pghs2kid

Hey everyone, I purchased my current s2000 a little over a year ago now. For Christmas my girlfriend got me a OEM front lip. After waiting around for 10 months I finally decided to paint it Also when I purchased the car the rear bumper was missing clear coat only on the drivers side (odd) but figured this would be a good time to repair that too!

I purchased the paint from here

What I purchased was 2 cans of base coat (sebring silver)
2 cans of primer
2 cans of clearcoat
and a sandpaper package with wet sandpaper

The front lip went really well and not difficult at all.
The rear bumper I found to be pretty tricky. I sanded everything down, primed, sanded, painted, cleared, wetsanded, and buffed.
I think it turned out very well for not doing this very often!

I have a few rust spots i'd like to tackle next I will post when I do!

All in all with the paints available at the website I linked to it saves a ton of money to do it yourself. The rust repair im more skeptical on taking on myself, but the bumpers being plastic I wasn't very worried if I would have messed up

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jca24

Awesome job!

pghs2kid

Thanks! Their paint was a great match and affordable solution if you have the time to do it.

StocS2k

Around how much paint and clear for lip?

pghs2kid

A can of each will get the job done. Thats 3 coats primer, 2 coats base, and i got about 7 coats of clear out of a can

darcyw

I'd also recommend paint protection film. I repainted mine, did the dragon, and noticed my new paint looked like the milky way with all the new paint chips.

good work

darcy

StocS2k

okay thanks

jts09

I just found this thread. I know it's a bit old, but I am planning to refinish the bottom of my front bumper where a previous owner had scraped a curb or parking barrier. I had searched for a supplier of matching spray paint ('06 Suzuka Blue) and the link in your post helped a lot. Just ordered a can each of paint, primer & clear coat.

pghs2kid

Glad it could help! Everything i painted is still holding up 100%. Some people said in other threads that this paint is more 'temporary' but I firmly believe if you take all the necessary steps to apply it the right way it can be nearly as good as getting it done professionally.

I plan to start taking car of rust spots this winter. I will continue to post pictures when i start the process.

pghs2kid

4 years later and this stuff still surprisingly looks great, minus the obvious rock chips on the front lip.

I think if I were to do it again I would take the advice from above and put the protective film on the lip at least, however, I might be skeptical ever pulling the film off.