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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bigegg on 26 October 2010, 12:52:34
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My silver pre-F/L MV6 came with black trim which a previous owner had painted silver (and not particularly well, to be honest) which is now peeling off in places.
I want to re-paint the trim (cos I don't like the black).
Is it just a matter of masking off, priming and painting?
Is there any sort of paints I should be avoiding - such as cellulose-based?
Or would I be better off sourcing some silver trim? Is there such a thing for pre-f'l omegas? Where could I get it?
Estate btw.
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I did this on my previous Mig and it worked quite well.
Ideally you need to get the remaining paint off first but starting a fresh, you need to clean the plastic down with a lot of white spirit first. Undercoat before spraying and laquer if at all possible.
I was advised that it would NOT work too well but I seemed to get away with it. That said, it was 2 years ago so I don't know what state it is in now.
Be aware also, that it costs a fortune in spray paint if you want to do a decent job. Heck knows why but I got through tons of cans.
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Get shut of the black trim altogether, find a facelift rear bumper and trim strips in the same colour and whack them on, then colour code the front bumper.
Makes a huge difference to the car !! will link to some pics of mine later on
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bumpers are already silver - irmscher ones I think.
pics here:-
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1265149842
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Nice motor! Think the bumpers are standard mate, didn't realise it was an estate but the F/lift rear slots onto the saloon so the estate may fit too. It' easy to change the sidestrips to facelift ones and yours will likely bend/unstick at some point. Keep your eyes peeled in the F/S section for some :y
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If you want to spray plastic trim you will need to spray on an adhesion promoter before painting. Or use a paint which has plasticiser in it. ;)