Rattle Can Day - Front Lip
 

My front lip had a lot of rock chips so I decided to do the repair myself. It's not a professional job but much better than before. I could have done a better job of sanding away the chips, but it will have to wait for next time. I'm curious to see how well this holds up compared to the initial paint job done by the body shop. It was junk in my opinion.

I ordered Automotive Touchup brand paint in Nissan QAB (Pearl white). It's pretty good stuff!

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Hmmm which lip is that?

Carbon Signal V1. I really like it.

Just a heads up be prepared to have to clear coat it again after about a year. Their clear is terrible.

Ok. Thanks for the tip. I did put 4 coats on :-). Any suggestions on a different brand?

Good job Kzonts. That lip looks perfect. How are you enjoying that FI CBE?

Thanks! The exhaust is awesome. Sounds even better now with the ECUTEK tune. :happydance:

Thanks. You earned a REP :-)

I know that the pictures don't do it justice, but from what I can tell you did a good job with the rattle cans. I do recommend like others said, add another coat of clear. :tup:

you should really get a narrow roll of clear bra (amazon sells them) and just apply it over the very front of the lip where u got the most chips after the paint cures after 4-5 days.

also spot bondo dries in like minutes to fill ur chips. super easy to sand too to get that perfectly flat surface.

Thanks for all the great input everyone...

Came out great. I have been thinking of repainting my whole front bumper with that stuff + the 2k clear the DeliriousClam recommended... but I fear if the match is just the slightest bit off it may look bad for a whole panel like the bumper.

I hear ya.... My bumper has held up pretty well. Only a couple small blemishes thus far. And to be honest, the bumpers on the PW don't match the rest of the car perfectly. They are just a bit off.

You painted your whole bumper with this as well?

I did this and it came out awesome. Sadly I can't say accurately how well it held up because someone hit me in a parking lot a few months after painting it and I stripped it. It's still waiting for a repaint

Awesome.. It's cheap enough to give a go and I can always take it a pro if it comes out bad. I want to shave the front emblem pretty badly as well.

Did you wetsand the basecoat before clear? Can you even wetsand a metallic base? Maybe I need to learn a little more about painting before I put this on the list.

No. :-)

I didn't wetsand the base coat just the clear

Here's a couple better pics. I wet sanded and applied some Scratch-X to shine it up. I think it looks pretty good :tup:

I also ordered the 3M clear bra and another set of rattle cans for the next time.

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Great job! Looks great!

Thanks!

yah, looks cleaned up!

I attempted to apply clear paint protection film, but the spoiler has too many contours and curves for an amateur to get it right. Anyway, it looks awful but will leave it on until I can schedule a professional job. At least it will be protected for now.

My wife didn't mention they are scraping the highway on the route to work. That's why the damn thing looked like swiss cheese. And the construction will be ongoing for quite a while.
So... We found an alternate route for her last night. A toll road which literally leads right to the front entrance of the hospital where she works.

humm... im a bit worried how well the paint will remain on the bumper instead of the clearbra when u pull up to have the pro redo it. :ugh:

dogdamn.. u let ur wife drive ur car to work? im so glad i dont share cars with my wife. i mean my wife has no interest to drive my cars. :icon17: nor have any interest in cars. her car is so scratched up from daily use :shakes head:

Yeah. We'll see... I plan to clean it up some more and repaint anyway.

I travel quite a bit and take the SUV to the airport, so the wife drives the Z.

Exactly why I bought a manual. Nobody in my family knows how to drive it and the only people that can drive it I actually trust driving it

Mine is a manual. She knows how to drive it. Her father taught her long ago and we've had several vehicles with manual tranny's...

I seen this before but just in pics not in person. It did look like the pw bumpers are a shade or so off the rest of the car. I thought it was the angle of the pics or something that made it look like that