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Posted By: Wheels Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 9:06am
i want to get the passats bumper and door strips sprayed the same color as the car, anyone recommend a place and ££much££
Posted By: StuyMac Re: Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 9:08am
Just a thought, but it may be cheaper to find a breaker in the same colour and get the parts from there..... think
Posted By: Beemertastic Re: Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 10:37am
Originally Posted by Wheels
i want to get the passats bumper and door strips sprayed the same color as the car, anyone recommend a place and ££much££

spraying plastics is tricky and the paint needs to be flexible...requires a bit more prep work than youd think..therefore not cheap if you want a proper job doing and it not to crack n flake off in a yr or less!
Posted By: Wheels Re: Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 10:41am
hmm good point. cheers
Posted By: fordsteve Re: Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 5:46pm
do it your self mate i had no problems doing the bump stribs on my bumper
Posted By: Wheels Re: Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 5:47pm
how did you do it?
Posted By: fordsteve Re: Colour coding - 30th Apr 2008 5:49pm
just got halfords to mach the paint for me then light sand the bump strips undercoat light wet an dry then top coat then another light sand with very fine wet an dry then as many lacquer coats as you want
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