I have decided to paint my orange wegdes on my DMB classic silver.

Just wondering do they require rubbing down first and do you need a coat of primer?

Also what paint is the best to use?

Cheers

 

Best to clean them up with panel wipe and use a proper plastic primer (not the sh*t you get in rattle cans from halfords)...

Go to your local paint supplier and get a small tin of cellulose thinners and some UPol plastic primer.. wipe down the wedges with the celly, give them a very light sand with some 800 gritt then prime with the upol.

 

what colour do youwant to do them? as i think, under the orange is a black or dark grey colour.

 

Want to spray them silver

 

i did mine last week.i prised them off gently with a screw driver then used thinners to get the paint off using a sponge and a tooth brush.then gave them a good wash down and rinse.i have left mine unpainted as the plastic is a charcoal grey colour which looks good with my dbm colour.

 

Popped mine off when I bought the car new in May 2000.

Hung them in the garage and sprayed matt black - didn't bother with any prep.

Re-installed 3 hours later - jobs a good 'un

Now needing re-spray as stone-chips of Orange are showing through ...

 

theres a how to here if interested:

Styling

Bumper Vents Mod - ScoobyMods

 

I just pulled mine out with a pair of pliers and dipped them in nitromores, wiped down - job done

 

Do you have any pics mate?

 

just took these for you







she needs a wash

 

Cheers mate. Looks pretty good.

Much better than the orange!

 

did you actually know that if you soak the wedges in thinners or paint stripper they are actually black to start with.Thats what i did stripped them back to the bare plastic and just gave them a couple of coats in matt black spray paint job done

 

i can see a lil' orange tho... go pluck'em and do it again!

if you soak them in thinners .... does it harm the plastic?... or will it be okay?

 

doesnt affect them in the slightest besides 99.9% of people probably wont even notice you have wedges there

 

ye haha.... i didnt notice i have wedges untill you guys started all this DIY stuff..

 

Should look something like this when you've done.....only cleaner!