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Old 05-14-2009 | 12:28 PM
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back in 07 i hit a street bike at 7mph lol. its been sitting and now its time to get it back up and runnig. heres a few pics of it.
befor i sanded

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Old 05-14-2009 | 12:29 PM
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more pics to come. its in primer now and all set for paint. ill update with new pics
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Good progress, would you mind saying what process you used to get to that point. I had my bumber repainted about a year ago, to find out it had been painted about 10 different times/colors. Obviously it's chipped to hell and back and looks like ****. Every shop around here is going to charge out the *** to strip it all the way down so I'd like to give it a try.
The shops around here only want insurance work most of the time, can't blame them though.
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i used 80gr, 150gr, 220gr then primed it then 400gr. after the primer and befor paint i used a swcuff pad. when useing the 80gr make sure you dont rub into the plastic bumper cuz you might not be able to get out the sanding marks. i did all by hand too. just takes time. i also did the head light covers same steps but i rempved all the paint.
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Thanks man! I'll give it a try when I grow a bigger set of *****.
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pics are befor clear coat!
Old 05-19-2009 | 08:29 PM
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That looks really good, I might have to do mine. I had a piece of tire hit my front end on the same spot and it completely f'd my paint. How many coats did you spray?
Old 05-20-2009 | 10:46 PM
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hey bro just wondering if u had to use any kind of flex agent additive for that thank by the way it looks freakin all some
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i payed $86 for the spray gun kit. the pay was under $150. you dont have to add flex add with 2days new pain. 3 coats of paint 2 of clear.


i still need to play with the head light covers.
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looks good from what i can see, i'm about to do the same thing with the rear bumper of my car, i took it today and got 3 different estimates, the cheapest 1 was $275, so for about $90 bucks the guy at a paint shop said i could do it, that includes everything needed
Old 05-21-2009 | 10:32 PM
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Wow that look's real good bro. did you have to wet sand that at all? man i hope my come's out this good. good job ones again
Old 05-21-2009 | 11:58 PM
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Off hand.... I'd say that took some wet sanding.
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Wow! $150, I can only imagine what a shop would charge to do this. Where did you get your paint from?
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i did not wet sand it yet but i will be. i got the paint thru a shop. for eveything to do this it cost a lil over 200 and thats including the gun sand paper and tape, car cover and other mis stuff




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