painting the "sport" wing??
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painting the "sport" wing??
hey has anyone tried painting the sport wing or the areo flares??
reason i ask is i have a black s5 NA, and it needs a wing bad!! , i just picked up the s4 sport model spoiler and areo flares from a junk yard for 10 bucks , but they dont quite go right since s5 follows a single tone paint scheme
the sport wing is the "squishy" small wing that comes off the back of the car, do u think the paint would stick and look smooth if no one touched it??? or is the wing too rough to paint??
reason i ask is i have a black s5 NA, and it needs a wing bad!! , i just picked up the s4 sport model spoiler and areo flares from a junk yard for 10 bucks , but they dont quite go right since s5 follows a single tone paint scheme
the sport wing is the "squishy" small wing that comes off the back of the car, do u think the paint would stick and look smooth if no one touched it??? or is the wing too rough to paint??
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Originally Posted by kompressorlogic
hey has anyone tried painting the sport wing or the areo flares??
reason i ask is i have a black s5 NA, and it needs a wing bad!! , i just picked up the s4 sport model spoiler and areo flares from a junk yard for 10 bucks , but they dont quite go right since s5 follows a single tone paint scheme
the sport wing is the "squishy" small wing that comes off the back of the car, do u think the paint would stick and look smooth if no one touched it??? or is the wing too rough to paint??
reason i ask is i have a black s5 NA, and it needs a wing bad!! , i just picked up the s4 sport model spoiler and areo flares from a junk yard for 10 bucks , but they dont quite go right since s5 follows a single tone paint scheme
the sport wing is the "squishy" small wing that comes off the back of the car, do u think the paint would stick and look smooth if no one touched it??? or is the wing too rough to paint??
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I got my sport with the wing already kryloned, and yes it will crack and look like crap. I would stick with black. All the sportys areo pieces( rear wing back tire deflectors and front outer lip pieces)were black, no matter what color the car was. So black would be the stock look. BTW the sports had the lowest CD of ALL S4's with the areo package as described. It was .27 I belive! WOO HOO
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You need to talk to a professional car painter. There are specific paint types that can be used on flexible parts like that. I've seen cars that have wings like that painted from the factory.
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Originally Posted by NZConvertible
You need to talk to a professional car painter. There are specific paint types that can be used on flexible parts like that. I've seen cars that have wings like that painted from the factory.
I've never seen any in a form that you you can just pick up at an auto store though, you'll probably be betst off taking it to a body shop and just having that chunk painted if you can.
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Originally Posted by arghx
those things are hideous
**** that
**** that
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Side deflectors? I don't know man I've only had the car a month. The PO has done a lot of work and modifications on it.
BTW "Flex Additive" is only designed to give the paint additional flex during the first installation. The paint eventually hardens nearly the same. Although I am sure there is some way of doing it because Saturns LOVE to flex and their paint doesn't chip.
BTW "Flex Additive" is only designed to give the paint additional flex during the first installation. The paint eventually hardens nearly the same. Although I am sure there is some way of doing it because Saturns LOVE to flex and their paint doesn't chip.
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Originally Posted by IM [H]ard
who cares what it looks like. it's the only stock wing that is acctually functional. if i get the chance, i'll switch to it on my 91...
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Originally Posted by GodSquadMandrake
I don't see how it flexes, mine is pretty hard.
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Originally Posted by arghx
I don't know the drag characteristics of each stock wing, but I'm sure the 88 wing and the s5 wing aren't completely useless.
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Originally Posted by uRizen
Is the Saturn paint more of a gel coat since those panels are plastic/fiberglass?
what you may be able to do is to put down a gel-coat on it, then prime, then paint, then clear.. but it will most likely ultimately take away a lot of its flexbility, making it less useful for how it was designed, pushing your Cd back up into the .29/.30 area.. just like everyone else..
I'd still talk to a body shop guy, but that's the direction I would head...
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hmm well i didnt read any of your comments till i got home now.... i sanded the crap out of it, and got it all smooth and painted it with a can..... guess ill see in the morning how itlooks...
i have tseen those kinds of wings on 240sx and they are painted they will still spider crack if u squish them too much tho... hopefully the rattle can holds for a whil till i can get the whole car professionally painted.with a flex agent added...
i have tseen those kinds of wings on 240sx and they are painted they will still spider crack if u squish them too much tho... hopefully the rattle can holds for a whil till i can get the whole car professionally painted.with a flex agent added...