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Paint my own spoiler and hood as practice?

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BlueOvalStangGT

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Since my car is basically stock on the outside except for the rims i think im going invest in a hood and a spoiler. Not to far from my house theres a place you can rent out, its like 50 bucks to paint your car. You get everything you need to paint your car except the paint itself. Since i cant afford a paint job iwas going to do that and have my freind who already painted his car there help me. His car came out real nice and hes going to paint another one of my freinds car there pretty soon so im confident the paint would look fine. I was thinking, maybe i should rent out that place and just paint my hood and spoiler there as practice. Then once i save up a little more for side skirts and a front bumper i can paint my whole car. Think thats a good idea? My hood is already darker then one side of my car from the owner before but you cant tell unless your in the right light(dawn/dusk) so i think if i dont get the paint exact it will be ok? What do you guys think? Also, lets say i got the saleen heat extractor hood, would it be possible to fill the stock vents with bondo or something? same with if i got the saleen bumper, could i fill in those lil vents on the side?
 

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well, thats a gamble seeing how you arent trained to paint. but if you feel you can do it yourself, make sure you are prepared if you F it up.
 

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I paint as a hobby and I still f it up. Painting is hard but if you prep it right the steps are easy. You'll have to learn how to paint and prep. The supplies aren't cheap either.
 

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I'm sure theres an old POS car somewhere around where you live to take the hood or something else off of it and practice on that. Spraying the basecoat was easy for me, but I didnt mess with the clear. I say go to a junk yard and get an old beat up piece to practice on before you try it on your car.
 

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also what color is your car, some colors (metallics) are a lot harder to match up if their not done all at once
 

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my car is black
 

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are these stock parts you are painting or aftermarket? bc painting fiberglass parts black is a huge PAIN IN THE ASS! i used to take autobody and i did it. painting is the lesser of the trouble, its more so the clear coat.
 

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i wanted to paint a aftermarket hood and a aftermarket spoiler and then when i get the funds for a front bumper and side skirts pait the whole car, including the hood and wing again.
 

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i dont think youll want to do those things yourself. ive had a couple of encounters with black and fiberglass, and i was getting mad!! but, if funding is short, then have at it.
 

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the guy i bought my 95 from painted the hood, wing and bumper himself and it looks really bad.
 

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yeah, i had to have my teacher help me out because he is ICAR certified. he knows what he is doing!
 
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