matty

This is probably a bad idea but this is actually a repaint as the previous painted it.

I need to match my FRP side skirts. Any one have a good idea as to what color is best to match?

ptrhahn

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What kind/color are your side skirts. I've never seen anyone have much luck painting the OEM lips and have it stay nice.

David Hayes

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Mine is painted glossy black to match the car. I had the 2 pieces molded together into one and then prepped and painted. Tough to keep looking nice though as the first hit on a curb stop will crack it.

ptrhahn

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You might could Plasti-Dip it. It might be reasonably flexible, and at least easy to touch up.

David Hayes

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^ That is a good idea. If it doesn't look good, you can just peel it off. Bet it work work though.

matty

they are FRP....i dont even know what that means. I guess time to google

matty

whats the finish like of plastidip. is it smooth? are there gloss characteristics? flat, satin, semi, high...etc?

David Hayes

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FRP is fiber reinforced plastic. It's like fiberglass but more flexible so it has some give to it. My Shine side skirts are FRP.

The plastidip comes in a bunch of colors. I did my racing helmet in a flat black. I think you can spray any color and then go back with a second "glossy" spray if you want gloss.

matty

is the finish smooth or crinkly.

David Hayes

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Somewhere in between, at least on my helmet. Sort of looks like the original finish on the 99 spec front lip.

I did the work about two years ago so don't know if the plastidip has changed since then.

matty

thanks for the feed back. I am going to try to remove the paint then clean up the lip. I will try that rubber restore back to black stuff first.

ptrhahn

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That back-to-black stuff doesn't last long... although Griot's has something that's supposedly more like a die than a surface treatment. That might be better. I ended up selling my beat up greying lip, and buying a brand new one and the net-out on it wasn't bad.

Billy7

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Plastidip is like a rubber coating. I wouldn't recommend white plastidip though. Tried it on my Subaru side skirts, got dirty really easily and it was a pain to clean.

Conclusion: Do not white plastidip on low areas

Snook

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Probably a bad move to paint it on anything but a show car or weekend car. If you did paint it, might be a good idea to only paint the top and have a cutoff line. That way when you scrape the bottom it doesn't have a place that starts peeling and will keep the top paint in one piece. Generally lips on a sports car are going to eat it eventually. If you lower the car or paint the lip you're increasing your chances by double.