iNath Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Evening all, I'm looking to get some plastics resprayed on my Fiesta - just wondering if anyone has an idea of rough cost? I would like the exterior plastics gloss black; grille, fog light surrounds, the 2 things under the bonnet either side of Ford badge & rear diffuser. Inside I would like everything that is currently silver sprayed frozen white; radio, centre console, "secret compartment", steering wheel "V" shape, air vent rings & door handles. How much do you think I should pay for this? If you have any recommendations on where to get the work done that would be helpful too :) EDIT: Did the interior myself - see post #8 for pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordpartsman Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Give elite paint and body on rothersthorpe road ind est a ring nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 Give elite paint and body on rothersthorpe road ind est a ring nathan You got any details for them? Can only find Elite Motors Bodyshop on St James Mill Road who I've already been too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikester Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 the front plastics are prone to chipping, so don't go skitz when you get a slight fake... its just cos the front takes all the bruising from the drag, salt, water etc etc. i've expeimented with loads of paints and techniques, nothing guarantees your paint won't flake off. i did find out that there is a very fine balance between too much and too little primer. give it ablast yourself on just the fogs (they're easy to remove and paint), just to see if you fancy doing it yourself, save some dough :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 This is not something I can attempt myself - no clue & nowhere to do it :P EDIT: and no patience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordpartsman Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 sorry i meant excel, 01604 43 21 32 nn4 8jh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 sorry i meant excel, 01604 43 21 32 nn4 8jh Sent them an email, thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Right finally built up the courage and went down Halfords. Got an assortment of sandpaper, white primer, Frozen White spray paint & lacquer (also a greenhouse, but that was from Argos as I actually needed somewhere to do the spraying....) 4 days and a lot of hard work and patience later..... More pics can be seen here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tato Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Right finally built up the courage and went down Halfords. Got an assortment of sandpaper, white primer, Frozen White spray paint & lacquer (also a greenhouse, but that was from Argos as I actually needed somewhere to do the spraying....) 4 days and a lot of hard work and patience later..... Looks great! Is it that difficult to remove and paint the plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011fiesta Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thats really smart, looks factory finish standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lufc_lad Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Do you have to sand down the interior plastics before spraying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayster Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 wow looks awesome - how easy was it any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 Looks great! Is it that difficult to remove and paint the plastics? Easy enough to remove everything. Most of it is just clipped in with the exception of the radio (2 bolts & 2 screws) & the steering wheel 'V' (3 screws) Thats really smart, looks factory finish standard Why thank you :) Do you have to sand down the interior plastics before spraying? Yes definitely. The process I used was: 400 grit sandpaper (here) White primer (here) 800 grit Paint (here) 1200 grit Lacquer (here) wow looks awesome - how easy was it any advice? Just needs lots of patience and take your time. This is my first time doing anything like this but I found you really can learn anything from the internet! Apply lots of thin coats (or it will run) and leave overnight to dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tato Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Easy enough to remove everything. Most of it is just clipped in with the exception of the radio (2 bolts & 2 screws) & the steering wheel 'V' (3 screws) Why thank you :) Yes definitely. The process I used was: 400 grit sandpaper (here) White primer (here) 800 grit Paint (here) 1200 grit Lacquer (here) Just needs lots of patience and take your time. This is my first time doing anything like this but I found you really can learn anything from the internet! Apply lots of thin coats (or it will run) and leave overnight to dry. Great, thanks for sharing all the steps...should be fun to do :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben... Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Looks Great.. Worth the hard work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Nice job! Unfortunately i can`t do it, may i will take it to the garage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tato Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Nice job! Unfortunately i can`t do it, may i will take it to the garage... If you want to skip the hard job, you can take the plastics to some paint shop...shouldn't cost that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Just letting people know I've made a video if you need help with it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONETrueSaturday Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Just letting people know I've made a video if you need help with it :) Well in mate! Ill use this video when I finally get round to doing my plastics over the xmas holidays. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preee Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Looks very good iNath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011fiesta Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thinking of getting some of my interior plastics sprayed. I've always wanted the temperature control surrounds and secret compartment door sprayed glossy black to match the Sony headunit. And the auto shifters silver base surround done to match the glossy black shifter knob. Probably will also get the door grab handles done too but thinking about stopping there? Reckon the dial surrounds, round vent surrounds and the 2 vents either side of the radio would look alright left silver? The new face lift fiestas have a mix of silver and glossy black interior plastics and I think it looks okay. And should I get the steering wheel 'V' done black to match all the bottom half, or leave it to match the higer up silver bits. Decisions decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPKing Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hi mate, I've just sprayed my interior plastics this weekend, well, I've ordered some more Vision Blue paint as I haven't got enough to do the centre piece :P But I've done the ring air vents, door grab handles and the steering wheel 'V'. It looks so much better IMO but I can't wait to start on the whole centre piece as I think that will really finish it off, so for me I would say for what it's worth to just do it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011fiesta Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hi mate, I've just sprayed my interior plastics this weekend, well, I've ordered some more Vision Blue paint as I haven't got enough to do the centre piece :P But I've done the ring air vents, door grab handles and the steering wheel 'V'. It looks so much better IMO but I can't wait to start on the whole centre piece as I think that will really finish it off, so for me I would say for what it's worth to just do it :) Ah cool, reckon you could post pics of everything, I haven't seen vision blue interior plastics before? Paul :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPKing Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ah cool, reckon you could post pics of everything, I haven't seen vision blue interior plastics before? Paul :) Sure mate, I'm just in the process of primering the centre piece, so once thats fitted I will put the pics up so you can see :) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011fiesta Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sure mate, I'm just in the process of primering the centre piece, so once thats fitted I will put the pics up so you can see :) Paul Cool, thanks. I'm looking at removing my plastics at the weekend. (My thoughts on leaving my vents silver was because the headunit would have to be masked off to spray the vents either side of it, plus then I'd be able to leave the dial surrounds silver too (not even sure where to start if I were to remove them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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