Spraying Mirror

[Mat]

Not Mk3 specific TBH, but not sure where else to post this.

Anyway, seeing as I now have a stubby mirror, it needs painting. Instead of taking it to a bodyshop, I thought I might have a crack at doing it myself. I'm no expert at spraying, but I have tried. I sprayed the plastic lower trim on 1.4 ibiza back in May/June last year, and currently have interior handles sat outside with a couple of coats on.

Anyway, I'm guessing the mirror will just be as easy. No rubbing down, already primered, so if anything, the task will be easier than normal.

My only problem is, getting the colour etc to match the rest of the car.

Where would I get correct colour from and how much? How much do you think I would need. Also, is there any difference in what kind/type of lacquer to use? Again, how much would I need?

Thanks

Mat

 

[Reuvers]

well you have a grey car which has clear coating on top of it.
What you need to do is look up the paint code and go to a place that properly mixes the color you need. then you'll have to add clear lacker on top of that. A very good bodyshop might actually take a piece of the laquer you have on now and have is lasered with some kind of Robocop laser eye to match the exact color your car has now, taking weathering effects and the oldness of your paint into concideration. This, the paint shop will not do.
This means your mirror will have new paint on it whereas the rest of the car is slightly faded (depending on your cleaning of course)

But not to worry, the mirror is quite small (even more because its the stubby one lol). A hood would be a different story.

1 can will be sufficient btw. Make it 3 coats at least (thin ones) and then another +- 3 of laquer

 

[Mat]

That's what I thought, paint match (even with paint code) may not be perfect. But seeing as it's such a small part, it wont be noticable. Plus I'm getting a machine polisher soon, so will restore the original paint back to life, which TBH, is in a good condition for it's age IMO

BTW: It's silver not grey Yours is grey

 

[Reuvers]

That's what I thought, paint match (even with paint code) may not be perfect. But seeing as it's such a small part, it wont be noticable. Plus I'm getting a machine polisher soon, so will restore the original paint back to life, which TBH, is in a good condition for it's age IMO

BTW: It's silver not grey Yours is grey

Then you have nothing to worry about.

As for the color of my car, you don't know that as its so special it was never introduced in the UK...

Oh yeah, the entire car wasn't either

 

[markmeus]

Another thing about mirrors is that they don't touch any other coloured bodywork. So it' virtually impossible to detect and small difference in colour with the naked eye. When I did mine, the paint match wasn't perfect, and they are a little orangy. But you'd never notice.

 

[Razor]

Sorry to hijack Mat
But can you throw us the name of the company you got the mirror off ?
Or was it an ebay job ?

 

[Mat]

eBay mate

will have a look if its still on my "bought" list

 

[Mat]

This is the one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=150305052727

Manual - as I found out

 

[Dan1.6]

alrite mat when ya decided to paint it go to pcs in clay cross theyll have your paint code and they'll mix your paint for you