w/ med grit then go to fine. Then wash and dry the bumper, spray primer and then wet sand it, repeat the primer- wet sand process until you are satisfied. As for the paint I do not think the results will be great if you attempt to paint from off the shelf cans color match will be off and the quality is lacking . Plastic parts like bumpers and ground effects need flex agent added to the paint to keep it pliable that way when there is a slight bump the paint doesnt flake off in large pieces.

 

well I don't own a spraygun, yet, I might look into getting one, the color doesn't have to match 100% its just has to last till I can afford a complete respray.

 

If you still need some help with this, search for KevinG's info on this, he answers this exact question weekly, and is probably sick of it by now, I think he wrote a sticky at the top of the board for painting flexible parts...

oh, and one more thing, when taking a picture like that, it seems like a REALLY close up shot, but I can't tell, maybe put a quarter or something next to it to give an idea of scale? The way that looks it seems like you have severe paint spiderwebbing, and will definately need to sand to bare plastic overall... but I can't tell how close up that is...