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Fiberglass Tonneau Good deal???

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by JASON96R » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:07 am

Black is a hard color to paint. Now you probably not care about it looking great, so if you want it do it. Go to a car show once and you will see the nice looking jet black cars, which many will look great from 50ft even 20ft away but get close and as said before everything shows up. Dark colors are that way but more so with black, and I'm sure you know the cleaning issues with black. In your first post you have a good idea on what to do, but remember your prep work is the most important part of painting. I usually use paint thinner before I sand, but I honestly have never painted on top of fiberglass, as I am at home painter, so I don't know if it like painting plastic or if there is anyother technique you would have to use.

by CaptainPioneer » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:43 am

Really? Well i am going to have to wait on it... It turns out that the tonneau cover has a massive spider webbing crack all down the center... Its not that bad but I brought my dad with me to see it (Since he was going to go in on half)

He first was like Marroon is a supid color Jay...
Second he was like thats a piece of shit Jay...
Third he was like Your an idiot for making me drive out here Jay

So i was like F this i need a Beer Dad! lol

So really and truely its going to have to wait... But still im going to sell my sub :(

So far no takers...

But at least this thread educated me a lot on painting and what not. I def did some extra reading on it.

by MobileAudio219 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:35 pm

Dude, it's 19 dollars more to do it the right way (color matched).

Seriously, go pick up soda cans or something.

by cargodz » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:02 pm

CaptainPioneer wrote:i would like to but for a Pint of that paint its going to cost $65+ sh
I'm sure there's an automotive paint supply place near you somewhere and you can get it cheaper than that... Plus acrylic is a bitch to use cause it's so thick and can be screwed up real easy if you over apply... What's that you say, you wanna wet sand for a week? :p lol

by CaptainPioneer » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:20 am

i would like to but for a Pint of that paint its going to cost $65+ sh

by 00cex » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:15 am

Why not color match it with the rest of your truck? IMHO I think that is the best looking....just my .02

by CaptainPioneer » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:57 am

Is it really that bad, cause my cuz painted his own tonneau and it looks awesome... He did it in black metalic and i cant see anything wrong with it... What kind of things do u think ill run into?

Maybe Metalic Silver?

by Bwcad1 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:46 am

black is a bitch just remember that.

by CaptainPioneer » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:42 am

actualyl i found this site that sells acrylic enamel paint by the gallon for like $46 for Metalic Black... I figure that would look very nice... Its not factory matched paint but at this point im kinda thinkign taht i can do this relatively cheap if i set myself up in a clean environment

by Bwcad1 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:39 am

listen to mike he kinda knows what hes talking about haha.

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