I have a Integra Type R oem lip on its way to my house and I think im going to paint it myself along with my stock side skirts. How do you prep these pieces for paint. Sanding, chemicals....etc?

 

Ive done this before.. heres a basic step by step of how I did it. I used dupli color products for this project. It wont come out show quality but its good enough for me.

-wetsand with 400 grit sandpaper and then 900 grit sandpaper until smooth
-clean off surface really good with soap and water and let dry
-spary 2 light coats on the surface with Adhesive Promotor if the lip is made of ABS plastic or Poly Urathene.. use Primer if the lip is Fiberglass
-spray light coats of the color paint.. around 4-6 coats should do it but make sure all the surface is painted
-spray 2 coats of clear coat
-wait a day for the paint to dry and cure or if youre impatient like me slap, that bastard on and enjoy

some tips: Id wait around 10 minutes between coats to become dry or at least a little sticky. Make sure not to spray too much or it will drip. All you need is light wet coats. Make sure you do this where dust wont settle on the wet paint and away from things you dont want overspray to get on. Thats all I can think of right now

Anyone else wanna add anything.. I might be leaving a few good pointers out..

 

looks right to me, although if you're painting it black to match the OEM sideskirts, I'd suggest maybe skipping the clear coat, or at least opt'ing for something less glossy.

 

hey whoaitslen2 where did you get paint to match your car so well. I know of paintscratch.com but thats about it. It looks really good.

 

www.towerpaint.com

 

Sweet!... thanks for that site know I can just get a couple custom spray cans and do the job really easily.

 

how much is the paint over there? I'm painting a wing black and wanted to know.

 

i did the same tihng on my civic, i painted all of the modlings, lip, and antenna base body color. i used dupli color also...i found it at meijer! good luck man

 

you can usually find something similar to factory coloring at any home or auto store, the only thing i did or "do" different (since i scrape the paint of my front lip nearly daily) is, i use a mild paint thinner or alcohol based cleaner, to clean instead of soap and water, if you dont get all the soap, grease, oil etc... the paint will fish eye and or run alot easier, mine didn't turn out to bad, did the hole kit this way and actually just picked up a can of white spray paint, originally mixed paint and painted my factory stuff with spray gun but it didn't turn out any better than this
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Since it's a lip, and if a urethane lip, what about flex additives? A friend of mine kinda got jipped. He didn't know you have to ask for flex additives b/c theres and extra charge. About a few week later he started to develope stress marks from daily parking bumps.
Any info on that?

thanks,
Mike

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