Painting few things... need little help...

[adeel.rajwani]

hey people, ok so i have an altima coupe of course i am wanting to paint the 2 chrome peices on the grille, the actual grille, the A/C defogger thing, airconditioning vents the drivers side and passenger for both aircondition vents and A/C windsheild deffoggers, and last but not least the door panels. Just curious though should i sand them down first, what is priemer, and i want to take the interior and make em matte or gloss how would i do that? Im sorry for the simple paints questions yall would know lol im just a noob wish i knew all this stuff but thats why yall are here

Gracias!

[adeel.rajwani]

sorry for bumping... but anyone know lol i wannna get this done.

[WoodbridgeCoupe]

Im interested in knowing this also, Looking to paint the chrome inserts on the grill!

[Blackmobile]

painting the chrome moustache isn't the best solution since the paint will chip really easily from flying road debris and you'll end up with a twilight looking moustache. check out bluebatmobile.net or email him at the same addy and he sells overlays for i think around $17 or something. woodbridge, you'll want to tell him that you have a 2010 coupe since the grill is different, not sure if he has one for the new coupes yet.

as for painting the interior vents, there's a thread in the faq section: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/altima ... vents.html

[fyrcomm]

hey people, ok so i have an altima coupe of course i am wanting to paint the 2 chrome peices on the grille, the actual grille, the A/C defogger thing, airconditioning vents the drivers side and passenger for both aircondition vents and A/C windsheild deffoggers, and last but not least the door panels. Just curious though should i sand them down first, what is priemer, and i want to take the interior and make em matte or gloss how would i do that?

vents: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/altima ... vents.html

grill inserts: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/altima ... nting.html

door panels: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/removi ... anels.html

i suggest sanding down the grill inserts prior to painting. I didn't and the paint ended up chipping like crazy.

primer is a preparatory layer that helps the paint adhere to the surface, so that would help too. just make sure you get paint and primer made for plastic, since the wrong type could damage the plastic.

and i don't quite understand what you mean when you say you want to make the interior matte or gloss. first, matte and gloss are completely different. second, what part of the interior are you talking about? if you literally mean the ENTIRE interior, check out the service manual for instructions on removing the panels.

[fyrcomm]

painting the chrome moustache isn't the best solution since the paint will chip really easily from flying road debris and you'll end up with a twilight looking moustache. check out bluebatmobile.net or email him at the same addy and he sells overlays for i think around $17 or something. woodbridge, you'll want to tell him that you have a 2010 coupe since the grill is different, not sure if he has one for the new coupes yet.

as for painting the interior vents, there's a thread in the faq section: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/altima ... vents.html

JINX! lol.

yeah, like blackmobile said, it will chip fairly easily if you just start spray painting the chrome. but if you properly sand, prime, and paint, there shouldn't be too much of an issue. that being said, overlays might be an easier solution, especially if you're not comfortable painting it yourself.