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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '97 XLT
Well spring has arrived, and in the month I have between graduation and "the real world" I will be working on my vehicle, as per usual. The last two afternoons I've spent doing touch up work and painting, etc.
First off, my bumpers, painted black 4 years ago, needed a bit of touching up. You can see from the below pictures that they had a few scratches and dings. I was going to just try to touch up those areas, but it looked too dark and shiny, so I had to mask off both bumpers and re-spray both entirely.
The paints. Bulldog prep spray and then SEM bumper coat with flex agent.
The finished product (it kinda looks like crap because they both got coated overnight with construction dust, but you get the idea.)
I also needed to touch up the fading trim next to the windows. Sprayed this 4 years ago, and it was just finally starting to bleach again. Please ignore the half naked man in the window.
Prepped by cleaning with alcohol and water, than masked it off
The paint:
Sprayed and finished:
Also, I painted some of my interior fans black:
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All of these things were very easy to do if you're mildly competent and have minimal trouble painting a room - it's very simple stuff. Figured I'd share for anyone who is considering doing this. Any questions, feel free to ask.
First off, my bumpers, painted black 4 years ago, needed a bit of touching up. You can see from the below pictures that they had a few scratches and dings. I was going to just try to touch up those areas, but it looked too dark and shiny, so I had to mask off both bumpers and re-spray both entirely.
The paints. Bulldog prep spray and then SEM bumper coat with flex agent.
The finished product (it kinda looks like crap because they both got coated overnight with construction dust, but you get the idea.)
I also needed to touch up the fading trim next to the windows. Sprayed this 4 years ago, and it was just finally starting to bleach again. Please ignore the half naked man in the window.
Prepped by cleaning with alcohol and water, than masked it off
The paint:
Sprayed and finished:
Also, I painted some of my interior fans black:
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All of these things were very easy to do if you're mildly competent and have minimal trouble painting a room - it's very simple stuff. Figured I'd share for anyone who is considering doing this. Any questions, feel free to ask.
lol jk man
