Anyone painted stock matte black pieces to gloss black? Side skirts, chin...

[Aras]

Hey folks,

I'm contemplating painting all of the stock matte black parts to gloss black. Has anyone done it? There is front chin,fog light housings, front grills, side skirts and rear valance insert. Just wanted to see how it would look and also wanted to get an idea on how difficult it would be to remove those parts.

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[scoggy_doogan]

There would need to be quite a lot of prep work since those parts have texture to them. Getting a nice smooth finish before paint would be a lot of prep work.

 

[tlondon]

Juggernaut Power has a SEMA car in 2015 with the parts painted or at least what appeared to be the stock parts painted...

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showpost.php?p=908259&postcount=10

Here's some of the Fb photos

 

[jstump2490]

Juggernaut Power has a SEMA car in 2015 with the parts painted or at least what appeared to be the stock parts painted...

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showpost.php?p=908259&postcount=10

Here's some of the Fb photos

I was going to say that looks really good... but then I saw the back! :barf:

 

[Aras]

LOL that back

thanks for the pictures though [MENTION=8559]tlondon[/MENTION], looks pretty good.

 

[908ssp]

Mine were all painted DIB.

 

[Aras]

Looks super good bud! Was that a lot of work removing all those parts?

 

[Centurion07]

I did rip him about doing it but it turned out a lot better than I was expecting.

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1060567&postcount=361

Page 11 onwards of his thread has a few more pics/details.

 

[DarkSubRosa]

I think a downside would be that those parts usually take a lot of beating and that's part of where the texture is nice because it doesn't chip like paint. It doesn't look bad though.

 

[Centurion07]

[MENTION=8211]stevec[/MENTION]

 

[stevec]

[MENTION=8211]stevec[/MENTION]

Yep, and more than pleased with the result. Over 16.000 miles since I had it done and very few stone chips

 

[Elvis66]

Looks really nice !!I'm having all my black plastic parts hydro dipped black carbon fiber and they come out extra shiny.

 

[Aras]

[MENTION=8211]stevec[/MENTION] looks great!!

Is it possible to wrap those parts in gloss black or is painting them the only option here?

 

[stevec]

[MENTION=8211]stevec[/MENTION] looks great!!

Is it possible to wrap those parts in gloss black or is painting them the only option here?

I honestly dont know. I would imagine you would have to do much of the prep required for painting even if you wrap them. I just wanted to go the paint route soI never looked in to wrapping.:cheers:

 

[Monty]

@stevec looks great!!

Is it possible to wrap those parts in gloss black or is painting them the only option here?

Apparently you can't wrap untreated plastic. I think it might be because the wrap doesn't stick?

For those that have painted, did you use normal paint or is there a 'special' (more durable) type that's better to use? The gloss trim on factory painted cars (e.g. Fusion/Mondeo) appears slightly different to regular gloss black paint?

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