Painting Plastic side.

[thanh]

Hey guys.. does anyone know how to take off the black side plastic off of a Honda Civic Coupe?? I want to paint it but dont know how to. If not any other suggestions on how to do it.

Thanks :confused:

[Eclipsor]

you mean the bit thats sort of half way up the door? On an eg there are clips on the inside that you can get to by taking off the inner door lining. And there is one nut at the end. The hatch then has two more bits that you have to get to by removing the rear inner lining and by removing the front wheel arch lining. Not sure if your car is similar. I just looked at a service manual. Let me know if you want more details or a better explanation.

[|N|]

yea as Eclipsor said.. u have to take out the door trim ...and unclip them from the inside.. or u can do it the dodgy way.... cover up the surroundings with newspaper and maskin tape.... and just spray paint them ...

[CONAN]

ohh yeahhh

[UW15HN]

how much does this cost to paint from the smash repaireres or anyone?

[VTC-8OY]

roughly $150-250? i'd say to paint...

[zco]

if your talking about the door guards.. like the black strip that runs horizontally across the middle of your door.. then SEARCH IT . its been covered. search for Colour coding. if not, then i have no idea what the hell you guys are talking about. lol

[dudeling7]

Does anyone know if you can buy honda car paint from dealers that come in spray cans??

[UW15HN]

Does anyone know if you can buy honda car paint from dealers that come in spray cans??

you can get colour sticks.. they look like lip stick..

i got one for $30 from honda.. its just used to touch up small scratches on the car..

its good cos its the exact colour of the car..

[thanh]

Hey Eclipsor, yeh it is that black piece on the side of the door! Would it be alright if you could send me a more detailed information about taking it off please since you got the service manual...???

[thanh]

UW15HN - where i can get those colour sticks from??

[|N|]

UW15HN - where i can get those colour sticks from??

r u talkin abt the touch up paint???
i bought mine from honda for 15 bucks

[VTC-8OY]

differnt colours varies different prices

[MrThanh]

Does anyone know if you can buy honda car paint from dealers that come in spray cans??

you can get small tins of touch up paint from them, and automotive paint shops sell spray cans that you can put the paint into, only downside is that its pretty expensive for teh spraycan and propellant. you would also need clearcoat if you wanted it to match the OEM colour more.

it is probably cheaper for the automotive paint shop to mix up your car's colour using the paint code as opposed to getting the touch up tin though. pretty much all 2K paints are about the same price.

if you're painting something that has previously not been painted, you would have to prep the surface very carefully too. if its a fairly small job and you're only going to do it once, probably best to get a smash repairer to do it for you since its not worth buying all the stuff to DIY.

[kvad]

I was looking for the same thing last night. Came across this - http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=489625

[jackosimm]

as most ppl have said, there just clips:thumbsup: and its a good look paintin them too mate, good idea

[**Ghost**]

yes it is a good idea but cna i suggest that u dont do it yourself?

I looked into diy myself a while ago and found that

1. The plastic moulds do NOT click in property once u have clicked them out...
2. Even though u are getting paint to ur color code, it wont have the same color once u spray it on... or rather the same finish...now considering that the moulds play a major part of your car's visual %... do u really want that?
3. Costs...

2 cans of spray = 30 dollars
1 can of primer = 10
2 cans of clear coat = 20

thats 60 bucks already... now factor in

SANDPAPER... another 10 bucks...

70 dollars... plus time...elbow grease and the certainty it would look far from the result you want...compared to 150 to get it done professionally

[armak81]

if you have used amourall or any silicone based products on plastics thorough preparation is a must.

[civ_sik]

yea clean them and paint them its not that hard but i recon remove them first

[civ_sik]

if you dont mind about the colour not been perfect you can get cans from 10 odd dollars

[UW15HN]

UW15HN - where i can get those colour sticks from??

i got it from the honda dealer..

yes its the touch up paint.. looks like this

http://img169.exs.cx/img169/7462/photo0013kr.jpg

[mj3610]

its alot of work, i had to take mine off a week ago to fix some rattling and now it rattles more with the system so i gotta sound-dent the whole door. once you take them off they dont clip in as well as they used to.