J4CKO

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My Saab has grey inserts on the bumpers, kind of slight texture, they go from grey to white like old Dog Poo, can they be painted, if so, how ?

SRSport

I painted the handles on my VW Polo that were plastic to match the colour of the trim. Sometime they are like a primer so you can spray on to them but you may need to get a plastic primer. I would mask off the surrounding areas and sand down so that the bumper is smooth, then spray paint, wet and dry 1500 rub down and spray again, repeat 3-4 times. Once finished apply a lacquer. Its a bit of a faff but once done it looks excellent and makes it look like a more upmarket model that has colour coded bumpers. It certainly helped me sell my Polo.

J4CKO

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Its just the fillets in the bumpers on this, tarting it up seeign wife has vetoed car purchases for the forseeable future !

Jamz3k

Just make sure u use plastic primer or it will most likely crack and chip.

I did the parts of my Nova's dashboard the same colour as the exterior and it looked rather snazy in a max power kinda way. Very reward but a complete ballache!

Jer

I used Upol PlastX stuff for interior door handles in a Range Rover that were flaking. It worked really well and you could buy a base coat to give a more textured finish.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Upol-PlastX-Re...m#ht_927wt_905

Jamo

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you need to paint the plastic with a plasticiser first then you paint over the top of that.

ALi-B

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Plasticiser is what you mix into the paint. This makes it more durable to flexing and chipping from bugs and stones. Basically it adds durability.


Anyhoo, you have a choice; colour code it or just re-colour it with a bumper renovator spray (ahem, matt finish plastic paint )

Renovating it is obviously alot simpler than colour coding it. It just case of getting the sections spotlessly clean (remove them, if possible) some bumper renovator paint of correct colour and texture and lightly spray them (not too thick as it'll affect the texture).

Of course it goes without saying colour coding the plastic needs to be well prepped to look good and last....if it has a grainy texture, it'll need to be removed otherwise it'll show through and look pants. Either by flatting or filling (latter maybe needed if it has pitting from chips or any scuffs ). Obviously needs to be a filler compatible with plastics, or if pitting is minor just build up some layers of plastic primer and keep flatting until its perfect. Then spray on the matched colour and top coat laquer (if it has a clear coat).


In terms of off the shelf products, you can't really go wrong with U-pol. But if colour coding, you won't be able to get the main colour - you'll need to get it mixed.

Leslie

Rub it down first with fine and dry paper to give the paint a key.

Les

500

Heat them up gently with a heat gun or blowlamp.

Jamo

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or not then lol