painting front lip protector strip

[Dr.Honda]

I know some of you have painted the front lip
protector strip to match the body color. What product did you use? Any helpful hints?
Thanks.

 

[mikec]

I'd think twice about painting it. I'm really carefull how I drive my car and somehow I have scuffs on the black strip. I was surprised to see them there because I never heard any scraping sounds and don't recall even remotly getting close to a curb or speed bump. The point is, I believe they scrape easily and thats why they are flimsy and easily replaceable. I can live with the scrapes on black plastic, but if it were painted, scrapes would appear much worse and be noticable. Just my opinion.. how bout some others?

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keep the shiny side up
MikeC 01 #46

 

[docjohn]

On a stock height car I'd say go ahead.I had mine sprayed by my local shop.Make sure you use good flexable auto paint.I had a fair amount of touch-up work to do when I ran H&R springs-too low.

 

[Acuraphile]

On my H&R lowered '91, I wouldn't dream of it. No amount of careful driving has kept that road scraper from duly performing its duty at least once every couple of months, if only in a minor way. Some areas, like those paved only with marl, a mixture of clay and oyster shell, develop washout pits that just beg to be plowed. The median crossovers are dipped to act as part of the drainage system for the highway, and can be dipped to an alarming extent. I never venture into one of these, even the shallowest, without a careful survey, and generally a very narrow angle of approach, rarely perpendicular.

There are few driveways that don't get a thumbs down, even if they are just dipped slightly for curbside drainage. Coming out of businesses onto main thoroughfares usually means a scraping sound. I don't know how it looks when it is scraping, and I don't think I want to see.

So, why live with it? Right...It looks good, and I didn't put the springs in. I understand it is a real bear to undo the H&Rs, and then the car will not look as good. I think I will just paint it with a kind of grained paint with a matte finish, in hopes of covering the sanding I will have to do.

JMHO,

Bill

 

[Nsxotic]

My chin spoiler is painted body color with factory pearl paint. Just use plenty of flex additive. My car is lowered with Comptech and I have never scraped the nose. Take inclines at an angle and you won't have any problems. It's looks great. I have another one all painted up and sitting in my garage for when the day comes that I do scrape it. 4 months later, I haven't needed it and up until last week, my NSX was my daily driver. Good luck. See pics in the owners gallery on this site.

 

[DONYMO]

I took mine off, sanded it down until it was smooth and removed all the little dangling pieces. Then, I painted on a coat of primer and let it dry overnight. Then I used spray paint (from Home Depot) with a satin finish that was recommended for use on plastic. I applied a coat and let it dry. I applied another coat and another (probably 5 coats) and let it dry. It came out great and I have no complaints. I did, however, use BLACK so if the paint does scrap off it will not be noticeble.

 

[Dr.Honda]

Thanks for your replies, if I do it, I'll do it to match body color, I think it really lowers the car visually.

 

[gheba_nsx]

I had it painted sebring silver from last December till Monday. Then I brought the car to the bodyshop to have it painted bernina black. I am too anal and seeing the black spots on the spoiler drove me crazy.
With bernina black it looks very nice (shiny!) and less "aftermarket" that the painted one. The black scrapes will be virtually invisible on it.

I opened a thread some weeks ago about this topic: http://www.nsxprime.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/005682.html

PS: my car was VERY low, 4 cm from OEM, now I raised it 1,5 cm and it scrapes a lot less.

 

[Slingshot]

I use black Kiwi leather dye (2.5 fl. oz. with aplicator). Applied 2 coats last X-mas and it still looks great restoring both the color and luster finish.

 

[MAJOR STONER]

Another alternative with a carbon fiber lip is to paint it with colored clearcoat.
http://lanton.uhome.net/s1/mf1_5d.jpg