£80 to Color Code Side Strips?

[Middo]

i did my own sidestrips, really wasnt easy though, as i said to kully you ideally need highbuild primer to get it smooth, or you'll be sanding them for days like i was to get the smooth. Dont know if you can see on these pics but i smoothed the badges into the strip.

 

[f0xy]

nice.

so how many coats of primer? and using wet and dry to sand it down?

 

[al]

Think i'm going to do my own, plenty of primer, sanding, colour, sanding, laquer, sanding and polishing..........should be easy lol.

 

[f0xy]

yeah ive sanded down mine today, applied about 7 coats of primer and going to sand that back tommorow

 

[Middo]

Think i'm going to do my own, plenty of primer, sanding, colour, sanding, laquer, sanding and polishing..........should be easy lol.

easy lol! i'm speaking from experience when i say the plastic they use is bloody hard stuff, not as easy as you think to get the bumps out.

Foxy - use as many coats as you think, basically keep applying, leaving to dry then sanding and keep doing it till you feel its smooth.

 

[al]

Lol, I painted quite a bit on my old R5 and that was a right git to do, new stuff should be easy in comparison, I just need more patience to let things dry etc...