» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM Yesterday 03:04 PM 7 Replies, 409,000 Views | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-28-2024 06:42 PM 1 Replies, 2,654 Views | | OMG!OMG! 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 0 Replies, 886 Views | | | | | | 08-03-2014, 11:24 PM | #1 | Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 50 | DIY Bumper re-paint My bumpers have really bad sun burn & road rash (front only!). Any good DIY way to repaint them? A good body shop will want a $1,000 shake down. It seems like anybody shop repair starts at a grand these days. My car color is silver & the PO had the car repainted professionally, but left off the bumpers. Must have been an insurance thing after fender bender. Stuart | | | 08-04-2014, 01:04 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | I went to Harbor Freight, bought an air compressor and a gravity feed, low pressure, paint gun and started painting. The equipment plus the paint and associated supplies should not run you over $300. Get some advice from the guy at the auto paint store and on the internet, take your time, and you should be fine. Good luck, John | | | 08-04-2014, 03:39 AM | #3 | Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 50 | Hang on a minute. My friend lent me on a long-term loan, his Fuji HVLP 3 sprayer. This sucker cost a grand new. It came with a bottom feed gun, but I can buy a gravity fed gun pretty cheap, I think. Thanks for jostling that memory! Stuart | | | 08-04-2014, 07:43 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 | For urethane bumpers, make sure you use an adhesion promoter and flex agent. __________________ 1995 318ti Base - Cosmosschwarz/Sandgrau R.I.P. 1997 318ti Active - Alpinweiß III/Sandgrau 2013 328i Coupe - Le Mans Blau | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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