Serenity's Bumper Repair and Repaint and custom center caps

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:18 pm

i liked the scoop it gave you like 10hp

not really.....

your new carbonhood looks great

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:57 pm

PM DutchNeon he's great at photoshopping. BTW his hood isn't carbon....

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:06 pm

opps .....

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:31 pm

Well I got around to installing my eBay CAI splash guard and went around town looking for an estimate to repair and paint my bumper. The previous owner was a fucking idiot and did ghetto repairs. Check these out and let me know what you think. There are cracks all the way through and big nasty chips so its time for a repaint. Im getting it fixed and painted for around 400-500 bux

Here are the install pics of the CAI Splash Guard (stainless steel)

Here are some pictures of the bumper damage

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:37 am

Oh my god that poor bumper

thankfully you're getting it done the right way. Are you going with the other style paintwork now that you're having the entire thing re-done?

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:40 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:Oh my god that poor bumper thankfully you're getting it done the right way. Are you going with the other style paintwork now that you're having the entire thing re-done?

I've done like half a dozen differnt chops with the black on the bumper and for some reason it just looks off to me. I really thought I would like it but I guess not, so its just going to be painted one color

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:31 pm

Either way it will look damn good

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:48 pm

Replaced her PCV Valve and got her a coolant flush this week

I Don't know how I feel about this yet, but all it is is some vinyl I did myself. I might take it off or maybe get it painted on Im not sure yet

Here are some interior shots

And some MS Pain chops for my bumper repaint ideas

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:04 pm

You should chop the day shots and try it that way. I don't care for the stripe since it's roots are Chevy.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:22 pm

I say lose the vinyl. It doesn't flow with any other part of the car and looks random. Definately liking the look of those chops.

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:13 pm

Chevy inspired hmm I kind of stole them from the new Challenger, but I see what you mean LSP

Here are some new outside chops

Hey LSP not to steal any more ideas from you or anything, but how did you do the bumper flares? My driver side inner splash panel in the wheel well will not attach due to the CAI pushing on it and therefor makes it look like a flare, so I need to do the other side, but so that they actually attach instead of flapping around. Thanks

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:17 pm

I'm partial to the second chop. Bumper flares are from here:

http://www.ramseyfamilyracing.com/srt4mic.html

Comparison of my car with them and my friend Matt's without.

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:05 pm

Here are my new bumper flares from Ramsey Family Racing

Decided to paint them in some black rustoleum

A couple days later I pulled an injector cover from the junkyard as a little project

All sanded down and ready for paint

Masked off and then hit with black

My SRT cluster swap, picked this baby up for 45 shipped

Before:

After:

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:18 am

Coming along nicely. What's that switch for?

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:22 am

The switch is for Nitrous lol, its actually for my fogs

DoubtedNeon · Post by **DoubtedNeon** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:50 am

I like your car yo. very nice, i can tell alot of work went into that. crystal (srry to tj your thread quick) and mopar could u guys check out my vynils and tell me if i shoudl keep them or remove them?

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:30 am

DoubtedNeon wrote:I like your car yo. very nice, i can tell alot of work went into that. crystal (srry to tj your thread quick) and mopar could u guys check out my vynils and tell me if i shoudl keep them or remove them?

Thanks a lot

Yeah I checked out your thread if you mean the vinyl eyelids and vinyl overlays for the tails it looks pretty good. For the eyelids though you should color match them.

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:08 pm

Some custom center caps I had made to make the rims look a little better.

Here is the bumper repair and repaint all done by yours truly
These are the before pictures

Here's the stuff I used for the repairs and repaint

Beginning the sanding of the shit job patch and then the repair epoxy goes in

All taped off and some coats of primer

Ok guys there it is. All the paint work was done inside my shed and I was kinda paint high for a bit as a result. Obviously it was inspired by the beautiful and talented LilSparkPlug so thanks for the help and inspiriation.

*Edit* It seems the rest of the pictures don't want to work so Im going to take her out soon and get some pics of the finished product.

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:16 pm

looks good man..

Speeder · Post by **Speeder** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:51 pm

i like the center caps...

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:26 pm

Nice work on repairing the bumper. It looks like it should turn out really good in the end.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:13 am

Holy shit, need bigger wheels! Bumper looks good though

Mopar65 · Post by **Mopar65** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:57 pm

Here is the link for finished pics

viewtopic.php?t=42458

2GN.ORG

Serenity's Bumper Repair and Repaint and custom center caps

Here are a few pictures of her all cleaned off