Colour Coding Side Mirrors

[adrenalinmotorsports]

Hey all,

I'm thinking of colour coding my side mirrors to match the rest of the starlet. I understand you need to sand them back, wipe them over with wax & grease remover, then prime them with a plastic primer, and then spray paint them, and then spray a top coat over the top.

But what Im stuck on is what grit grades of paper to use. If someone could shed some light onto how to colour code the mirrors, would be great

Thanks, Craig

[baz14062003]

alright mate,best thing to use to rub them down is a gray or a red scotchbrite pad,ul get them from a local paintshop supplier,personaly id just use a gray as red can be we bit ruff some times-

[scutch0]

yeah, scotchbrite is the best stuff to use, but i havent had alot of luck with plastic primer, so i normally use normal primer.

Rich.

[adrenalinmotorsports]

great

thanks heaps guys!

[scutch0]

no worries.

let us know how you get on!

[adrenalinmotorsports]

heya,

i finished the mirrors. they turned out pretty good! ;)

thanks guys for your help.

i couldnt find the right scotchbrite so i just used 1500 & 2000 wet & dry sandpaper.

Thanks again!

Craig

[scutch0]

no worries mate, lets see some pics!

Rich.

[adrenalinmotorsports]

Here they are ;)

[SiCaln]

very clean, are there any pics of your whole car?

[lobotomy]

Bloody aussies!!! height of summer this time of year eh?

Sorry but the sunny skies in the pics made me envious ;) Any pics of the whole car? or is it hush hush for now?

[starletno1fan]

it certainly does give your car that extra bite !!

[adrenalinmotorsports]

thanks for the comments!

yeh we are about 1/3rd of the way through summer now...getting pretty warm. even nights are getting pretty sticky. today is meant to be about 38-39ish degrees celcius (where I am anyways)

i do have plenty of photos of the whole car...but they are all about the 2mb each file...how wud i reduce the file size without loosing much of the quality???

cheers,

Craig

[whitestarlet]

turned out really well !!!

[lobotomy]

how wud i reduce the file size without loosing much of the quality???

You could use photoshop or the likes... or use a little program that I use often; Multiple Image Resizer. Then just upload them to somewhere like Imageshack -- Just noticed they have a feature now that will resize your images aswell (Bonus ;) )