I was looking to add some more red accents to my Midnight Black exterior and came up with the idea of painting my scuttles red. I wasn't sure how it would look so I started first with Photoshop and I tinted the JCW Scuttles I had. I wasn't exactly convinced this was the way to go yet. After much thinking I decided to take apart the stock scuttle and see what I could do with it. I got the first one apart successfully, but broke the second one after getting a little cocky thinking I knew how to separate them now. This is how the ends looked I figured a thorough cleaning was needed, so I used some 91% alcohol I dipped the broken ends Using some LocTite...actually relabeled super glue. Put the Activator on first Gave it some time Carefully reassembled the pieces Ground the glue joints Then smoothed the seam with some Duplicolor putty Also roughened up the chrome a bit Then sprayed Primer over everything Looks great Used Krylon Gloss Paint in about 5 coats. Used Krylon Clear Coat Paint Lightly dusted using red paint first Added a new coat every 10 minutes Don't handle the parts for several days. I got impatient and wetsanded and buffed it and smudged the soft though seemingly dried paint. Had to repaint it a couple of times. Handle the parts too soon and you risk this So I sanded the bad parts down and resprayed All finished!
Thats a great looking clubbie ! The hood scoop looks awesome there, and you sound like me when it comes to painting. I learned my leason, and now i have a "professional" do it lol.
Thanks everybody!!! Thinking of doing this to my steering wheel (this is my old wheel..I've got a JCW wheel now) next! Taking apart the MFSW assembly is very delicate though. I did it on my first gen, and broke one before I figured it out.
Well it's a 1 or 2 footer for sure, lol. I did my best but the problem began when I removed the masking. I couldn't handle the pieces when the paint was wet because I kept smudging it, so I couldn't remove the mask, and once it dried, removing the mask required me to cut with an Xacto to free it...so I just did my best. Maybe next time I'd use some frisket or an easier to remove mask.
Custom painted Edgeracing Flik Bullets. See how I made them here. All available sizes | Stripped Flik Bullets | Flickr - Photo Sharing! When I first got them they looked great A year later Stripped them down to this and you can see the rest cause I'm really off topic already, lol. All available sizes | Stripped Flik Bullets | Flickr - Photo Sharing!