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Offline repo68

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T/A Paint Layout
« on: June 24, 2010 - 09:00:48 PM »
Okay, now that my T/A hood is done, I'm getting the rest of my car painted and I need a little help with the details.  It's not a real T/A, but I'd like to get the flat black areas correct.  Based on what I know so far, the cowl, fender gap, rear tail panel and rear edge of the trunk panel (below the spoiler) get the treatment.  Is this right?

One detail I'm having a hard time finding is exactly where the black edge starts on the fenders.  From the pics I've seen (from a distance), it looks like about 1/4-1/2" down from the corner.  Does anyone have a closeup of where that edge  should be?  Also, for the cowl, where does the bottom edge end?  Is there a seam the paint follows?  Unfortunately, my car's already at the shop, so I'm not sure what's there.

One final request for opinions.  Since I can't affort new bumpers at the moment, and the originals were already painted, I just planned to have them painted the body color.  One thing I noticed, though, was the previous owner painted the upper surface of the rear bumper black.  I guess that's how the elastomeric bumpers were painted?  Any opinions?  Paint it all one color or paint the uppers black?  Just curious...

Thanks for you help!




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Re: T/A Paint Layout
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2010 - 09:43:20 PM »

Offline repo68

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Re: T/A Paint Layout
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2010 - 10:30:44 PM »
Great information!  Thanks!