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How to paint side-skirt myself?

What do I need?

I want to paint them to match my car's color. (Taffeta White)

Please tell me how to do it.

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alright man, if you have the stock side skirts for a less than 99 civic, then you can't pait them. i was gonna do this too but if you notice your stock side skirts aren't glossy smooth, so the paint wont stick long. the first time someone kicks there feet off your paints going with it. ur gonna have to get the Si ones if you want them color matched.
 

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not true /\, if you look in my sig you'll notice my taffeta white sideskirts, they were custom painted, by me! many a friend has kicked them and the paint has stayed perfectly on the sideskirts.
they're not as glossy as the body of the car but they do just nicely.

here's what you need VTEC destiny:
i bought "white", that the color, just white, dupli-color auto spray paint in a can from checker autoparts and some white sandable primer and some clear coat auto spray (also dupli-color)

first off, take off the sideskirts and wash them VERY well, then dry then, then sand them down to make them as smooth as a baby's behind (haha)

next, spray the sandable primer on them, a couple of coats each to make them all white, not much black should come through the primer, then sand it again IN BETWEEN THE COATS OF PRIMER!

let them dry then spray about 5 or 6 coats of white paint on them waiting like 20-25 min. in between each coat, then LOAD on the clear coat.

let them dry overnight, then install them back on. they're kinda hard to keep clean cause it's not a professional job but they look GREAT! and after like 5 or so months mine still look GREAT! here's what they'll look like after you do it (granted these are old pics but they still look like this ;))



good luck
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most places will charge you 80 bucks to do them, so its a toss up

5 hours works / 80 bucks

some place was having a special, they took like 100 orders on a sunday and it was 50 bucks then next sunday you went to pick them up... weeks work.. but they filled those 100 slots VERY quick.. and it just looks nicer....
 

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GhostRider:

What sandpaper did you use?! What brand of spray paint??

ToDamnSlow:

Dude I live in Texas and the Honda dealer wanted to charge me $120 to supoosely fix and paint my Si front lip spoiler!...They suck! I am now in search of a shop who will do it for a decent price.
 
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