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am4nf
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17th Apr 10 at 18:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The set I have, are painted black and not very well.

My question is, would it be possible to sand it back to the black abs plastic and get it smooth enough to look normal?
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17th Apr 10 at 19:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Do you mean smooth enough so that you could paint it and get a close finish to the cars paintwork if sprayed or to match your unpainted plastics mate?
am4nf
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17th Apr 10 at 19:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nah bud I mean looking good enough that it matches my plastic without spraying
Cole
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17th Apr 10 at 20:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No chance
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you wouldnt do it by sanding only by some sort of paint remover, like nitromors but i would think that would damage the plastic underneath too
corsabsonny
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your telling him to put nitromors on plastic? :S wet sand them and get some textured bumper paint mate
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Originally posted by corsabsonny
your telling him to put nitromors on plastic? :S wet sand them and get some textured bumper paint mate


no if you read what i wrote i said you wouldnt do it by sanding only by using some sort of paint remover like nitromors but that would damage the plastic,

i thought that was quite a clear sentence to understand? maybe if i wrote it in txt spk if may have been clearer to you
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You could try to retexture them Adam DannyW did this on his airdam rear bumper so it might be worth dropping him a quick u2u to see whats involved
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yes you can do it by sanding them, would only wet sand it tho and it will not be a quick job
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If they are rep ones i'd say they'll be fiber glass. So no, you're best of painting them.
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your still telling him to put nitromors on plastic side skirts
am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by Benn
If they are rep ones i'd say they'll be fiber glass. So no, you're best of painting them.




ABS plastic
am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by shaunmods
You could try to retexture them Adam DannyW did this on his airdam rear bumper so it might be worth dropping him a quick u2u to see whats involved


Cheers mate, will do
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i used nitromors on my gsi bumper to get the top bit back to plastic to make it belnd in with arches and worked a treat, only took about an hour aswell



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