#39259, "blending panels and painting a kit myself"
im ordering a body kit (atleast a piece at a time) or doing a front conversion to 97-99 and wonder how hard would it be to paint them myself? i dont have a lot of experience but will start testing when it gets warmer outside and plan on painting my spoiler and interior so i figured id try to do the bumpers. i doubt i fool with blending but will it really be noticed anyway? a friend of mine has a civic and painted them and put them on himself and they seem a lil darker than the rest of his car but you cant really tell and i think he didnt take the time to scrape off the pre-painted darker color on it first . i dont care if they arent perfect, just as long as they look pretty good and save me a lot of money having a bodyshop overprice everything.
#39294, "RE: blending panels and painting a kit myself" In response to Reply # 2
You don't have to blend it. With those body lines, typically you would blend it in those sections anyway. The reason, I guess, that your friends' civic looked 2 different colors is b/c of the mix. It's very easy to mix paint and have it be the "wrong" color even though that's the paint code color. Ask whoever mixes the paint for you which conditions and types of paint will work best for you and exactly how to mix the chemicals together. Also, get a POS fender or something and practice and check your mix to be absolutely sure the shades and color will match. It's easy to check your work. Match the quality of your spray on your POS fender to a perfect section on your car.
#39299, "RE: blending panels and painting a kit myself" In response to Reply # 3
Well, I painted my sideskirts myself using regular krylon spray paint. The sideskirts actually match my car better than my back bumper which a body shop painted for me.
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. i dont care if they arent perfect, just as long as they look pretty good and save me a lot of money having a bodyshop overprice everything.