Finished this weekend's project
 

So i finally got around to painting the stock rocker panels and rear bumper lip on my 2003 doggy door sedan. My stock color is desert platinum, and as many of you know, on the pre-05 non aero g35 sedans the bumpers have trim all the way around in Euro Trim Black. The same euro trim black is found on the air scoops in the front aero bumper.

I DIYed the project with a friend who has a lot of experience around bodyshops and auto paint. I gave him a bit of $$$ for the help, Plus he travelled over 100 miles to do this. He mixed the paint, and provide the necessary equipment.

So here is a list of everything I painted:

Stock Rear bumper lip
Stock Side sills
Euro Trim Black "air scoops" in the factory aero (nismo?) bumper (big thanks to the sedan headlight removal thread for getting me half way on the front bumper removal!)
Mud Guards
Clock finisher
Double din finisher
Center console

Everything above was prepped, painted desert platinum, and clear coated.
No HVLP gun was used for any of this just a regular airbrush, and it worked great because we were just painting thin areas that were like 5 inches tall.

the project took the better part of a day to paint and do the R&I on the front bumper and dash/center console. I am pretty happy with the results...

disclaimer: The drop is coming soon, i am still working out some offset issues before i can drop the car the way I want, but the drop will be done so don't tell me about my ugly wheel gap!

NOW FOR THE PICS!!! (mud guards still need drying time so pics with mud guards will follow later).

Prep/Process Pics
 

Front bumper removed for scoop painting
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...rontbumper.gif

Rear bumper taped off
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...umpertaped.gif

Driver's side prepped
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...andprepped.gif

Passenger side prepped
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...andprepped.gif

Plastic scoop piece removed for prep/paint
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...removed4pa.gif

Bumper scoop with center piece removed and prepped
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...oopprepped.gif

Car completely taped and covered, there is my buddy Edwin doing the final prep on the driver's side
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...dandcovere.gif

sorry no pics of prep on the interior stuff

Finished Product
 

Sorry for the quality on some of these. The location was not the best for photos, lots of reflections and bad lighting on the car. They were taken in the semi-covered parking lot at my GF's apt complex. If you see any red in the paint it is just reflection from the exterior of the red apartment buildings.


Front Bumper with scoops painted
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...einstalled.gif

Another angle
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...installed2.gif

Rear bumper (bad lighting)
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...rearbumper.gif

Side
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...idepainted.gif

Clock finisher
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...ckfinisher.gif

Double-din finisher
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im.../doubledin.gif

Under armrest piece
http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...35/armrest.gif

hope you likey :)

Looks good, but we need better pics. Take some in the sunlight.

really? that sucks, will take more tomorrow with mudguards installed. the interior pics are ok though?

wow, that came out pretty nice, i'm surprised you were able to knock it out w/o a booth

it was a nice day, he had a big tent with him we could've put around the car if necessary but we didn't need it :)

Nice job from the looks of it.

tat looks good..good touch on the interior..very nice..

It might just be the lighting, but in this pic the rear bumper is not matching the factory paint.

http://whatdoyouknowaboutthis.com/im...idepainted.gif

It's a good idea, but I don't think the silver interior goes with the willow, or tan. It's a tough one, cuz the original color isn't too great either.

the interior paint is the same as the exterior, desert platinum, it is silverish gold and it really does go well with the willow interior, i know it is hard to tell in these pics.

lighting/reflection/angle

Thanks!

I thought the point of the aero bumper on white/silver was to create that contrast and look more aggressive. The paint makes it look similar to the original non-aero bumper.