just wondering if any1 has ever painted there bars with silver spray paint(can) just wanna know if it looks ok, or just sh*t! cheers

Yeh, not personaly but a good mate.. Turned out fine.. and looked the same for (what i can remember) a year or so then he sold the car.. so never know.

we did a mates a while back with some asteroid silver mixed up in a pressure pack, came up pretty good but nowhere near as good as off the gun very noticeable difference. if ur going to the trouble of rubbing them back and pulling them off the car anyway just drop them off at a painter, most decent painters will charge **** all to slap a bit of silver on them if theyre already prepped and off the car.

i was gonna attempt it and personally i reakon i would of done a better job them my mate who painted them with a compresser. just get the paint mixed up and put in a can from paint mobile i think its $35 and prep the bars properly and u should be sweet

cans turn out ok but chip very easy. done my mates bars with cans but were redoing them with 2pac

i did myn. just washed the old bar with old faded paint (mxgrey) still on, no sanding, sprayed it with 2-3 coats, dried in sunlight, no clear.. i put it back on the car with in 2 hours and it hasnt flaked, faded or chipped since.. its not the most metallicy job but its suits the rest of the bars

I'm mildly interested in hearing about this, Tell us what brand of paint you used, how many cans you used & how many coats you used if you can people

the paint most likely flaked off. because you didnt ruff the old paint up .so the paint wont stick well

is there a standed spray paint that will look similiar to asteroid silver? the reason of me wanting to spray them was to try and save some cash. there telln me $200 to spray them up silver lol *** ripoff to spray some bars if u ask me lol

Whats the problem cheapo, to use a quality paint with paint harders and a few layers of clear its well worth the $200. The ****test equipment you could source would still be over $200. Not to mention paint + hardeners = $300 atleast? I paid $250 for all of mine to get painted and put back on the car.

what an awesome thread.

i did my front bar with a pressure pack and 2 coats of clear.. looked like poo

i got quoted $200 per bar to paint witch is pretty decent when the part.plus harder plus reducers adds up to neally $100

I am currently painting my VLCT in house paint.. with a roller and brush. It looks ok, and should be protected from the elements for a good 25 years, it says on the tin.. wattle solarguard.

myn cost 26 bucks, got me out of trouble and still hasnt flaked.. take to paint code into a paint shop and its done. im not obsessed over looks though, its only a vl,

26 buck must have used **** paint and only 1 coat when we did a mates we used 7 cans (front bar, rear bar, moulds) had it mixed up at the auto paint shop in coburg asteroid silver, did 3-4 coats but it still ended up costing him near $200 just for the paint, if the bars are prepped ready for paint your better of buying a litre or 2 of paint for next to nothing and getting someone to slap some paint on for a few hundred dollars turns out 10 times better in the long run and no head****s!

Exactly The poor man will always pay twice

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgz I am currently painting my VLCT in house paint.. with a roller and brush. It looks ok, and should be protected from the elements for a good 25 years, it says on the tin.. wattle solarguard. bahahahahaha!!!! awesome. was gonna rattle can mine, but might look into getting someone else to 2pak them now.

yer sounds like the way to go is get them done properly. does any1 have pics of a vl with bars that have been sprayed by them? thanks for the help guys

my front bar and door moulds were painted by previous owner, id say by a spray can, when you see the car in person you can tell, no idea on what paint etc etc, but looks decent Some original photos have not been recovered yet.