Paint query

Started by Lil-Steve, February 25, 2010, 12:32:40 PM

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Lil-Steve

After some local kids tried to destroy my car I now have one less wing mirror. I\'ve sourced a spare but it\'s the wrong colour, as my car is the beautiful factory white.
 
Now I\'m not to bad with a spanner on brakes, suspension, piston engines (not tried a rotary rebuild yet). However I am diabolically bad at bodywork and have no experince so I was going to try sanding it down and repainting myself. Does anyone know where I can get the approprite colour spray paint from (other than Mazda direct)?
 
If I do a job thats less than perfect I\'ll take it back to a bodyshop and get it done properly but I\'d like to fill out my car skills a bit more and have a go.
Lil-Steve is.... loving it when a plan comes together.

DR SCHNITZEL

I had a few blasts at trying to repray a headlight cover black, (was red) It took a few tries. The only way to get a decent finish was to spray the item in front of a fan heater and leave it to dry in the fan heaters blow for a few hours. Ended up with a great result.

DrDan

Quote from: Lil-Steve;674976Now I\'m not to bad with a spanner on brakes, suspension, piston engines (not tried a rotary rebuild yet). However I am diabolically bad at bodywork and have no experince so I was going to try sanding it down and repainting myself. Does anyone know where I can get the approprite colour spray paint from (other than Mazda direct)?

Try these guys: http://www.paints4u.com/ :Thumbsup!
They provided me with a rattle can of Silverstone, and it was by far the closest match that I could get :) Metallic silver is a nightmare to match properly, trust me!
 
DrDan.
Rex#2: Stock-ish 1999 Type R Innocent Blue http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?p=758132#post758132
Rex#1: Stock 1992 Type R Silver RX-7 FD3