Has Anyone painted their gti splitter themselves?

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:32 pm

I decided to buy the gti splitter, but now i need to get it colour coded, im thinking of colour coding it myself since i still have all the materials left over from colour coding my rear badge (plastic primer,paint,lacquer etc.) but im not sure

has anyone else colour coded their GTi splitter themselves and did you get a good finish on it? or shall i just leave it to the proffessionals?

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:18 pm

I painted mine myself , it doesnt have a third brake light on it.

I primered it , sanded then a few layers of paint then a good few coats of laquer. It looked pretty good - no one ever asked who painted it or said it was a bad job ... but when it got broke into and it needed new handles and the damage fixed it needed painted so i asked the guy to run over the spoiler with a new layer of paint , id say i my painting was just as good lol.

To paint it , i hung it up by putting screws in the underneath and hung it in the shed and spray painted it like that , each side then then edges - smooth thin coats , leaveing a few hours between them, give it a try if it all goes t**s up you can just sand it down and take it to a body shop

Spray Painting = Time, hope that kinda helps lol

Neil.

Pic of when i painted it - hard to see though

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:21 pm

Ok - hit me for my daft reading skills.

I'l just leave this here for the laughter of other people

)

YOU SAID SPLITTER AND NOT SPOILER

LOL

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:02 pm

haha wake up

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:10 pm

www.neil-f.net wrote:Ok - hit me for my daft reading skills.

I'l just leave this here for the laughter of other people )

YOU SAID SPLITTER AND NOT SPOILER

LOL

Still kind of relevant LOL

looks like a good job, and as you said if i f**k it up i can always sand it down and take it to the body shop. Im gonna give it a shot this weekend

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:42 am

it was 3.18pm that post he shouldn't have been sleepy

unless..........

-Ben-

smash_it_up_666 · Post by **smash_it_up_666** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:51 am

www.neil-f.net wrote:I painted mine myself , it doesnt have a third brake light on it.

no my splitter doesnt have a brake light on it either

sorted · Post by **sorted** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:24 am

LOL , It was a long day at work yesterday

At least i explained how i painted it so hopefully you learned a mini bit - theres a few sites online for simple techninics

Stick up a pic once you do it

Neil.

Curoisity - has anyone else painted splitters/spoilers/handles ?

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:17 pm

yeh will do, i see everyone is still

about it

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:38 pm

I painted mine with a spray can and it didnt come out very well. Its better to get it 2 pack painted properly with a spray gun instead of out of a can with some clear on it.

Unless youve got a spray gun where I would say take your paintcode down to halfords and get your self some.

Sand it down first to detexturise it