painting my lip
 

I was wondering how people painted their front bumper lip? I've been thinking of doing this on my own but don't really know the process .

I have a white s14. Where did you guys buy the paint? Did you guys have to buy a clear coat too?

my lip has scratches and a crack btw. Thanks in advanced.

Hope this helps:

1- Take off lip from bumper
2- Sand down the whole lip
3- Use some bondo or body filler to fix that crack
4- Primer the whole lip
5- Sand again (dont take the primer off though, just sand it slightly)
6- Paint it with your desired color (give it about 3-4 light even coats)
7- Spray on the clear coat (about 2-3 light coats)
8- Attach lip back onto bumper
9- ENJOY!

Hit me up if you need any more help (like what grit of sandpaper to use, kinds of paint. etc.)

PM me or AIM (best way to reach me)

AIM: Acesn8s240sx

P.S. Are you gonna paint your valve cover too? :D

Or if your car is daily driven and super low, do what I do:

1) wash car
2) use semi-gloss spray paint
3) lay cardboard on the ground under the front end
4) spray away.

LOL I probably do this once a week because I always scrape the lip and my car is black, so the white scrapes totally show

ha semi gloss sounds much easier. :thumb:

But where did you guys buy the matching paint (the company and name). I can't find the pearl white.

try Autozone

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/

http://www.paintscratch.com/

you will never be able to find a good match on Auto zone or any Duplicolor paint for pearl white...my 240 is the same color as yours....

i just used some spray from napa... very close to cobalt green metallic in my case. hit it with some clear BEFORE it is dry http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/609273/5
bondo any areas with big gashes

look for a local body shop supply store... that's what I do to get perfectly matched paint for my car...