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Old 03-22-2005, 08:36 AM
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Painting Front Bumper plastic Lip??????

My RX8 is going into the Body Shop today.. Once it is there I was thinking about having them paint the black plastic lip on the front bumper Silver to match my car...

I tried a search and could not find any pics or posts?

Will the paint hold or will it start to chip shorty after?

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If they prep the lip properly, the paint should hold. I always thought about doing that myself. I don't think anyone has done it though.
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Seen this done somewhere but can't find again, But it dose look good.
Old 03-23-2005, 04:18 AM
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Someone has done it over here too, on the Titanium, looked good and he hasn't had any problems - just looked for the pics but they've been archived from the UK OC forum.
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clean the lip (grease&wax remover), plastic prime it then apply paint/clear.
dont sand it if you want to keep the texture/pattern.
make sure to plastic prime it, so the paint will stay (unless stone chips/hit)

might do the rear one to match the whole look
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