Colour coding (again!)

[RobFenn]

Sorry to keep asking about this..

When i spoke to my dad about c/cing he reckoned that because it was plastic it would need acrylic paint or something to stop it from flaking off and would cost loads.

Is he right and do you fellow new clio owners live in the knowledge that the paintwork wont last or is he speaking out of his arse and trying to put me off spending on unneccessary mods?

Cheers

-Rob

 

[Hippychick]

Rob what is c/cing ?

 

[RobFenn]

hints in the topic title mlove!

 

[Flying Scotsman]

As far as I know if they sand the texture off the plastic surface (cleans and keys surface) and use a good quality high build plastic primer, they can put standard metallic arcrylic basecoat and laqueur on the top. Paint flaking is purely down to poor adhesion of the primer / basecoat.

 

[Bryan]

pretty much as above

 

[RobFenn]

Thanks Neil, and can i take it a bodyshop would automatically think " oh its plastic i will do what neil just said" ? Or will they need tellin?!

-Rob

 

[Carlo]

hes trying to put u off, what dad doesnt?

 

[RobFenn]

Whoevers the son of Jimll fix it id expect

 

[Chris]

Rob go get it done!

car looks miles better with it!, get rid of the orrilbe black placky bits!

When i had mine done the guy knew he had to sand and prime all the plastics! but if you ask them how they do it becuase your interested then i am sure they wont mind?

Had mine done for about four months and no flaking or bubbling! use pressure washer to clean my car with aswell

 

[RobFenn]

Ok nice one Chris. Ill do it!

 

[ldelalpi]

how much would it cost to take it to a pro to get the wing mirrors done?