anyone have tips to paint the plastic bumper and sideskirts on a bimmer? This will be done in my garage with rattle cans if possible. Any tips on prep, type of paint etc....

thanks,
matt

anyone have tips to paint the plastic bumper and sideskirts on a bimmer? This will be done in my garage with rattle cans if possible. Any tips on prep, type of paint etc....

thanks,
matt

I wouldn't recommend doing rattle cans for bumpers, but seeing as its a track car I can understand. You really can get fantastic results from spray cans if you know what you are doing....

Basic help

Sand down unpainted bumpers and prep, clean off.

Primer surface, sand 800grit sandpaper, repeat, let dry

Light coat of your paint, let dry, then a heavier coat, let dry, take some 800 -900 sandpaper let it sit in some water for about 30 minutes. Then take a spray bottle of water and keep the painted surface wet while you lightly wet sand. Clean off, let dry repeat.

Then final coat of color paint, let dry.

take your clear coat and do a couple layers 5 - 6 should do it,

here is a DIY I did for some wheels, its the same basic steps. (all with rattle cans) I hope you are getting your alpine white paint from tower paint.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=540480&referrerid=

Hope that helps, Pm me if you have any questions

Steve N

Matt... i cant paint for you if you want.

I have some leftover white from doing my car. It is pretty close to Alpine and is a single stage paint.

And if you are gonna use rattle cans, use "New York fat tips" used by grafitti artists, they produce a better spray pattern

And if you are gonna use rattle cans, use "New York fat tips" used by grafitti artists, they produce a better spray pattern

I would advise against that, for spraying thick lines on walls sure, but not for getting light even coats, the paint will run and be uneven. :nono

And if you are gonna use rattle cans, use "New York fat tips" used by grafitti artists, they produce a better spray pattern

John I'll hit your PM back tomorrow.

Matt, just use the grill paint that I use for everything. A black bumper would look hot on your car. Rustoleum (sp) is part of my "track tool kit" these days :buttrock

thanks for the info. I might go with a different color scheme then alpine ;) . I am buying a used blue bumper and will probable change that color to something brighter :help

its a racecar buy some gloss white, sand the shit out of the bumper and paint the fuck over it. and when it get destroyed in 2 track sessions paint it again.

I need to paint my bumpers and sideskirts too. I am finally going to order the crap, we should have a painting bumper and sideskirts meet!