Originally Posted by Anzafin' post='888579' date='May 24 2009, 05:55 PM

Thanks mate.
I am feeling the same about the trunk spoiler.

Originally Posted by Fetish' post='891833' date='May 27 2009, 08:31 PM

Agree completely, your car looks hot (roof spoiler sans trunk spoiler).
I've been on the fence for sometime now on a trunk spolier, keep talking myself in and out of the idea.

I really like your setup.

Originally Posted by Anzafin

At first I would like to say that I really don't know how they will last in everyday use, and I haven't even installed them yet. Actually the DIY process isn't even finished yet . But here's what I have got myself in to!

I decided to try to paint the exhaust tips black by myself, since PraiseTheLowered encouraged me to do so. I'm sure the powdercoating would be the best method to paint them, but I bet that would have cost a lot more than my attempt. And thanks to member gildagjg giving instructions how to unmount the tips .

So, I don't know how this will end when the tips get installed and after they have seen some true life, but for now everything looks promising! And sure I can get them powdercoated if this fails.

This is what I've done so far.

The material:
- different sanding papers


- a bottle of turpentine


Did u unmount the tips when the exhaust was still on the car or did u have to take the exhaust down??



- heat resistant paint


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1) At first I unmounted the tips by placing a wood block behind the edge and then hammering the block. There are clips inside that push the tip tight when putting them back on.
2) Sanded the chrome off using several different sanding papers: 60 -> 80 -> 320 -> 400 -> 800
3) Cleaned the tip with turpentine.
4) Painted several (5-6) thin layers waiting 5 minutes between them.
5) Let the tips dry for 30mins as the instructions in the can say.
6) Heated the tips in the oven (Yes, in our kitchen !) as the paint can says: in 200?C for 20mins
7) Sanded again with 800
8) Another coat of paint (repeated 4,5,6)

Now the tips have got two coats of paint, and I'm going to give them at least one coat still. The install will happen later, two weeks from this (I'll be out of town).

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Couple of pics taken on different work phases:

1) At first I unmounted the tips by placing a wood block behind the edge and then hammering the block. There are clips inside that push the tip tight when putting them back on.


2) Sanded the chrome off using several different sanding papers: 60 -> 80 -> 320 -> 400 -> 800


4) Painted several (5-6) thin layers waiting 5 minutes between them.


This is how they look now. I've done some fingernail tests to the paint and it seems to hold quite well different sharp impacts .

Originally Posted by Anzafin

The exhaust remained installed all the time. I just hammered them off with a wooden block between the hammer and the edge of the tip.

Please note I did this mod a year before I changed my whole exhaust and painted the tips of that new exhaust.

- Antti -