Hey, I have a 2002 A4 1.8T and I want to get my lower moldings painted. Does anybody here have an idea how much it will cost me. Also does anybody here who has done this have any pictures?

 

I did my front one last night in my dorm shower with spray paint. It actually turned out really nice, I will get pics asap.

 

haha thats awesome. What kind of spray paint did you use, did you sand and prime? I dont know if
I trust myself to do it but I guess if I do it and it comes out shitty I can alway bring it to a body shop.

 

Exactly, I was bored as hell so I decided to take a stab at it, I was going to repaint this summer when I get a paint gun but it actually turned out such a close match I may not repaint. I sanded for about 3 hrs (dont have an orbital sander) 120 to 220 to 320, then spray adhesion promoter (its basically a clear primer that helps the paint stick to the plastic), then building primer which I wet sanded down with 320 grit. Then I sprayed the duplicolor silver, waited 5 min, sprayed again, waited 20 min, then sprayed 3 coats of clear, and let dry. It took about 5 hrs including beer brakes, and soaking the shower with paint thinner afterwards. I'll get pics asap

 

Also, are they easy to take off. I haven't really looked at that yet

 

The front was, I heard the back isn't and I am not sure about the side mouldings yet. I probably wouldn't paint the side moldings with a rattle can because they needa lot of flex agent.

 

lets see the pics, my car is the pearl white, any idea what spray type to use