+ a million....

I got ballsy and took off the "rubber nut covers" <--lulz

Anyway, I pussed out and put the covers back on... this thread might have remotivated me to try it....

 

It is simple to remove the handle. In my opinion, the most challenging is paint. Also, cleaning and prepping is most important.

 

Painting the handles is a PITA, especially with gloss black paint. Prepared a handle for paint. Duplicolor DS100, suggested for Super Black, was not avail. at any store, it has been discontinued. Instead, I used Krylon Fusion in Gloss Black, and shot a clear coat. Results were excellent. However, compared to Z, the handle did not match color.

I will likely strip the paint, and reshoot with a better matching paint or matte black. Ordering a can of Super Black spray paint online is about $20 a can. Will keep you posted.

 

The painting is what scared me off...I can rip just about anything off the Z and put it back on....

I have a PikesPeakWhite Z so there will be no matching! My whole set up is black on white though..

What you COULD do is send me your painted ones... and I will send you my unpainted so you have a fresh canvass to start with all Picasso-like

Ehhh?????

 

guys this was actually a piece of cake. what i suggest is not to rattle can them please!!!
thats the issue the rattle can doesnt shoot as even as a gun would.
i have access to automotive paint supplies and i have a gun...if you guys want to have it doen ship me youre door handles and i will paint them and ship back for a fair price.

 

 

^^ Might PM you soon

 

Do you have any pix of the inside or did you paint the inside as well?

Thanks.

 

I think I'm gonna try this tomorrow. I'm finishing my back wheels with graphite wheel coat from duplicolor and now deciding that I'm gonna remove the handles and spray them at the same time. I'll add pictures when I'm done.

 

Great write up, they all look great. I will be doing mine this weekend.

 

great pics guys, i have a solar orange 350z and i want to do this as well. I have some questions:

1. I am coming into this thread months later. Has there been any chips or defects in the paint in the meantime?
2. What prep work was done? I dont know all that much about paint so I need things spelled out for me. Wetsand, prime, wetsand, apply 2 coats of glossy black plastic paint, then clear?
3. Any other lessons learned?

 

I just scuffed mine up really good with a grey scuff pad and then cleaned it really good. I put two coats of my factory black from paintscratch.com and then used three coats of flat clear so they wouldn't be shiny

 

was scratch remover needed?

 

No mine came out really good I didn't even have to buff them. I do have to re-do my driver handle because someone opened their door and hit mine and chipped the paint on the edge of it.

 

Why don't you order some factory matched paint from paitscratch.com and paint your handles to match your car rather than painting them black. I would think that would look so much better

 

ha, nah, i want them black. below is my car, and the black is needed to offset/soak in the orange. Will also match my top vinyl and soon to be black rims

 

Here is how mine came out, I used a low gloss clear coat so they would not be so shinny

 

Now get them headlights blacked out and your Z will achieve ninja stealth status...

Looks good

 

The headlights are my next thing to do on my to do list.. I just put my Brembo brakes on last weekend after they sat in my garage for about 7 months LOL, but headlights and then coilovers are next in line.

 

So, I am coming into this thread for ever later, but how do you plasti dip your handles with out the dip getting everywhere it don't need to be? I never used plasti dip before... is it runny?