While visiting the breakers yesterday to (literally ) rob a couple of bits off my old tubby, I saw an impressively wrecked scooby wrx. Looked like it hit something solid at a fair old pace on the n/s/f and was expecting to see the interior covered with blood! Anyhow, I had an idea. Now I'm driving round with just shy of 200bhp (which I fully intend to increase when I get the cash), I decided the wrx wing would be perfect for a performance 406 round the country lanes. None of these toy carbon fibre pieces of crap you get on chavmobiles, but a properly aerodynamically designed wing that's had $$$ spent on R&D - if you're going to do something, may as well do it properly! £90 after a bit of haggling
So yeah, it's currently black so it's going to need re-spraying to rhodes blue/calypso blue/paintcode du jour. Having watched enough Wheeler Dealers episodes on discovery channels, I know the cost of getting it sprayed will drop if I can do the prep work myself. Anyone able to provide me with links to how to strip the existing paint and prime/sand it etc on the cheap? I'm completely useless with anything to do with paint...
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
Well mj as you live not far from me once you have fitted it i will
be able to recognise you and give you a wave, i will of course
be disguised just on the off chance there is anyone about that know's me
Prep work will be hard, use a flat machine sander which you can get for less than 15 in most hardware stores if you havnt got one, or a sanding wheel. Sanding will take up a long amount of time, im sure you could use some paint stripper to speed up the process but it will all take time. Start off with something like 80-100 grit to tear off the original clear coat and paint / primer, once your eating through the primer come right down to a 1000 grit and then a 1500 to smooth everything before spraying. Wash down sanded pannels with warm soapy water to get rid of all grease etc.
Spray on the primer in medium coats, not too thick not too thin, and dont rush over where you are spraying keep a steady speed to evenly apply the paint, if you've sprayed with cans before then you alredy half way there to being good with a gun. Spray a coat in an S shape moving from top to bottom or side to side, allow to dry. The primer will dry in about 5-10mins enough to put the next lot on and work in an S shape again but the oposite way so accross if you went up and down first or visa versa.
The easiest thing to do is rush spraying and that's when things go horribly wrong and you find yourself sanding off all that work you have just done to start over, so take your time on it. If you do get small runs you can always cut them back with 1500-2000 grit when dry.
If it's already got good paint on it then the prep work is minimal - scuff with a grey scotchbrite pad and spray.
You only need a lot of prep if you're starting from bare metal - particularly if you've removed rust in one area and still have paint at the other end of the panel.
) rob a couple of bits off my old tubby, I saw an impressively wrecked scooby wrx. Looked like it hit something solid at a fair old pace on the n/s/f and was expecting to see the interior covered with blood! Anyhow, I had an idea. Now I'm driving round with just shy of 200bhp (which I fully intend to increase when I get the cash), I decided the wrx wing would be perfect for a performance 406 round the country lanes. None of these toy carbon fibre pieces of crap you get on chavmobiles, but a properly aerodynamically designed wing that's had $$$ spent on R&D - if you're going to do something, may as well do it properly! £90 after a bit of haggling 
and give you a wave, i will of course
