Today I attempt to fix the front Bumper on my Nismo 370Z! A few months ago I scraped a brick wall and put a big gash in the corner of the front bumper. A professional repair will cost around $300 and nearly the entire bumper will get painted. After crashing my Nissan 370Z Nismo into a brick wall at well over a half of a mile an hour, I re-paint part of the front bumper to seamlessly fix the damage!
I spent about $60 on paint, airbrush and materials and spent 1 entire day working on it myself!
Overall it came out really good. There is a small shadow of the new paint you can see above where the actual damage was. So I will end up taping off the front of the lip to cover where the damage was, and sand down that discoloration and re clear it.
It’s about 80% perfect looking and normal lookers probably won’t notice anything. But I’ll be able to touch up the discoloration because that is new paint on top of undamaged paint. I just didn’t sand it enough.
But it definitely looks great, the bumper has the same contour, pearl effect, and looks very good!
At this point I would have what looks like a small shadow on the corner then run the risk of seeing the entire bumper a hint more Yellow, Blue or White than the hood and fender.
Time to mod the car!!
Paint I used:
Music By: Joakim Karud
Future Funk
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#pearlpaintblending #howtopaintmatch #crashed370z
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You didn't use a primer, that along with a couple of more base coats would have made sure you didn't see the black below.
bc pearl white repair so hard
I love your enthusiasm and never say die attitude. Great job buddy!!
thanks for the video… for $60 it's very good … with my luck, the paint shop would take your $300, and in return, provide you with a barbie coloring book finish, including fish eyes and orange peel alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll over the place… over spray allllllllllllllllllll over the place then make all kinds of excuses for their awful work.. in the end, they'll tell you you should've paid $1000 for "the good paint job" on that bumper (the $1000 job will be awful, too)… you made a wise decision, keep as much of it as you can original!
As someone who worked in a shop, and painted, and also uses automotive touch up, this job was alright. It’s not “good”, but like you said, for a non-professional it’ll be unnoticeable. But, some mistakes were made. Mainly, not using a light primer, which would’ve dramatically helped that dark spot. And a few other things, but I won’t nitpick
A light or white colored bondo would have done the trick. Nice job
maybe better spray gun will works better?
Ever heard of reverse mask?
Considering your equipment and experience level a good job .I use that brand of t/u paint and recommend it for any vehicle.I don't wet sand and buff the finish 4 at least 10 days with that paint!
nice job mate, my guess is not enough white paint or might of needed a primmer white it is due to the black you sprayed on. other than that top job