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Painted front air dam - 4/1/2007 11:28:03 PM

tunes

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Well I decided to paint the front dam silver like the xls. If anyone's interested, remove 6 screws and 6 plastic clips and the plastic piece slides right out. I gave it a quick sanding and primer then some silver paint with about 4 coats of clear that I hope will keep it from chipping. It appears the rear dam will be just as easy the whole thing is held with just plastic clips. I will give this a few weeks of driving to see how it holds up before i do the rear.

http://people.delphiforums.com/mrw318/mits.stripped.JPG

http://people.delphiforums.com/mrw318/silver%20airdam.JPG

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/1/2007 11:31:10 PM

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damn

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/1/2007 11:39:06 PM

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was that from all black plastic color? Good job!

Show us some pics of the rear when your done and I might give it a go too. What silver color paint can brand did you use?

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/1/2007 11:50:16 PM

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I'm confused that part on mine is already silver.

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/2/2007 12:23:34 AM

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Antlip,

Standard on XLS models but not lower models.

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/2/2007 12:30:58 AM

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Well damn. I didnt think mitsubishi was that cheap its only some silver paint haha.

Oh and by the way it came out super clean. It looks factory. That is why I was so confused at first haha.

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/2/2007 2:22:15 AM

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Plastic is a good material, and paint it silver to get that aluminum/chrome look. It's plastic for a very good reason. For safety reasons that is. Mitsu could have made it aluminum, then no need for painting, but that would lower their safety ratings then.

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/2/2007 9:56:02 AM

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What kind and code of paint did you use?

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/2/2007 12:09:34 PM

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Yeah, Im interested in doing the rear of my XLS, I think it would look bitchin...
Just want to know what color you used, cause it looks like a pretty close match to the factory...
WOW, you really did a great job. Well done.

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RE: Painted front air dam - 4/2/2007 12:18:30 PM

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Plastic is a good material, and paint it silver to get that aluminum/chrome look. It's plastic for a very good reason. For safety reasons that is. Mitsu could have made it aluminum, then no need for painting, but that would lower their safety ratings then.

lol, cuz you know, the first person to get impaled on a metal grill item... is gonna be mighttttyyy pissed off.

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