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I had even quickly sanded and painted that rail under the abs... It was really nasty before there.. |
Disgusting!
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Used an can of gloss black engine enamel..
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I wasn't going to blow another $700 painting under the hood of an 7 by a shop. It looks MUCH better, but I want it shiny. Is this possible with spray can paint? Is there some compound that I could rub/buff/polishing etc to make it feel smoooth and be shiny?
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since you are doing a small area, I will suggest this. Get a quart of paint from a body shop supply place, and get a preval paint sprayer. for like $10 you can get a decent glossy paint job.
http://www.prevalspraygun.com/Images/bottle5.gif http://www.prevalspraygun.com/home.htm I have used it before for smaller projects, it works pretty damn good. much better than rattle can crap. |
you could probably buy a can of high temperature clearcoat to spray over the black...
that should make it shiny. |
by the way, it looks really nice.
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I spray painted a motorcycle gas tank with black, then multiple coats of spray clear coat. I wet sanded between each coat, and it came out great.
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the glossy looks nice too
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I decided to just leave it. Its not a show car anyhow. Its just a daily driver...
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I think it looks pretty sweet the way it is.
Its all business....like a formula one car. . . . . . only about 1500 lbs heavier....and less aerodynamic....and uh....about 600 hp weaker..... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...R#>/unsure.png . . . . ...but you got the black engine bay thing goin' on...so there's always that! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif |
Originally Posted by 1Revvin7' date='Apr 11 2004, 08:10 PM
I decided to just leave it. Its not a show car anyhow. Its just a daily driver...
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Not that you need the info now but, you can have just about any finish you like put into bomb cans; long oils, lacquer, etc. Even urethanes can be done however the "cook" time makes this a hurried situation.
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