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ok...its been almost a week. today was my friday, so i have the next 2 days off. last sunday i primered my eyelids, and sanded them. the first pic is with the lids before the sanding to smooth the surface after i primered.
ok the yellow thing is the sanding sponge. its 320 fine grain. walmart like 4 bucks.
the primer and clear coat i got at lowes with a nose mask thats not in the pic. 13 bucks for all 3.
the special SSM paint was ordered the day i primered my lids. and it arrived 2 days ago. so it took only 3 days to deliver from conneticut or something.
the website is called AUTOLEVINE.COM its cheaper than paint scratch. it cost me 28.90 shipped. and the site is better too, just lettin folks know that there is a better deal out there.
anyway, the second pic.
these are the lids after sanding. i took about 1 hour on each one. just pretend to scrub a sink or tile or something. OCD helps lol. ok, it don't look like its smooth but they really are. there is a test i used just to make sure. i took my fingernail and ran it accross, if i felt a bump i kept sanding till it was smooth as can be. so tommorrow i will paint them and post pics of that. then clear coat them to try to show the shinniness. lol. hope this helps.
ok, the first pic is with the lids painted. and the second one is with the clear coat. its day and night. the first one looks a little rough, but the clearcoat really tightens it all up and smooths it all out.
i did 3 coats of paint, waiting one day for each coat to dry, and then 3 coats of clearcoat, also waiting like 12 hours between each coat. i waited just cause i wanted to make it perfect. and it paid off.
ok these are the mounting pics. i used mounting tape from scotch. when you mount them, align the top corner of the lid to the tip of the hood. pic added for that.
so this is what it looks like. yay!
Looks good buddy, now just get some of your touch up paint or the leftover paint from the lids and paint those washer nozzles to match the car. I did and the hood looks so much cleaner than if they were black. Or you can go pick up a set of painted ones from Honda for like $15 a piece. They give you the ones made for an Accord which come body colored. But they do fit. I just put a bunch of coats of touch up and they came out good.
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thats cool! great idea! i have touch up paint actually for the trunk area cause my gf slammed it, effin crap. anyway, ill try it. BTW your car looks SOOOO CLEAN!!! im almost jealous. we have the same ride. im debatin on gettin a RS grill and painting it SSM. should i paint it or leave it black? im so torn lol.
so, did you take the nozzles out first or what?
The nozzles come right out, you just unclip them from under the hood and pull them off of the clear hose.
I am not a fan of the RS grill just cause it has that RS label on it. My friend bought the Tsunami grill I think, it looks just like a stock grill with the middle line only no H emblem. I like the stock grill so it won't be going away.
But if you get the RS leave it black imo.
Funny you should mention clean, I just spent 5 hours the other day detailing the inside and outside of the car like crazy for the winter season up here. I also slapped on my bra cover to keep the paint clean and chip free.
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