Spraying side skirts

lee gti 88 · Post by **lee gti 88** » Thu May 10, 2012 5:04 pm

Hi I'm thinking of spraying my side skirts after doing the plastic trim on the back bumper. My only question is, will it chip off? any one done this before and got any tips? I was thinking several coats of laquer?

gti-joe · Post by **gti-joe** » Thu May 10, 2012 7:02 pm

Got mine done professionally, detextured and painted gloss black. Been through this Scottish winter and look as good as when they were done.

lee gti 88 · Post by **lee gti 88** » Thu May 10, 2012 9:02 pm

Cheers Joe, do you have any idea how they did it? im not too fussed about the texture just dont want loads of paint chips off the front wheels

gti-joe · Post by **gti-joe** » Sat May 12, 2012 9:57 pm

Sorry dont know how they did it.

BenGTI · Post by **BenGTI** » Sun May 13, 2012 2:55 pm

I take it the skirts are plastic? If so.... Rub them down with 400 grit paper. Give it 2 coats of plastiprime (plastic primer) , then rub the primer down with 1000 grit wet n dry. Then few coats of base coat (colour) then blast it with a good few coats of lacquer. Hope this helps in some way.

lee gti 88 · Post by **lee gti 88** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:18 pm

Cheers guys, I'll give it a go at some point

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