OEM Bonnet Guard Blackout
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:55 pm
So the OEM bonnet guard is wack. Who the hell wants a clear guard on their bonnet. When I went in for the paint I said I wanted to black out a bonnet Granny shield. The sales assistant laughed and said F' you I have one of those on my WRX.
So I hate paint chips. Another example would be my spats http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=15533
I wanted bonnet protection, clear vinyl is not bad but I liked the look of one of our sponsors vehicles. I can't find it now, but had his pic of a red lancer as my desktop background for weeks before I gave it a go myself.
I have no idea how he did it, but thought it worth the money.
I ordered a OEM bonnet guard for $60 off ebay then went and bought a can of epoxy enamel (rust guard) from Buzzings. The sales assistant was not convinced it would work, but given I have worked in their paints dept there for +3 years I was fairly confident it would.
I hit the rear side with a standard green scotch bright pad that you probably have for use as a kitchen sink scourer. The perspex is smooth and needs something to adhere to.
I then sprayed the back-side with 4 coats, the first being a very fine layer for adhesion. All coats were done on the back side, NOT THE FRONT.
I tried it out on a spare piece of perspex and through all tests it worked best on the under/back side.
So here is how it looks after two months. On a bonus note I had a stray shopping trolley run into my front end, the guard stopped all the force and required only minor buffing to get the scratches out. If I didn't have it on I would have lost paint work on the bonnet.
This post is now first placed on a google search for "Bonnet blackout" You rock CJclub!!
Everyone please appreciate to medium you are given, the search engine results that this site gives are second to none. This has come from our predecessors hard work. I thank them and you should too.
So I hate paint chips. Another example would be my spats http://clubcj.net/viewtopic.php?t=15533
I wanted bonnet protection, clear vinyl is not bad but I liked the look of one of our sponsors vehicles. I can't find it now, but had his pic of a red lancer as my desktop background for weeks before I gave it a go myself.
I have no idea how he did it, but thought it worth the money.
I ordered a OEM bonnet guard for $60 off ebay then went and bought a can of epoxy enamel (rust guard) from Buzzings. The sales assistant was not convinced it would work, but given I have worked in their paints dept there for +3 years I was fairly confident it would.
I hit the rear side with a standard green scotch bright pad that you probably have for use as a kitchen sink scourer. The perspex is smooth and needs something to adhere to.
I then sprayed the back-side with 4 coats, the first being a very fine layer for adhesion. All coats were done on the back side, NOT THE FRONT.
I tried it out on a spare piece of perspex and through all tests it worked best on the under/back side.
So here is how it looks after two months. On a bonus note I had a stray shopping trolley run into my front end, the guard stopped all the force and required only minor buffing to get the scratches out. If I didn't have it on I would have lost paint work on the bonnet.
This post is now first placed on a google search for "Bonnet blackout" You rock CJclub!!
Everyone please appreciate to medium you are given, the search engine results that this site gives are second to none. This has come from our predecessors hard work. I thank them and you should too.
