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mfpmax
06-25-2002, 07:19 PM
They are grey and other colors...already painted my taillights, mirrors, sail panels. Now to do the front end.

What should I do, take the lights out and mask off what I need to?
Take the whole front end off and paint?
Screw it and wait till I get the whole front end repainted?
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Sharpei01
06-26-2002, 04:54 AM
take everything you can off the car while you have the rest of the car painted.. the put it back on afterwards
mfpmax
06-26-2002, 01:24 PM
take everything you can off the car while you have the rest of the car painted.. the put it back on afterwards

Well I'm just working on updating the grey areas...the rest of the body won't be painted at the moment.
mitymerc
06-27-2002, 10:22 PM
are the buckets part of the bumper skin? or are they inserts?
if you can't take em out, get lots of tape & paper behind & around them before you paint, if you can take them out, it's no prob.......
ViRuS
06-27-2002, 11:03 PM
no, the inserts are not removable, if they were it would be so much simpler. ok, when I painted them on my 86 4 cyl notch, I just taped everything up and painted, it came out good and was pretty simple. I did remove the headlights, btw.
mfpmax
06-28-2002, 12:33 AM
Yeah, they don't come out...out of all the parts I want to paint, they don't come off or out easily :D

Soon as it stops raining here and I get some paint, i'll do it.
06-28-2002, 12:57 AM
you might want to look for a local guy that does touch up's for used car lots, it is amaizing what they can do in an afternoon, and PAINT IT BLACK!!! *singing poorly* I see a red door and I want to paint it black.....
mfpmax
06-28-2002, 01:03 PM
you might want to look for a local guy that does touch up's for used car lots, it is amaizing what they can do in an afternoon, and PAINT IT BLACK!!! *singing poorly* I see a red door and I want to paint it black.....

My uncle would be that guy...but thats why i'm doing it. The body was supposed have been repainted in a similar blue...several months ago...it hasn't .