what's the best colour for the door pillars as i have a set to refurb

Matt black.

what's the best paint to use as they are ali

Use an acid etch primer and then coat with a satin black. Halfords will sell both.

I'm in the process of using grey zinc 182 for undercoat for several coats then satin black for several coats and the same again for lacquer..all from halfords....The zinc 182 is for rust protection/prevention and the satin black comes out lovely with the lacquer.
I would have pics but my brother accidently scratched them while they were awaiting final coat of lacquer.so being a perfectionist I'm starting again.I sand them them back to a fine mirror shine

gloss black or carbon wrap then lacquer

thinking metallic black what do u all reckon

No harm in trying the metallic black . It's easy enough to change if you don't like it.Put a pic up once you have done though

Probably a sill question, but if you lacquer over a satin or matt finish do you end up with just a glossy lacquered finish? I've never put lacquer over the top of satins and matts for this reason just in case. I like the idea of doing the pillars in matt, but would be worried about damaging the finish constantly as it wouldn't be very durable with just paint.

Im going to carbon wrap mine

black carbon wrap then lacquered -

like it

Liking the carbon wrap

Very nice Ian but since when did palm trees grow in London?




Oh and Gloss black comes up the bee's knees

It does that Simon,especially with the blach roof

they do if my front garden

Yeh right but it's sunny

Its tropical in north london

Satin black and satin laquer.

They do look very good. I also like them in Satin Black.

I take it you remove them to wrap them?

for the best result , its best to remove them from the car so that you can remove the badges , wrap the lacquer , replace badges and fix back onto the car .

got a pearl black going to see what it look like

sound interesting , post some photos when done .

got a pearl black with some purple in it ..... still painting but it looks good so far ... wont look right on my moonie but a Porto i think it would look good

pics are here http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m508/louieuk/IMG_05781_zps239e479a.jpg

http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m508/louieuk/IMG_05771_zps2fe913b4.jpg

i think they would look good on a porto because they have a purple tint so they will be going in the for sale section as i dont think they would look good on my moonie

Looks great, think they would suit a moonie.

no black pearl with a silver tint need to do some more looking round

think I'm still gonna Airbrush my spare set . - wont have any issues with the wrap on the concave segment.


how hard are those door handles to get out ??

Do like it tho.

R00

really easy a circlip and a couple of screws