repainting L-tuned grille?
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i just bought a used L-tuned grille from norycegs4 and its currently painted blue. but since i have a pearl diamond white car, this doesn't help. Can i trust myself to sand and primer it or should i just have the body shop do it? has anyone done this before? thanks
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So funny you should ask this. I bought a used one from a member and it needed to be repainted. I sanded and used goof-off and the first repaint came out pretty good. Then I got restless and thought I could get a little better paint match. I put another couple of coats on of a different color and really liked it this time. I thought "I'd better put some clear on this so it'll be protected" but instead of waiting the proper cure time, I hit it with the clear right away. Mistake, the end result was a dark gray color that looked worse than the original repaint I'd done. I thought, this time I'll do it right, so I bought a $30 can of color match paint in a spray can from automotivetouchup.com. Took about 4 hours of stripping the 8-9 coats that I had on there already to get to a good base. Primed it and painted using the good stuff. It looked just right except it needed a clear coat. I waited an entire day this time. As I was putting on the clear, I realized that I had not wiped down with mineral spirits and was getting these pinhole craters in the paint. It looked like a dust particle was repelling the clear coat from sticking. I panicked and started putting more paint on thinking that it would eventually fill up. It didn't, so in my panicked state I tried to wipe it off. Huge mistake. Too late to make a long story short, but I would take it to a body shop and have them do it. Mine is sitting in my garage waiting for me to get some more time.
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