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Originally posted by SVT:
I think for me, I wanted to paint them because I didn't like the fake plastic carbon looking stuff. Plus more people are curious about the car since I painted them black. My brother is looking for a car and we went to a toyota dealer to look at a used Maxima. Out of the corner of my eye and from across the lot I saw three salesmen walking around the car and talking amoungst themselves. As we were leaving, one of them came runnning up and asked what kind of car it was and wanted to know if I was trading it in. I liked the black because it looked a little more subtle. T-red2000, thanks for the compliment. If you like the red, run with it, it's your car!
Same here sorta, I don't want others to know it was a contour. I've already badged mine a Mondeo in the rear.
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my car is debadged and now people say "wow what kinda taurus is that!?!" it really pisses me off 
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Originally posted by SVT:
I went to the local paint store and bought SEM "Honda black bumper paint". It is an exact match the surrounding finishes. It is a semi-gloss, hard but flexible paint meant to recoat the black trim strips on the fronts and rear of cars. I also used it to paint the rear chrome trim strip!
Oh, and I had the paint shop make up some high temp Toreador red paint for my calipers, front trim ring, and engine parts. Bought some expensize clearcoat and went to town. Heres a pic that should give you an idea of texture and color of the SEM honda black paint:
http://www.fototime.com/7E6D10430912606/orig.jpg
Hey, how hard is it to remove the chrome strip to repaint it? And what grit sandpaper did you use to remove the chrome, or did you use muriac acid? That black looks great. 
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Open the trunk, there are like 6 nuts that hold the rear license plate/reflector/chrome strip piece as a whole. Then I masked off the Ford emblem and rear relector/license plate panel. I used a 400 grit paper to scuff up the chrome before painting.
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Originally posted by SVT:
Open the trunk, there are like 6 nuts that hold the rear license plate/reflector/chrome strip piece as a whole. Then I masked off the Ford emblem and rear relector/license plate panel. I used a 400 grit paper to scuff up the chrome before painting.
Do you need to lay any plastic primer down first, or can you get away with just the paint?
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Originally posted by TommySVT:
Originally posted by SVT:
Open the trunk, there are like 6 nuts that hold the rear license plate/reflector/chrome strip piece as a whole. Then I masked off the Ford emblem and rear relector/license plate panel. I used a 400 grit paper to scuff up the chrome before painting.
Do you need to lay any plastic primer down first, or can you get away with just the paint?
You can get away with just paint. 
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Originally posted by SVT:
I went to the local paint store and bought SEM "Honda black bumper paint". It is an exact match the surrounding finishes. It is a semi-gloss, hard but flexible paint meant to recoat the black trim strips on the fronts and rear of cars. I also used it to paint the rear chrome trim strip!
What do you ask for at the dealer? "SEM black bumper paint"
or what? How much in what type of bottle? Spray or Can?
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i just painted my side sails and my chrome trunk thing yesterday.i went to autozone, got soe semi gloss spray paint and some clear coat, removed everything and taped it off, sanded it lightly. then did a few layers of paint, clear coat, then another layer of paint. looks like it came from the factory that way.
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I'm not too knowledgeable on painting. Why would you paint over clearcoat. Isn't clearcoat going to seal it?
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you dont have to paitn over the clearcoat. cause i liked the more flat looking black and the clearcoat made it look cheap and shiny.so i just painted it again so the protection is still their i guess, just my own personal preference
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