2005mystang

Ok, long story short, I got in a fender bender. I had the shop do the fender work and I repainted the bumper. While I was at it I also painted my radiator cover. So here's what it looks like.



The things that look like blemishes are actually fuzzies from dusting it off. The pic is not that good of quality either. I like how it turned out.

Still no performance mods though. Soon.

tigercrazy718

did you paint it or have the shop?

Whitestang41791

hmm this mod has me thinking a bit..i definetly like the idea.. would i have to get the paint from a body shop to match the car though?

2005mystang

I painted the bumper and radiator cover. The shop painted the fender because they wanted to hang it prior to straightening the frame.

I just got the paint from O'Reilys. I gave them the paint codes and they mixed it. It took quite a bit of prep work, but well worth it.

2005mystang

I forgot to note, instead of my paint gun I used my airbrush for the radiator cover. Even for the clear. I found that it worked rather well and clean up was much easier.

southernmustangparts

Looks nice!

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Whitestang41791

what kinda prep work did it need just sanding?

im in nj and we dont have an o reillys lol i wonder if autozone or pepboys would mix paint?

little things matter the most!

TEXASGT/CS

painted mine with duplicolor rattle can,

O'Connor

what kind of prep work did you do? I want to paint my cover and extensions black... I have the duplicolor rattle can... just don't know how to approach it

TEXASGT/CS

1. Cleaned them real good.
2. Lightly sanded, some places had some nicks and scratches so I had to feather them out a little.
3. Painted with an adhesion promoter.
4. Primed with sandable primer 2-3 coats, this filled in the rough texture on the covers.
5. Sanded and then another coat of primer and sanded again.
6. 4 coats of the black.
7. 4 coats of clear.

It took me a weekend with having to let the paint dry. I sanded with 2000 grit between each coat of black and clear.
BTW, the red is vinyl pin stripes.