philip_pc
22-10-2008, 03:24 PM
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
Ive always liked the look of the type r styled cars how they dont have those black colored moulds on the side, looks hawt.....anyways had some spare time today and colored mine and thought id share it with other members of the forum just to show how easy it is, some motivation for you to get your ones painted too :thumbsup:
Aim: To Color match EK civic sideskirts
Required: Sandpaper (i used wet 600grit and 1200grit), cleaning cloth, plastic primer, matching car color paint, clear coat, working stands (optional)
Steps:
1). First step is to remove your sideskirts, on each side of the car there should be 3 screws under the skirt and another 3 just behind the front wheel holding the skirt in place. Remove all these screws and place them in a place you wont forget. So there should be 6 screws in total on each side, total of 12.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/screws.jpg
Once all screws are off, open your door, grab the skirt firmly and push towards the front of the car and they should pop off, there will be little clips still on the car, just jiggle them around to remove them cause you'll need them to secure the skirt again later. Do this to both sides and you'll have your sideskirts removed, easy peazy.
2). Next step is to use your 600grit sandpaper to sand down the skirt, you dont have to use wetsand of 600 but i just did in this case cause so yeah. the 600 will remove most of the larger uneven spots, dirt or grime buildup or so on.
3). Once done give them a good rinse and dry with the cloth, they should dry rather quickly (a good thing :angel:)
4). Your next step is to place them on your stands and prime them with plastic primer, i used K&H plastiprime that i got from autoban, actually i got all my spray cans from autoban.
5). Spray, wait to dry, sand with 1200(no water) just to remove any running or uneven sprays you may have accidentally made, dust off with another cloth (make sure you dust as much off as possible). Spray again and sand again untill you are satisfied with the result :angel:, from my memory i think i applied around 6-7 coats of primer with sanding in between every one, last step should be sanding, paint will go onto sanded primer surface (well this is what i did).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/primed.jpg
6). After all that is done, then spray your sideskirts with the matched color you purchased, shouldnt need to sand here unless you accidently have some running paint or something again, apply as many coats as you like till satisfaction :angel: i applied i think about 4-5 coats.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/color.jpg
7). All these layers should dry rather quickly (within 2minutes or so) as long as you dong spray too much on in one go. Next step is to spray the clear coat, now you want lotsa this hahaha to protect your paintwork, i sprayed about 3-4 pretty thick coats (thicker then the primer and paint at least).
8). Once all is complete, assemble your sideskirts back on the same way you took them off (affix those little clips you removed earlier on to the inside of the sideskirt and then just align them to the holes and push to pop them in) and viola you have your color matched sideskirts....SEXY AS
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/driverside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/passengerside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/frontshot.jpg
Other comments: Im planning on doing the upper moulds too later on but i think i'll do bit by bit and leave them for another day, going to do the mirrors too but not sure how to remove them on an EK, guess i'll just be using a while heap of tape and newspaper, if anyone knows how to remove the side mirrors on an EK id greatly appreciate it :angel:
Anyways thats enough of me, happy spraying fellow ozhonda people :thumbsup:
Side moulds have now been color matched too, pictures can be found on page 2 or on this link.
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100705&page=2
Ive always liked the look of the type r styled cars how they dont have those black colored moulds on the side, looks hawt.....anyways had some spare time today and colored mine and thought id share it with other members of the forum just to show how easy it is, some motivation for you to get your ones painted too :thumbsup:
Aim: To Color match EK civic sideskirts
Required: Sandpaper (i used wet 600grit and 1200grit), cleaning cloth, plastic primer, matching car color paint, clear coat, working stands (optional)
Steps:
1). First step is to remove your sideskirts, on each side of the car there should be 3 screws under the skirt and another 3 just behind the front wheel holding the skirt in place. Remove all these screws and place them in a place you wont forget. So there should be 6 screws in total on each side, total of 12.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/screws.jpg
Once all screws are off, open your door, grab the skirt firmly and push towards the front of the car and they should pop off, there will be little clips still on the car, just jiggle them around to remove them cause you'll need them to secure the skirt again later. Do this to both sides and you'll have your sideskirts removed, easy peazy.
2). Next step is to use your 600grit sandpaper to sand down the skirt, you dont have to use wetsand of 600 but i just did in this case cause so yeah. the 600 will remove most of the larger uneven spots, dirt or grime buildup or so on.
3). Once done give them a good rinse and dry with the cloth, they should dry rather quickly (a good thing :angel:)
4). Your next step is to place them on your stands and prime them with plastic primer, i used K&H plastiprime that i got from autoban, actually i got all my spray cans from autoban.
5). Spray, wait to dry, sand with 1200(no water) just to remove any running or uneven sprays you may have accidentally made, dust off with another cloth (make sure you dust as much off as possible). Spray again and sand again untill you are satisfied with the result :angel:, from my memory i think i applied around 6-7 coats of primer with sanding in between every one, last step should be sanding, paint will go onto sanded primer surface (well this is what i did).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/primed.jpg
6). After all that is done, then spray your sideskirts with the matched color you purchased, shouldnt need to sand here unless you accidently have some running paint or something again, apply as many coats as you like till satisfaction :angel: i applied i think about 4-5 coats.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/color.jpg
7). All these layers should dry rather quickly (within 2minutes or so) as long as you dong spray too much on in one go. Next step is to spray the clear coat, now you want lotsa this hahaha to protect your paintwork, i sprayed about 3-4 pretty thick coats (thicker then the primer and paint at least).
8). Once all is complete, assemble your sideskirts back on the same way you took them off (affix those little clips you removed earlier on to the inside of the sideskirt and then just align them to the holes and push to pop them in) and viola you have your color matched sideskirts....SEXY AS
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/driverside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/passengerside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/philip_pc/honda%20civic/frontshot.jpg
Other comments: Im planning on doing the upper moulds too later on but i think i'll do bit by bit and leave them for another day, going to do the mirrors too but not sure how to remove them on an EK, guess i'll just be using a while heap of tape and newspaper, if anyone knows how to remove the side mirrors on an EK id greatly appreciate it :angel:
Anyways thats enough of me, happy spraying fellow ozhonda people :thumbsup:
Side moulds have now been color matched too, pictures can be found on page 2 or on this link.
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100705&page=2