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Old 02-07-2008, 04:56 PM
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Hey I have been looking to paint my lowers, but every where I go they say that they can't paint it because its plastic. But that is BS cuz I know people do it. And some places said that they could paint it but it would crack. Besides painting it myself cuz I'm just not familiar with that kinda stuff, what can I do?
 
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Old 02-07-2008, 05:24 PM
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Well, so if the options are either do it yourself or have someone else do it and you can't get anyone else to do it that pretty much leaves you. I did mine myself and I'm not sure I'd ever held a spray paint can before. You can do it, the DIYs are very thorough and the job itself is not difficult.
 
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Old 02-07-2008, 05:30 PM
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all you gotta do is spray adhesion promoter first
 
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Old 02-07-2008, 07:52 PM
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but arent the unpainted lowers textured?
 
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Old 02-07-2008, 08:23 PM
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but arent the unpainted lowers textured?
The front and rear valances are...but the DIYs address that (filler primer).
 
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Old 02-11-2008, 01:06 PM
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i did it look at my car!
 
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Old 02-11-2008, 01:26 PM
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i did it look at my car!
sounds good but the link in your sig doesnt work... was able to look up your photobucket user name, nufan20013, and saw it

looks good man. how did you do it? where di you get the paint? did you sand it down or fill it?
 
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Old 02-11-2008, 02:53 PM
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i got my lowers painted
 
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Old 02-11-2008, 05:57 PM
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i got my lowers painted
PICS!
 
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Old 02-11-2008, 06:30 PM
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Im trying to get my lowers painted too but I don't know of a good auto body shop to check out in my area. How much am i looking to spend here?
 


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