painted my own bumper

[siguy]

Originally Posted by GrandmasterCow

same happened to me. they never prepped/sanded/primered my bumper when i had it replaced a few yrs back and its massively peeling after being bumped.

if they did not prep your bumper right then it should in theroy be easyer to remove the paint when sanding...

What they did with my bumper was just rough up the paint that was bad already and spray directly over it which was sure a ****y way to do it (well on a bumper) becasue not only did it peal and fade but cracked which left an uneven surface thats why i had to sand the bumper down so much and prime and sand servarly times before i could seal the bumper to get a nice and even surface to paint.

Check out the video of the car you can really see how messed up the surface was campared to what you are dealing with on your car


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6rbjmW2Xn8

[Lt1_8U]

Originally Posted by siguy

I removed the bird because it was painted over twice.

I used a Heat Gun and a razor which did the trick ...

nice! it looks a lot cleaner without it IMO again, looks awesome man. It gets me motivated to do mine lol

[sweetbmxrider]

that came out sooooo good! i really like it without the bird too. definitely a nice whip you have there

[siguy]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

that came out sooooo good! i really like it without the bird too. definitely a nice whip you have there

thank you..

Originally Posted by 69Novaguy

nice! it looks a lot cleaner without it IMO again, looks awesome man. It gets me motivated to do mine lol

yeah it took me a while to get motivated also but it was the 500 plus bill from the body shop that lit the spark to see if i can do it cheaper lol total bill with sand paper and paint + beer about $147.00

[chrisfrom nj]

looks great

[Pampered-Z]

Nice job Jim!

[siguy]

Originally Posted by Pampered-Z

Nice job Jim!

thx when are we have a meet again lol