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ok so im plannin on havein my mirrors painted and maybe my cowl, what all need to be done to tese piesces to get the smooth look in the paint.

im not a painter lol so any help is appreciated

Sand untill all the lil bumps are gone, prime, paint.

Dont do the cowl. Its a lot of work and you wont ever get it good enough for it to last. It also doesnt look very good looks early 90s

benzsxt wrote:Dont do the cowl. Its a lot of work and you wont ever get it good enough for it to last. It also doesnt look very good looks early 90s

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Painting it would be one thing, but getting it smooth would take days of PITA labor. Imagine sanding every one of those slots. Just the thought of it makes me shudder.

eh yeah, I would say don't paint the cowel. That would look kind of goofy, I think. But I would probably have to see a photoshop to be sure.

when i painted my mirrors i started with 180 grit to smooth,then 220 before primer,if you use a good high fill it will cover the 220 scratches very nicely,then i used wax and grease remover,then spray with adhesion promoter like Bulldog,follow the directions on the can,and finish with whatever your primer/base/clear combo is.

thanks for the input guys i prolly wont do the cowl it was just a thought lol

teej: where did you get the paint to match your car?

i buy all of my paint at my local automotive paint store,i used to use all martinsenour paints but i switched to PPG just recently.

oh and kornholio788 on this forum sells PPG DBC base for a steal.i bought two quarts and it matches great

Heyo!



*runs back to mexico*

^^dude i swear to god you need to just move to mexico

IF I EVER GET MY TAXES BACK, i plan on buyin my paint from kornholio. good to know his pain is good

Hey, sorry to hijack but this is relevant. Does anyone know if there is a way to disassemble the folding mirrors so that the housing is separate from the base for ease of prep and paint?

u got folding mirrors?

Yeah, I bought them off eBay pretty cheap. They were from an SRT-4.

I dnt think theyre supposed to seperate. they sit on a pole type thing nd it has clip type deals holding it. theyre a bitch to seperate.

i had bought a set but the left side was all messed up so i sold them then my buddy gave me his set and the right one was jacked up!! i should of kept both sets and made one set damn it

Wow, good info in this thread, now I know what to do!

right on

Now do you think it would be ok to paint them with rattle cans of touch up paint from Mopar, or do you think It wouldn't be able to stand up to road abuse? I color matched the mirrors on my old Spirit with this method, however they eventually ended up getting a few chips in them from stones I suppose. I don't have a spray gun, nor a good place to shoot, so I may end up prepping mine then having them professionally painted so I don't have to worry as much.

* bring it to someone who's job it is to paint *

but thats just me

^^ I agree, but I'm just curious how they're gonna go about it. Being that I'm picky I want to know how they are going to handle painting the area where it folds. I'm not sure how I'd go about it but I just like knowing when I do things myself It'll be done to my likings

i am gonna have mine professionally done, i know i would f it up somehow

occasional demons wrote:

benzsxt wrote:Dont do the cowl. Its a lot of work and you wont ever get it good enough for it to last. It also doesnt look very good looks early 90s

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Painting it would be one thing, but getting it smooth would take days of PITA labor. Imagine sanding every one of those slots. Just the thought of it makes me shudder.

I love to get into lots of slots.

theTeejmiester wrote:when i painted my mirrors i started with 180 grit to smooth,then 220 before primer,if you use a good high fill it will cover the 220 scratches very nicely,then i used wax and grease remover,then spray with adhesion promoter like Bulldog,follow the directions on the can,and finish with whatever your primer/base/clear combo is.

did u sand with a sanding block or anything special?

no blocks,just by hand so i could follow the form of the mirror,paying special attention to the mold lines,it is realy very simple

I can't wait to do this. But I'm actually thinking about buying a spray gun and trying it that way rather than the color matched rattle can method. I'd like to start spraying my own parts... Just as like a fun, hobby, learning-type thing.

^thats what i have been doing the last couple of years,its fun man,i love the feeling of looking at a new part or panel that i have painted,it is a little spendy to get started but it is sooo worth it.i can give you some tips on affordable equipment and set ups if you need it,i have been through alot of crap.and know a little bit about it.

theTeejmiester wrote:^thats what i have been doing the last couple of years,its fun man,i love the feeling of looking at a new part or panel that i have painted,it is a little spendy to get started but it is sooo worth it.i can give you some tips on affordable equipment and set ups if you need it,i have been through alot of crap.and know a little bit about it.

I'll definitely keep that in mind as soon as I get funds to start doing this kind of stuff. Hopefully it'll be soon, too.

03sxt wrote:

theTeejmiester wrote:^thats what i have been doing the last couple of years,its fun man,i love the feeling of looking at a new part or panel that i have painted,it is a little spendy to get started but it is sooo worth it.i can give you some tips on affordable equipment and set ups if you need it,i have been through alot of crap.and know a little bit about it.

I'll definitely keep that in mind as soon as I get funds to start doing this kind of stuff. Hopefully it'll be soon, too.

id be interested in the info on the cheap equipment lol i wanna try and paint all my stuff to