Painting bumpers and trims gloss black

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Painting bumpers and trims gloss black

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What's the best way to get the trims gloss black
Thanks


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I did mine recently and I just masked everything up and shot it gloss black, took me around 9 hours all in but that was just doing it in the evening after work, I'd say you could do it in 4 or 5
If it doesn't fit,
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It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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Do you have any pics thanks


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Not the best pic but car hasn't really been on the road since I sprayed them
If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway :thumbs:
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johnny wrote:Image
Not the best pic but car hasn't really been on the road since I sprayed them
L20c gloss black veccy b de locked door handles will look lovely with those wheel arches
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I just washed with Acetone and spray can black after masking, looks good on the Caribic blue Sport
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Deedee91 wrote:
johnny wrote:Image
Not the best pic but car hasn't really been on the road since I sprayed them
L20c gloss black veccy b de locked door handles will look lovely with those wheel arches
What does the start of that mean?? Haha
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L20c? It's the paint code haha veccy/vec = vectra
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Ahhh haha
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