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I recently bought an aero front bumper and realized that the flare/wheel arch part of the bumper has a primered finish and not plastic trim like the rest of the car. I realize that there are a few threads on NAM about this but they aren't exactly what I'm looking for. I'm just wondering what people have used to match the color and texture of the plastic molding? Is there a tried and true product to accomplish this? I know that the special mini structure paint isn't imported to the US, but does anyone know what the body shops that work for mini dealers use?
Any info will be greatly appreciated
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'02 R53 - - 15% S/C pulley, Steigmeier rebuilt s/c, Alta CAI, Volt Cat-back exhaust, M7 Front Strut Bar, Custom Rear Strut Bar, Montegi SP10s
PM orangecrush - he's a body shop guy and has done MINI work - may be able to help. I know my paint guy did mine and it turned out OK - not perfect, but good enough. Used some kind of texture additive in a flat black trim paint. I've touched it up with flat black trim paint from a rattle can and it looks fine.
Added Aero kit in December - And recently did some of mine with plasti-dip.
Allow 30 mins between coats, AND don't do it in direct sunlight !...
About 4 coats.......This stuff leaves slight texture and looks OEM....and so far so good, no chips or pealing either....
Just be sure to clean the cars paint surface area well with dishwashing liquid soap/water, and then alchohol prep wipes or rubbing alchohol. I didnt do the whole areas of the lower side skirts or the rear, just sort of "flared" the bottom. Here is pic of one rear fender part done....I ran like that for a while to make sure it would hold up, It did. I painted the rest of the pieces with Plasti dip the other day.
Ask some of your local car dealer if they use Dr Vinyl for their restoration, any of their techs can take care of that with texture at a very reasonable cost.....
