Painting or Polishing my BMR STB?
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Painting or Polishing my BMR STB?
I got a BMR STB a little while ago, and it was supposed to be Navy Blue to match the rest of my under-hood accents. Well, it got here and it was a purplish blue :
So my question is, is it possible to sand off the old paint and polish it? Or do I have to paint over it? Thanks guys.
Nate
So my question is, is it possible to sand off the old paint and polish it? Or do I have to paint over it? Thanks guys.
Nate
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Re: Painting or Polishing my BMR STB?
I am polishing mine, I have the same purple strut tower brace. I am wet sanding it with 200 grit, then 600 grit and hitting it with the polisher. You'll definately have to hit it with a polishing wheel, or DA. I don't think it will get the shine I am looking for though, I polished my GMMG and it looks like a mirror but its Stainless. I'll post pics when I get to finishing it.
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I bought my BMR STB used and it was red powdercoat. I decided red wouldn't look the greatest on my NBM car, so I painted it.
I sanded off the majority of the powdercoat, then painted it silver using high-heat primer, paint and clearcoat.
I sanded off the majority of the powdercoat, then painted it silver using high-heat primer, paint and clearcoat.
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I've painted mine a couple times. You just need to sand it with some 400 grit paper and apply a light coat of primer. You can get the NBM paint made by Duplicolor at either NAPA or Wal-Mart I recently did someone's calipers in that color and it's an exact match....should be anyway since they make the paint for GM
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Re: Painting or Polishing my BMR STB?
Where could I get it chromed from, and how long would it take?