Painted Bumper Trim on Exec - What you all think?

[smokin_vx]

While i'm waiting for my VZ parts for a front conversion i thought i'd paint up my executive bumpers and sideskirts.

I used Duplicolor DSH78 (Heron White) and Duplicolor Plastic Primer.. Washed the car nicey, Degreased the parts i wanted to paint, masked it off (front and rear bumper), took sideskirts off to paint though... Primed 2 coats, Top Coat 3 coats, 3 coats of clear coat will wait a few weeks to polish it though, i dont think it needs it but i thinik for $80 it's come out a lot nicer than what is was before. Sold the Chromes for some factory alloys

Will most likely remove the door trims when i get a caramel wheel and not paint them.. Sort of looks shit with them still black, i know

Questions and comments welcomed.

Smokin

[TrikkBen]

Looks way better. Looks sorta like a kit. Well done dude.

[Philthy]

Looks heaps better. Like the new wheels more than the chrome ones as well

[-=$natch=-]

Pull those black door strips off and paint the mirrors and it would look sweet!

[smokin_vx]

Thanks Guys. Yeah prefer the Holden 18" than the 20" chromes

[smokin_vx]

Pull those black door strips off and paint the mirrors and it would look sweet!

Yip totally agree with you mate. Still have 2 cans of paint left so attack those mirrors. Strips are def coming off

[ephect]

it looks so much cleaner! and its often the little things that are always overlooked, that can make your car stand out from the rest. Nice work

Another option is to paint the door strips, can still protect your door and blend with the car

[Trayner]

Looks way better man , I reckon paint the side strips and the mirrors and she will be looking all sweet

[Dayvo]

I would paint the strips rather that take them off so you still have some protection from ********s that open their doors and hit your car . My commodore is black and has no stripes and have a crap load of small dents on my doors .

[Mick1988]

Looks a lot nicer, especially now that those chromies are gone =P I need to get rid of my door trims too. Should see if my mate with a panel and paint shop has any delft blue left to do my skirts.

[Ozzie]

Its a 100% improvment.

Even looks lower now. Funny though.. when i replaced my black executive kit with colour coded berlina my car looks higher now lol

[danja]

Looks great. Nice wheels too.

[rch-13z]

looks much better now...

[Astranomical]

Looks a lot better - they should've come from the factory that way, black plastic looks like crap.

[cds]

... something weired i noticed

Where did the fuel door go on the side of the car... and towbar gone too?

[danja]

... something weired i noticed

Where did the fuel door go on the side of the car... and towbar gone too?

The top photo has been flipped. You can tell by looking at the number plate.

Tow bar looks like it's still there.

[smokin_vx]

The top photo has been flipped. You can tell by looking at the number plate.

Tow bar looks like it's still there.

Thanks guys for your comments.

Yip top pic was flipped to get a similar angle for comparison for you guys.

[Kernal]

While i'm waiting for my VZ parts for a front conversion i thought i'd paint up my executive bumpers and sideskirts.

I used Duplicolor DSH78 (Heron White) and Duplicolor Plastic Primer.. Washed the car nicey, Degreased the parts i wanted to paint, masked it off (front and rear bumper), took sideskirts off to paint though... Primed 2 coats, Top Coat 3 coats, 3 coats of clear coat will wait a few weeks to polish it though, i dont think it needs it but i thinik for $80 it's come out a lot nicer than what is was before. Sold the Chromes for some factory alloys

Will most likely remove the door trims when i get a caramel wheel and not paint them.. Sort of looks shit with them still black, i know

Questions and comments welcomed.

Smokin

hey mate, it looks sweet. I wanna do something similar. Do you mind if i ask how much it cost you?

[smokin_vx]

hey mate, it looks sweet. I wanna do something similar. Do you mind if i ask how much it cost you?

Heya, yeah no problem.

It cost me $15 for one can of Plastic Primer, $12 per can or Duplicolor basecoat (6 cans), $12 per can of Duplicolor Clear Coat (4 Cans, still have 1 left over!), $3 one roll of Masking Tape, Newspaper and about 1 day in total which includes drying time between coats.

So, in total about $140.. You could prob do it cheaper, but i decided of using the right paint for my commie which was heron white and it being proper autopaint not normal spray enamel paint. Just take your time in masking the car off as its 50% prep as far as time is concerned.

If you have any questions just hit me up.. Good Luck

[midgeo]

hey mate looks really good, i might do this as a bodykit is way too much at the moment.. that heron colour.. is that more common? or is it just as easy to buy any colour basecoat like tungsten.. ha

[bdj_007]

looks awesome mate! paint the door moulds white next

[shiftySLE]

Huge improvement for not much effort, good job.

[fuzzy2308]

looks heaps better

[Jesterarts]

Excellent work mate. Huge improvement as everyone has said.

Now you just need to remove the black strip and paint the mirrors.

Anyway, nice work

[ruggj]

this is what i want to do, exactly the same too, paint the skirts and my mirrors. I've already taken off those black strips (actually i still have to finish it, i got lazy once it looked ok, called it a night and keep forgetting to finish it), it made the car look 10 times better i reckon.

nice job