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Posted by Dave N on May 15, 2008 at 6:27 PM
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In Reply To NE1 know the best way to paint a front lip/ spoiler when... posted by ROAD CAESAR on May 15, 2008 at 05:29 PM
     
Message a chance that some basic tools would get you the results you needed. But since it's pearl white, it's going to be pretty hard to get the metallic content to properly match the rest of the car. This is why the fenders and hood typically get painted in order to blend the paint for a better match.

Your best bet would be to take the fascia and the center panel (between the headlights) to a body shop and have them try to match the paint. This saves cost because the body shop doesn't have to do any masking. And if you really want to save money, you could tell them not to do too much prep work on the fascia. But I don't recommend that as there's a good chance that the primer wasn't properly applied and this could lead to the paint flaking off at a later time.

Dave

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