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    can i buy a can of r56 astro black paint ?? and how much would it be , fancy colour coding the rings around my front and rear lights

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    Quote Originally Posted by dundeered View Post
    can i buy a can of r56 astro black paint ?? and how much would it be , fancy colour coding the rings around my front and rear lights
    No doubt you can buy some paint but it might not be easy to do a good job.

    I would leave well alone

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    Quote Originally Posted by dundeered View Post
    can i buy a can of r56 astro black paint ?? and how much would it be , fancy colour coding the rings around my front and rear lights
    You would need to rub with wet & dry first and then spray a primer coat or two before a couple of layers of top coat and then lacquer.

    So 3 cans of spray paint required.:)

    Therefore it may be cheaper / easier & better to find a local spray shop to do it for you.
    Last edited by japper; 19th September 2007 at 08:32 AM. Reason: Added info

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    ken - my mate runs chips away in dundee and he sprayed my side venhts to match body colour , so i think if i had the spray paint then he would be able to deal with this for me , its been done on mini2 and i like it, probably will buy the rings seperate so if it goes tits up i still have orig chrome rings

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    Be interesting to see this done :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by dundeered View Post
    ken - my mate runs chips away in dundee and he sprayed my side venhts to match body colour , so i think if i had the spray paint then he would be able to deal with this for me , its been done on mini2 and i like it, probably will buy the rings seperate so if it goes tits up i still have orig chrome rings
    Aha, if you have a mate in the know - go for it, should suit your car well.

    I was just imagining the likes of me trying it

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