Spoiler repair/respray
 

I've picked up a rear spoiler but as you can see from the photo below it's in need of repair and a respray. What is the best way to repair the damage to the paintwork before respraying to match my car? Any help will be appreciated as I'm not sure how to procede at the moment, strip it right back? or fill the cracks?


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First question i have to ask mate is what spoiler is it as i cant tell from your picture??

Either way you gota strip that back!

I was hoping that In wouldn't have to strip the whole lot back just spray over the paint that's there already, I'm not sure if it's all going to come off that easily.
Here's a photo of the whole spoiler.

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Its not ment to be easy. It has to go back down to the fiberglass as the new paint might react with the old paint. Use nitromors paint remover but rinse thougherly after and sand down with 200gt wet and dry to get a key. Then use primer (sanding between layers) then paint (min, 3 layers) remember that metalic cars need a laquer coat. Hope this helps you out.

It's not fiberglass it's rubber like the oe one as far as I can tell that's why I don't want to strip it right down, just fill the damage rub down and re-prime then paint, not wanting to mess round trying to prime the rubber.

Did you buy this on ebay recently?

But how do you expect the filler to take to rubber:confused:

it does not need filling just rub it back prime with a a paint that will stick to rubber fine and just spray desired colour

no point doing a half arsed job do it properly and it will look good :)

Adz is right here. you need to take it right back

If its cracking in places now i recon it will continue and it will end up a mess in the end. Do it properly and rub the bad areas right back. It should look much better as a finished job this way

If its the same type of rubber as the standard one its not ment to be painted.

Paint shops/ body shops use a special plastic primer 1st to prevent the paint
from cracking.
You will have to remove all old paint and start again to do it properly, this will be a nightmare.
Try a jet wash 1st to try and bring the paint off or if you know anyone who works in a body repair shop get them to try with compressed air.
If not you will have to sand it off.

if it is rubber you have to use paint with elastisiser (excuse the speeling)in it. This allows the paint to stretch without cracking. Beware tho as painting that mixture is a C U Next Tuesday!

Personally if this is a standard silvia spoiler a jet wash will blow it to pieces lol, even if it was brand new let alone 20 years old.

Can i ask why you are going to so much trouble as to painting a rubber spoiler?

If i was you id spend my money on getting a renault 19 spoiler or pug 405 from the local scrappy and paint that instead.they Look much better and will paint alot easier as they are not rubber.

The reason I've said it's rubber is that the the edges are spongey, it's pink in colour in it's "raw" state under the paint. There's only small patches of cracking, damaged in transit I expect, as i said I was going to fill the cracks in the paint then spray with primer, now I may strip it right back and spray with a plastersizing primer ( I've seen some for plactics/rubber that stretches with what it's sprayed on ) the top coat it. But it's going to have to wait till after xmass now I'll let everyone know what happens when I've done it.