Boot Lips what are they made of?? How To paint them?

[Pub247]

So i got a boot lip now for my calais. It seems to be made of a neoprene rubber type material. I'm guesing this a factory item? it looks genuine with gm numbers and stuff.
So whats the best way to prep and paint these. Obviously they seem prone to going soft and cracking paint.

Cheers Pub

[TVR-190]

Can i ask, Whered you get it and how much and i want it

[Pub247]

Can i ask, Whered you get it and how much and i want it

Yes you can,
I bought it, I paid enough and no i wont sell it

[STEALTHY™]

They are the same material as the Factory SS skirts your selling. Can't help you with the prepping side, but just do what you'd do with the bodykit.


Did you get the Holden one, or the HSV one?

[1991_Vn2nV]

They are the same material as the Factory SS skirts your selling. Can't help you with the prepping side, but just do what you'd do with the bodykit.


Did you get the Holden one, or the HSV one?

Um you sure? I had SS sideskirts before the kit and they were plastic. The lip spoilers (not SS but like international) are rubber.

Ask a painter. You'll need a flexible paint. They are very prone to cracking paint as they are rubber and flex alot.

[STEALTHY™]

I looked at a bootlip off a car once, and it was the same yellow as the skirts/lips.

[1991_Vn2nV]

I looked at a bootlip off a car once, and it was the same yellow as the skirts/lips.

Was it genuine? My lip is like a black rubber material.

[Pub247]

yeah mine is like rubber i think its genuine its got gm on it numbers and says it made in new zealand under license by quest.

Its not a hsv i dont think it hasvq statesman on it in paint pen looks like it came from the wreckers or something and not off 308commodore's caprice

[STEALTHY™]

Was it genuine? My lip is like a black rubber material.

I assume so.


The HSV one is almost identicle to mine, but the 'curve' is sharper, and has an edge to it. Its like halfway between mine and the SV90 style ones.

[pow3rslave]

mine's an hsv one, pretty sure it's is a margariney yellow plastic under the paint

[1991_Vn2nV]

So HSV is plastic like the kits, Holden is rubber?

[STEALTHY™]

The one i looked at was a HSV one, but it was so long ago i couldn't be too sure.

[centy]

you will need some type of primer that will bind to the rubber and then a flexible top coat.
Thin will be the key so as to get max stretch.
If you cheat and use colour matched house paint then acrylic and damn thick as that stuff when built up thick is like plastic sheet.

[Pub247]

Whats the diff between types?
I just assumed there was only one type of these boot lips.
Anyone got any pictures of the different types?
Flexible paint huh? so im guessing its not something i will doing at home but thats ok.
Heres a couple of mine ill take some more pics if anyone wants

[Troyziee]

heres a pic of tha one i had

it was off a VQ stato, so its jus a holden one, GM stamps on the inside and its the flexible rubber

[Pub247]

in that picture is it actually mounted or just sitting there?

[Troyziee]

jus sittin there mate, theres a badge in the way, y its sittin funny

[STEALTHY™]

I have the HSV one on disc somewhere from my old recieved files when i lived at home, don't like your chances of me sifting through them though, saints row 2 can't play itself.

[88GreenVN]

Whats the diff between types?
I just assumed there was only one type of these boot lips.
Anyone got any pictures of the different types?
Flexible paint huh? so im guessing its not something i will doing at home but thats ok.
Heres a couple of mine ill take some more pics if anyone wants

I got 2 spray cans of undercoat from the paint supplier to prep the SS bobtail thats going to be mounted on the V8 sedan It's the black flexible rubber type. Just gotta find the tech sheet on where to drill the holes as I'm not going to guess.

[Pub247]

Hey greenvn did he say that it will turn out ok? I would really like mine to be solid i was thinking of glassing over the top just enough to firm it up a bit.
I wouldnt mind seeing a tech sheet if you get a hold of one i'm sure the mounting points would be similar.

This is a good thread going here when searching i couldnt find any(worthwhile) info so its good to have one thread

[stockies]

If its the rubber type one, My mate had his panel beater do it for him. The panel beater injected some type of resin into the rubber, so it could be sanded and prepped. But the one my mate had was in really bad condition though. Had cracks on it everywhere and a chunk missing from where the boot lock was.

[STEALTHY™]

Just saw the HSV style one being sold in the for sale section.

[wildss]

if you sand it back to rubber with say 320 then give it a few coats of etch primer (i recommend mipa) then prime it with normal primer but add some elasticiser to it, you can add anywhere between 15-50%.
rub with 800wet, cover it with basecoat(no elasticiser needed) then clear it (add elasticiser again)

[Pub247]

if you sand it back to rubber with say 320 then give it a few coats of etch primer (i recommend mipa) then prime it with normal primer but add some elasticiser to it, you can add anywhere between 15-50%.
rub with 800wet, cover it with basecoat(no elasticiser needed) then clear it (add elasticiser again)

Thanks mate big help for those diagrams too
Anyone who's interested in future seee this thread
88green vn, found something i think you want