Primer



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Finished




bare in mind, this is the first thing ive ever painted that wasnt in a rattle can

ill post pictures when i get it installed, and of the other parts im painting as well

thanks for looking

 

Looks good man, best hood VFN has made. IMO

 

It looks great!

Did you intentionally (silly question) want the grills to be color matched? Or could they not be removed?

 

Nice! Need Pics with it installed.

Can you get behind the grills in the nose?

Curious if you can paint the inside black...

Jester...

 

The grills are not removeable, and since the aluminum was kinda faded, I decided to paint them the same color as the car...

 

looks great for your first time

 

WOW - looks great man!!

 

looking good

 

So everyone knows pics of it on the car will probably be added next week since I'm painting my front bumper as well... furthermore, I will be adding pictures of the ceta panel I painted, and underside of my wing

 

Paint looks like it came out great for being your first time.

 

Ive had my hood on for 4 months now and still havent painted it... lol.. Trying to hold off till winter break to have it painted.. Yours looks good though...

 

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Hood looks great OP, good job. What did you do the hood to prep for painting?

 

i like it. but if it was me id mask off around the grills and paint them black.

 

Congrats on a successful paint job first off. Second. DAMN I want one.

 

Very nice!

 

Ive had mine on since april, and since its my dd, i wanted to get it painted before winter

Cleaned with wax and grease remover, washed with dish soap and red scotchbrite pad, then wet sanded from 120-220-320-400-600, then wax and grease remover right before paint

Yeah, that may come in the future, there were going to be stripes like this
but since it was my first time painting anything like this i figures stay with 1 color to lessen the chance of messing it up

 

bumper is painted...
primer



base



clear

 

are you just painting these outside? If so thats awesome.

 

the hood was painted in my "booth" (4 mil plastic sealed off my patio)

the bumper was painted right where it was in all those pictures... only 3 small bugs, other than that, its glassy and glossy

side note, hoos and front bumper are going on tomorrow, so, that means pics as well

As promised, here they are... ill post more tomorrow in the light

 

Oh.....WOW!

I'm so glad someone with a silver TA finally got one of these, as I was curious. I can't believe how much meaner it looks now. I didn't think that was possible.

I'm not one to tell someone what to do with their car, but I think the vents/grills should be addressed. I know, it's already been mentioned.

Great job!
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oh yeah...daytime pics soon?