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painting advice needed......

Post by shadrack » Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:10 pm

right so ive got abit of a little project going on with a vehicle I bought yesterday, I need to be able to make a fibre glass wheel arch match black plastic trim, imagine the e53 x5 wheel arch extensions were fibreglass and need to match the factory plastic trim (not an x5 tho)  and the oposide the stages to get mottled black plastic flat to paint... think im going to use 2k paint and the gun for the first time on a vehicle (can spry everything else ok and rattle can car parts well so maybe advice on the 2k paint, thanks
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Re: painting advice needed......

Post by jaynana » Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:36 pm

another one yesterday.. - tell us more mate, photos??

sounds like u buy cars randomly in your tesco runs lol  :thumbup:

sorry can't help with the painting - i'll leave that for the experts to comment  :-[
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Re: painting advice needed......

Post by shadrack » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:49 pm

[quote="jaynana"]
another one yesterday.. - tell us more mate, photos??

sounds like u buy cars randomly in your tesco runs lol  :thumbup:

sorry can't help with the painting - i'll leave that for the experts to comment  :-[
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sorry going to wait and do before and after, but im down to 5 cars at the min, but mrs shadracks hankering after a e90 320d now so maybe up to 6 soon
current: 2016 Vw Crafter
              2007 318d touring
              2008 Transit sport van            
              1964 vw beach buggy
              1988 e30 325i convertible

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