Re: Refinishing euro bumpers

["Corey Muscavitz" <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>]

my dad and i repainted my bumpers.  (my dad owns a body shop btw...)  what
we did to ge the texture back, is take some of that spray in bed liner (ya
know you can get it at parts stores, the 3m stuff works great, and make sure
you get the textured stuff..) then what we did is let that dry completely,
and then wet-sanded it down, but not all the way so it still left the deep
craters in it.  then we shot them with red. (to match the car)  then lightly
set-sanded and buffed to a nice shine.  they still look great after 2 years,
and the texture is a perfect match to the original.  even when a stealership
tech looked at it, he didn't know the difference!  welp, i hope this helps,
i didn't read the whole tread so don't get mad at me if i reapeated
something that has already been said.
HTH!
Corey
88 16v
----- Original Message -----
From: 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
To: Benjamin Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: Refinishing euro bumpers


> At 09:55 AM 3/8/01 , Benjamin Harder wrote:
>
> >1.) Spend the $$ and drop off your bumpers at the local paint shop and
they
> >  will (should) come back looking perfectly smooth and glossy.. mmmmm
>
> And I just dropped off my front bumper at such a place this morning, by
the
> way.  $265 to paint it.
>
> It's not cheap.
>
>
>
> >2.) Go to your local auto paint supplier and find a bumper primer and
paint in
> >a spray can.  I found that SEM makes a good product for bumpers
> >http://www.semproducts.com/
> >
> >  Since black is an easy color to match, I thought that I would try
option #2.
> >I bought 2 cans of primer and 2 of black paint...total cost of under $30.
>
> Bingo -- you can do yours yourself -- those of us with non-black cars have
> to pay. :)
>
>
> No comments about the $$ please guys... I know, it's expensive.  But it's
> the same body shop that did my full repaint in the fall and it's worth it
> to me because I know they'll get the color right (the last shop fucked it
> up, etc, and charged $250 for both bumpers).
>
> All I know is that this is the last part I need to _FINALLY_ get my car
> back together!  Picking it up tomorrow - I can't WAIT!
>
> Jason
>
>
>
>
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> 1993 BMW 325i
>
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