RE-PAINTING LOWER BLACK SILL ON NA

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Postby zoomzoom » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:01 pm

kula wrote:im repainting my car soon and tossing up black or white sils.

i will be doing the a-pillar black for sure tho...

sill ill just have to photoshop it..

i like the look of the black, but it makes the car look a lot higher than it is...


Go colour matched sills for sure in my opinion. I got mine done and I think it looks great, stops it lookin like a fourby.

A couple crappy pics of mine off my camera phone

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Postby qikshift » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:47 am

nice one zoomzoom, how much did that set you back if you don't me asking?

zoomzoom wrote:
kula wrote:im repainting my car soon and tossing up black or white sils.

i will be doing the a-pillar black for sure tho...

sill ill just have to photoshop it..

i like the look of the black, but it makes the car look a lot higher than it is...


Go colour matched sills for sure in my opinion. I got mine done and I think it looks great, stops it lookin like a fourby.

A couple crappy pics of mine off my camera phone

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Postby zoomzoom » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:28 am

Well I got this done with a couple other bits. I got under the brake master done where the previous owner didnt clean it when it leaked, a spot of rust where the sill plate chipped the paint, touch up all the spots and chips on the car, full buff, as well as the sills and up to the body line painted and stoneguarded for $500 (he looked after me pretty well)

Poor guy had to strip and redo both sides after the stoneguard he used the first time rippled and didn't dry properly. So he did it again for no charge.

qikshift

Postby qikshift » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:37 pm

nice one!! sounds very reasonable!

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Postby Ajay » Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:50 pm

Hey Guys..

just wanted to show you how they turned out... dad painted them today... came up quite good..

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Cheers
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Postby Jimmy » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:12 pm

Lookin good Ajay 8)

So what did you end up using? Cans?
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Postby Ajay » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:20 pm

yeah i did end up using the semi gloss cans.. it was a good oppurtunity to repaint my wipers too.. they were a bit faded.. came up really good.. heaps better than how they were before..
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Postby qikshift » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:31 pm

nice and clean! good work

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Postby sabretooth » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:10 pm

That paint job turned out nicely, though:
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I also think that body-coloured is the way to go. It stops MX-5s looking like they're 2ft off of the ground.


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