bweddle15

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im not sure what the name of it is, but has anyone ever painted or seen someone paint the plastic piece that like the whipers rest on behind the hood, at the bottom on the windshield?

bweddle15

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ha anyone know what im talking about?

yeller_xtc

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i thought about painting mine the top color of my car...heres what you do, take it off. clean the hell out of it with like comet cleaner and a scotch brite..allow to dry, apply plastic addhision prmoter, prime with high build, sand with 320 grit without sanding through..reprime, resand with 600 wet, allow to dry. seal, and base then clear..i might do mine next week..

bweddle15

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let me know how it turns out man thanks alot

Flaring Afro

you know those interior wipes by armour all that make the interior a little darker and kinda shiny? i used them on that and it looked a lot better. give it a try.

bweddle15

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i have done all the whipe stuff to it, painting it would look so much better i think.

transambandit

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mine was painted at the body shop a flat black, looks good, though i am thinking about respraying it because i got some wax on it and it wont come off.

rbaksi

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yeah flat black would look good. I dont think body color would be good. Gloss paints on all those little nooks will make it stand out too much from the body

yeller_xtc

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i beg to differ, with it smoothed out it would look custom made. instead of body color or flat black. maybe use a simi-gloss.

Flaring Afro

x2 semi gloss. flat black looks like cheap plastic.

bweddle15

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yeah the part im mainly concerned about is it being smoothed, i really dont like that bumpy look

joshua cobos

therobman

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i lightly sanded mine and did a few coats of black krylon fusion looks 1000000000 times better

richieg

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here's a link to some pictures of my ta after a new paint job when the wipers and cowl were painted gloss black. I liked the way it turned out. It doesn't stand out like I thought it would. It looks like it's supposed to be lik that. been holding strong after 4 years. There's two pictues next to eachother in there close up on the cowl area

http://mobius1.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=7

sway99bird

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I wouldn't do it but that's just me.........

Swiat34

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richieg, that didn't come out good at all. I DID see someone who had a Pewter Bird sanded theirs COMPLETELY SMOOTH and then painted it to match! I looked AWESOME! Once it warms up more I plan to do it on my Silver T/A! If you're gonna do it, do it right by sanding it smooth first, then it looks great!


Swat

P.S. (because I KNOW y'all gonna ask) I'm sorry, but I don't know who it was, I'll try a seach and edit later if I find it.

edit: Here's a link with a Vette Example: https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...iper-cowl.html

edit 2: AH HAH! Search takes you a LONG way, kid: T/A Smooth Pewter wiper cowl! (Damn that's Sexy!) https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...iper-cowl.html

P.P.S. You're welcome!