Preping, painting and attaching BRE front spoiler

[landmizzle]

Hi all,

My Christmas gift that my wife gave me finally came in from MSA; a BRE front spoiler.

So I'm wondering what is the best way to prep, paint, and fit it. I've never dealt with fiberglass body parts so this is completely new to me. I'm assuming that I'll want to trail fit it first and drill the necesary hole first before prep and paint but, that's about as much as I know.

I do have the "240Z tune-up" video from Ztherapy and I believe in the later half he discusses fiberglass body panels but I've yet to get that far in the video.

Any suggestions?

Best Regards,

Landmizzle '72 240Z

[EScanlon]

Painting Fibreglass is basically the same as painting sheet metal except for ONE item.

That is the use of a SEALER. Whether Sealer alone or Sealer/ Primer.

The Sealer ensures that the fiberglass resin is sealed and does not continue to "bleed" causing problems with the paint.

Enrique

[landmizzle]

Hi all,

Just in case anyone is interested....I painted my BRE spoiler and installed it and really like the results. The spoiler is the one you can order from MSA. It came gel coated and I applied several coats of primer and sanded it down with 1000 and then 2000 grit. I then applied three spray cans worth of burnt orange (#918) that I obtained from www.paintscratch.com .This ended up being about 8 misting coats of paint. After about each 2 misty coats I again wet sanded down using 1000 and 2000 grit paper. After the final coat, another repeat of the 1000 and 2000 paper, followed by rubbing compoud and then polishing compound.

The results can be seen in my gallery. BTW, the paint from Paintscratch is a very very close match and is supposed to be of the same type as the original paint. Since this was on fiberglass I had them add a flexing compound to the paint. The paint is not particularly cheap when ordered in spray cans, but it seems to be of high quality. If you would like, you can order the paint in quart cans (or larger) so that you can spray it via a real paint gun.

Best Regards,

Landmizzle '72 240Z