Originally posted by nando11211
I have a 97 Civic LX and it has those black accents on the car. I want the whole car one base color instead of those black accents seperating the parts of the car. How would I change those black accents into the color of my car, simply by painting them? Also how much would it cost?
What you could do is go to an automotive paint store that deals with either PPG or DuPont (or both) and give them the paint code of your car. They'll make a pint of your colored paint and you could have these transferred to spray cans (it should make 4 cans with a little paint left over).
Make sure you purchase everything else you need to paint the rest of your car (ie sandpaper, primer, tack cloth, clearcoat, tape, thinner, etc.) and you're ready to paint all these "accents" that you have in your car. The good thing about it is, that you can do all of that plus enough left over for a front and rear lip and your stock side valences as well.
But just like the others said, make sure you take your time and paint it right the first time. No point in trying to save money by doing it yourself only to rush it and make the job look half-assed.