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TRELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ITS MY FIRST TIME DOING ANY THING PLASTIC















THE LITTLE WHITE SPOTS ARE JUST DUST BEING PICKED UP BY THE FLASH
 

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Hope you used adhesion promoter on the plastic, and scrubbed it down with soap and water or degreaser beforehand, and scuffing it up a bit helps adhesion too.
 

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If you want an honest opinion/constructive critisism, I dont think it looks all that great. Reason being, it is very obvious that you painted them, where as the more stealth the paint job is/the more factory it looks, the better the end result will be.

I know all too well how difficult it is to get clean lines between two colors. I had to paint my dash bezel when I fab'd in an LCD, and trying to keep the line between the black and the tan straight and factory looking was nearly impossible. Im no pro, but I would reccomend getting some really good pin striping tape or a very thin flexible tape if you cant find the actual pin striping style. Paint away from the tape, so when you spray the black make sure your shooting away from the grey at an angle so that the paint isnt spraying directly under your tape lines. Thats all I got for ya, good luck!
 

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Its definately a tough piece to work with. Masking has to be perfect in order for the painted portion to come out flawless.

Overall I'd say it was an ok job. If your happy with it, thats all that matters.
 

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Paint looks ok but the tape lines are pretty bad. When you tape something off like that, try pushing down the edge of the tape with a credit card or something to make sure the paint doesn't seep underneath it. Also, avoid overlaping the tape anywhere on edges/corners like in your second pic at the bottom right.
 

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Its definately a tough piece to work with. Masking has to be perfect in order for the painted portion to come out flawless.

Overall I'd say it was an ok job. If your happy with it, thats all that matters.
thanks. honestly the passenger side im not to happy with but the driver side i am very happy with the way it turned out. i know in the pics it looks like theres paint in the little craks but there is none i think its just the shadow from the flash
 
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