Anzafin's "SPRING RENOVATION 2010" - Part 4
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Things go on as I painted the quad exhaust tips today 
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The process was the same as last year with my OEM tips, except that now I used a different paint that didn't need warming after painting.
Last time I used a heat resistant paint that tolerates up to 600°C temperatures, but now I satisified to go with a paint that tolerates "only" 400°C, but I believe that's enough for tips.
So, it was:
1) Sand 120 --> 400 --> 800
2) Cleaning with turpentine
3) covering areas that didn't need any paint
4) Painting: 4 thin layers with few mins between them --> 30min drying -->4 thin layers again --> 30min drying --> 5 thin layers
Here are some pics of the process.
"Foxy, foxy..."
One sanded, the other one to go:
Both sanded and covered for painting:
My little paintshop
:
Afters:
I had to tease myself a bit
:
At least Eric was impressed...
What do you think?
- Antti -
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Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 1
Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 2
Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 3
.The process was the same as last year with my OEM tips, except that now I used a different paint that didn't need warming after painting.
Last time I used a heat resistant paint that tolerates up to 600°C temperatures, but now I satisified to go with a paint that tolerates "only" 400°C, but I believe that's enough for tips.
So, it was:
1) Sand 120 --> 400 --> 800
2) Cleaning with turpentine
3) covering areas that didn't need any paint
4) Painting: 4 thin layers with few mins between them --> 30min drying -->4 thin layers again --> 30min drying --> 5 thin layers
Here are some pics of the process.
"Foxy, foxy..."
One sanded, the other one to go:
Both sanded and covered for painting:
My little paintshop
:Afters:
I had to tease myself a bit
:At least Eric was impressed...
What do you think?
- Antti -
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Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 1
Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 2
Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 3
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
That paint looks flawless, Antti. Nice work.