Well I decided to paint my front bumper like some of the people here already have. I used Walmart ColorPalace Silver Aluminum spray paint.

I first washed my front end a little...its pretty obvious from the other pics the rest of my car isnt washed

At first I wanted to paint the middle section just like chikai, but decided not to after i started masking, because masking is a BIATCH! I'm impatient, which is probably why I screwed up so bad on the rest of the it.

Also, I took both my M6s out, one just died after 5 months of use, both swelled up and I had to break them inside the housing, so that sucks...maybe I'll go to piaas next.

After masking as best I could, I started to spray, needless to say, I screwed up bad and didnt mask as much as I should have!! I got silver spray paint all over my car, and on the lower grill also! I missed plenty of spots around the edge also!

On the main area I sprayed a little too much and it started to run, so i tried to smooth it out, but that just made it worse! So I just sprayed over it some more, which isnt as bad as before, but still looks like crap.

Here's the pics, the quality isnt great, and I did not want to zoom in on the mistakes :P
It's a bit dark and hard to see, but I tried to make it a little more "Aggressive" and made small triangles that point toward the middle from the lights.



i'll most likely redo all of it with some better masking. Good thing I had some Klasse handy to get rid of the unwanted paint on the car! Its only 1coat too, btw. I got sick of all my screwups so I stopped after 1 coat.

make me feel better and reply with "hey that doesnt look too bad..."

 

fark! the pics wont show... gimme a sec

 

fark...

we can't diagnose the problem if we can't see the pic...

I'd like to see these small triangles you made.

 

Don't worry dude. It doesn't look bad.
Then again, I can't see the pix yet...
Anyway, it's nothing you can't fix with a little time and energy.

I'm curious about the small triangles too.

 

the small triangles are hard to see, but i'll take a close up picture later

 

and i'll take more close up pictures of everywhere i screwed up, which is like, everywhere.

anyone know anything that will remove lots of spray paint fast? but wont remove our regular paint?
klasse does the job, but i would like a cheaper alternative

 

paint thinner will remove it easily. just have a bunch of paper towels (and latex gloves) handy and stay off the factory paint as much as possible. it won't hurt your factory paint if you are semi careful. i always use the automotive type thinner, you should be able to get it for around $10 gal. at your local autoparts or autobody supply store, ask for wash thinner.

and when you paint again, take your time and do it right. it's a good idea to lightly scuff the area w/ a (grey) scotchbright pad before painting. you can get this when you get the thinner.

and most importantly, 3 light even coats > 1 or 2 heavy drippy coats. good luck.

 

just drive real fast so nobody can get a good look at the mistakes.