Cheers bud

your gonna have some good fun with a Sti :)

Will get them done after i get home from my next trip abroad.
i have a litre of black metalic paint from specialistpaints.com that I need to mix with some thinners before spraying in my hvlp spraygun so will do the grill and my centre console when i return.also detango as well but i am only removing the orange parts of the headlight and not spraying the internals of the headlight like some people do :)

I'd powder coat the grill mate painting it will just chip.
I'll agree with you on the headlights having done both detango mods I preferred just the orange bit removed.

i tried to painting mine, etched it etc and seems more chips appear every time i take it out, so as above dont waste your time just powder coat it

Missus lent my car today and managed to kerb 2 of my Rota grids:cry: She said she been worrying all day waiting to tell me when I got back from the football.:brickwall

Looks like my wheels need powdercoating again!!:thumb:

I bought a tin of plasti dip for mine and can say I haven't Had no probs yet as its like rubber when set plus I de tango my lights the other week just using a heat gun very easy to do, was going to black the inside of them but thought they look fine with out

Can post a pic if you like to show you

yea go for it pal :thumb:

ok mate you used a etched primer but what clear coat did you use mate :)

Here you go

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps61egqnep.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps4wije5p3.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...psvg8qrvck.jpg

Plasti dip matt black I used cost around 16 -17 pounds from eBay

Lights I just used a heat gun and worked around the lights bit by bit

i used halfords satin black , it always chips back to the stainless not the primer,so was just going to get it powder coated when i get the wheels done

the Lights look fantastic mate will defo be doing the detango.

I have used plastidip before
the grill looks good with it so I might give that a try :thumb:

There is your problem right there mate

even tho you used a etched primer which sticks to metal very well
you used halfords spray paints which are extremely diluted with thinners they are totally garbage and I spray a lot of things and there is a massive difference between halfords spray paint to getting paints from a specialist company.

also when you have left the painted item to flash over you need to spray a clear coat " lacquer " on it to give it a good layer of protection

not any old clear coat either like the halfords range
but a 2k clear coat which needs to be mixed before pouring into the spraygun and once dried its the hardest wearing lacquer you can get.

it will still get chipped with stones on the road but it will be a hell of a lot more durable than the materials you used buddy.

here is a couple of things I have sprayed.

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0be83172.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5116bdc1.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...ps66e5d274.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...psbdfaa495.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8c5f0173.jpg

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...psad1f7e8c.jpg

also I find I get a better finish using these over spray tins
but from time to time I still use a spray tin from time to time

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8ebb2e0e.jpg

I use the mini gun like in the pic and get great results, my mate even done his wheels with it and he was well impressed, I use to work for a classic and Motorsport car restoration place awhile back so I could mix my own paint etc

It's the only way to get great results and good gloss finishes using a spray gun, don't get me wrong a rattle can be ok on small parts but for best results the spray gun is king