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Old 17 October 2015, 10:36 PM
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hi, as you may see from pic, I have some paintwork touch up needing behind grille area....especially there at the left of Subaru grille badge. Rest of car is mint and I know its not much...but I keep noticing it and its annoying. Any advice on what paint to buy to touch this up or hows best to fix this and would it be easy enough to do myself?
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Old 17 October 2015, 10:50 PM
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if you want perfection then get the whole front end resprayed , or at the very least the area affected.

I have just resprayed my E90 M3 rear bumper today

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do not use touch up paint as you will not be please with the results if you are a perfectionist !!

if you have the equipment to do the work ...........fine , if not you need to get the Pros to do it ,
I invested in some equipment to start off , now I spray all my cars (after much practice though and prepare to make mistakes ! ).

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It's just the matt black area behind the grille. If I just wanted to touch it up, how am I going to find a colour match? I don't want to be doing big areas not affected.
The mica black paintwork is immaculate...its just the matt black part behind grille.
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Paint it with hammerite,its only the power steering cooler pipe
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Yes what Thomas said.

I adjusted the brackets then lowered cooling pipes behind the bumper so it's hidden out the way.

Or you can remove it all together.
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Thomas and Sarg400...thank you very much.
I will paint it with Hammerite Matt black.
cheers lads
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