Making body colour wing mirrors..
- Thread starter Gurpreet
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squarepants
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more to it, sand them down and primer them then body coulor them. then laquaer them.
squarepants
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white primer (halfords as its bigger) you can get your body coulor from nissan it comes with laquaer. if you choose you can get laquaer from halford (again its a bigger can)
Alienfish360
Awesome Dawson
Plastic primer needs to be used. Don't rush it, spend HOURS in prep. The finish will only be as good as the preparation
59 bhp is more than enough
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depends what color your car is, you need plastic primer but what color primer is down to the color of your car. Some paint needs grey others red etc it should say on the tin when you buy the color.
go to a local spray making company and they can match your colour acturately,
sand them down with smooth sand paper like 8000 grade.
primer them down and sand again with the 8000 grade
re primer it again
let it dry for a few hours
spray the colour on
sand it down with 8000 grade
spray again this time carefully as this is the final stage
let it dry for a few hours
laquer it and let it dry for a few hours and maybe laquer again if not satisfactory.
let it dry for a few days
sand them down with smooth sand paper like 8000 grade.
primer them down and sand again with the 8000 grade
re primer it again
let it dry for a few hours
spray the colour on
sand it down with 8000 grade
spray again this time carefully as this is the final stage
let it dry for a few hours
laquer it and let it dry for a few hours and maybe laquer again if not satisfactory.
let it dry for a few days
or just unclip the mirror glass
, get a screw driver behind glass and pry it off, but carefully.you want to use 800 wet and dry not 8000
micra man
Golf GTi Turbo
Lol yeah, does 8000 even exist?? As everyone else has said really. Sand it down before hand with wet and dry. You can get everything from halfords and the colour matches there are pretty good most of the time. It says what colour primer to use on the colour tin so just use that to get an exact match. Use plastic primer as this seals it and stops the paint sinking in to the plastic. Couple of coats of this, sanding in between, couple of paint then laquer, make sure it stays smooth as you go though. Its all just practise, the more you do the better you get.
R05_Micra
Ex. Club Member
or pull it out
make sure you dont get 7 years bad luck per mirror tho lol ohhhh an if you really dont wanna take of ya mirrors, mask up ya car lol, i know what ide rather do!
in a warm place do this, no good in the cold, the paint will shrink as it dries in the cold n then thats a tw@ to sort out! and it will look poor.
i've already suggested thisor pull it out
i know i'd rather take my mirrors off!!! 5-10 mins max.
i'd have to agree with you on that!
