Rear surround painted--pics
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Don Guille
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it Looks Real Nice!!!
Did you do this Yourself? if So Good Job!
Did you do this Yourself? if So Good Job!
Haha...no, it was done by my friend at the Lincoln body shop. Sorry for the quality of the pics, it was taken with my Curve.
Don Guille
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Well He Did a great job. Your lucky your friend works for a Lincoln body shop. i'm guessing he didn't charge you? anyways around how much do ppl pay for this kind of job? i seen a few Ls here that have done it as well.
No, I wasn't charged for part or paint. Invoice on it was about $450.00. LSK might have it cheaper if you are interested.
Don Guille
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My Car is pearl white, so i dont think it would look nice with all white instead of chrome. but if i had a different color i would def. do this. does your friend get discounts on headlights or does he have any used in good condition dat he will be willing to sell? some stupid truck was trowing rocks and broke my passenger headlight.
Nah, he can't swing those. I tried to get some new headlights because the clear glossy coat is coming off the top of my headlights. They are $500.00 a headlight if they are HID's and I am not paying that.
Don Guille
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lol Tell Me about it, i went to kragen, and their all like $325 for one!! its craazy! i'm thinking of going to a pick-n-pull! hopefully i get lucky and the Ls they have was crashed anywere except the front!
NYC LS8
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This is how these cars SHOULD have come from the factory!!
I just sent mine back to get re-shot since the paint on it was bubbling. Can't wait to get that chrome crap off my car!!
I just sent mine back to get re-shot since the paint on it was bubbling. Can't wait to get that chrome crap off my car!!
I painted my rear surround myself when I did the WW kit.
Took it off the car and sanded it with 320 sandpaper and used a single stage 2k type shiny drying polyurethane from an auto paint supply.
Only took a few ounces of paint for the surround out of the quart I used for the WW kit.
Took it off the car and sanded it with 320 sandpaper and used a single stage 2k type shiny drying polyurethane from an auto paint supply.
Only took a few ounces of paint for the surround out of the quart I used for the WW kit.
HyeLifeLS
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Looks cool, mine is done too already and I love it.
Remove surround
I sanded with 320
Tape off the black plastic and everything not chrome.
Prime, sand lightly w 320 or higher
I used a 2k paint that doesn't need clear
because I was painting my WW kit too
and didn't want to do polishing of the clear.
I sanded with 320
Tape off the black plastic and everything not chrome.
Prime, sand lightly w 320 or higher
I used a 2k paint that doesn't need clear
because I was painting my WW kit too
and didn't want to do polishing of the clear.
NYC LS8
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Use etching primer on it definitely
TDUB
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I'm thinking about doing this on my pearl white LS any opinions?
NYC LS8
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Do it.
LongIslandLSE
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o natural
TDUB
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I'm going to do the rear surround and the grille to match the car.
lincoln00
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has anyone tried painting the chrome surround... its just plastic so i think you would just have to sand past the chrome
Yeah that's what a lot of members do. Check out the tech article from lskoncepts. Click on "license plate surround painting front":
http://www.lskoncepts.com/store/gallery.php
http://www.lskoncepts.com/store/gallery.php
fonsito
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ecarlcl
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Those look nice. I don't think it would look very good on a black car unless you did all the chrome.
Not to hijack the thread or anything, but has anyone had the Lincoln emblem part of that surround separate from the deck lid? How did you fix it?
Not to hijack the thread or anything, but has anyone had the Lincoln emblem part of that surround separate from the deck lid? How did you fix it?