First of all the top part of the grab handle needed sorting out, when i originally put the chrome handles on i had to file down part of the handle plastic to prevent the chrome handle catching. This worked great as it doesn't catch whatsoever now but it did leave marks from being filled down. So today decided i was going to sand them down to get rid of the marks and paint them, didn't want to do them blue again like i did before as they looked tacky so decided i'd do them gloss black to keep it subtle.
Primer
First coat
After another coat and a couple coats of lacquer
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Then primed and painted the other one, i only managed to do one coat though as i ran out of paint.
few pics of the one with lacquer vs one without
next up was sorting the driver side chrome handle, due to changing it like an animal the first time it suffered from some damage
:0Luckily i bought a set of four so had one spare for each side, so set about getting that changed over.
off it came
said damage, also had some scratching on the face
new, un-damaged one
and onto the Corsa backing plate
back together
by this time due to the nice weather, the handle had dried enough to put back on
Not that much different, but looks much better to me.
Then got a bit more done.
heres a better photo of newly sprayed handle
then took the centre console off
put everything else back so i can still use it
after a VERY long time rubbing down i finally got all the texture smoothed off
and primed
The painted, Went with Anthracite as Its a nice contrast to the black
Photo before lacquer
replaced the heater bulbs before putting it all back as old ones stopped working
then got the centre console lacquered and finished and put it all back
then finished the passenger door handle after getting some more Paint
[Edited on 08-04-2015 by Jason x]
And finally today, painted A pillars satin black
Need to do B/C pillars and roof lining next
