BluFalcon
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Wasn't exactly sure where to put this, since it isn't GVR-4 related, but I figured someone on here has practical experience with this and it can be applied to GVR-4 bumper covers as well.
I have a set of 97-98 Talon front/rear bumper covers I'd like to get repainted, but need some advice on how to go about prepping them. I'd like to prep them or get them as close to being ready to spray, to try and cut down on the cost of getting them painted. Both bumper covers were repainted before at one time and the paint is cracking in places, and there is some damage on the front cover that might need to be addressed. Both bumpers are currently black, and the final color will be silver.
Front: Originally black, but was resprayed in the same color. Paint is cracking in several spots, and the bumper looks to have been previously repaired at some point. There are also two holes drilled in the front of the cover for a license plate bracket, that will need to be filled. The cover also features the infamous large recessed area near the nose, with the Eagle logo badge. The badge MIGHT be able to be removed and reused, but will more than likely be destroyed during removal. Saving the badge would be ideal, as they're no longer in production, but still available at a premium.
Rear: Originally metallic green, but resprayed black. Black paint is cracking heavily, and there are some bondo marks present on the cover where some repairs were covered.
So what would be the best course of action? Start sanding the old paint off to remove the resprayed paint and expose the base paint? Do it by hand or get a powered sander? What grit of paper to use? How do you plug the holes? I'm not above a little manual labor if it winds up saving me some cash, just need a little direction. The covers are going a 97 Spyder I just picked up as a DD, so it doesn't need to be perfect. I'd just like it to look semi decent and without having huge chunks of paint cracking off of it everytime someone looks at it funny.
I have a set of 97-98 Talon front/rear bumper covers I'd like to get repainted, but need some advice on how to go about prepping them. I'd like to prep them or get them as close to being ready to spray, to try and cut down on the cost of getting them painted. Both bumper covers were repainted before at one time and the paint is cracking in places, and there is some damage on the front cover that might need to be addressed. Both bumpers are currently black, and the final color will be silver.
Front: Originally black, but was resprayed in the same color. Paint is cracking in several spots, and the bumper looks to have been previously repaired at some point. There are also two holes drilled in the front of the cover for a license plate bracket, that will need to be filled. The cover also features the infamous large recessed area near the nose, with the Eagle logo badge. The badge MIGHT be able to be removed and reused, but will more than likely be destroyed during removal. Saving the badge would be ideal, as they're no longer in production, but still available at a premium.
Rear: Originally metallic green, but resprayed black. Black paint is cracking heavily, and there are some bondo marks present on the cover where some repairs were covered.
So what would be the best course of action? Start sanding the old paint off to remove the resprayed paint and expose the base paint? Do it by hand or get a powered sander? What grit of paper to use? How do you plug the holes? I'm not above a little manual labor if it winds up saving me some cash, just need a little direction. The covers are going a 97 Spyder I just picked up as a DD, so it doesn't need to be perfect. I'd just like it to look semi decent and without having huge chunks of paint cracking off of it everytime someone looks at it funny.