Painted rollbar covers

[jaz4]

Spot on, they do look good, glitter gold would be interesting.

 

[rayz4]

Interesting thread. How do thee covers come apart? I'd be interested as i was thinking of attaching a clear perspex windblocker but need to get at the rollbar to attach the fixings to.

they just prise off, be careful though you could pull your fingernails apart

 

[Anonymous]

rayz4,

Very impressed with the quality of your paintwork. Any tips on getting a great finish like this? Did you use a special plastic promoter or primer?

 

[JDM]

I quite like the look of this..

I was thinking only the other day what mine would look like in gloss black as I think the silver is a little in your face. Having said that I suppose it matches the carbon aluminium trim.

Well done for trying something different!!

 

[rayz4]

rayz4,

Very impressed with the quality of your paintwork. Any tips on getting a great finish like this? Did you use a special plastic promoter or primer?

Wet flat the covers with 800 grade then two coats of gey high build primer, wet flat with 1000 grade then i primed with white primer wet flat 1000 grade then applied three coats of colour allowing the paint to flash off between coats, allow to dry thoroughly, i left them for three days, any contamination can be nibbed out with 2000 or 3000 grade then compounded to a high gloss. It`s long winded but the results are worth it, imo. You can get all the materials inc paint and primers from the likes of halfords etc.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks, the effort shows in the results. Did you use a clear coat to finish off or is the high gloss shine just from the final compound cutting?

 

[rayz4]

Thanks, the effort shows in the results. Did you use a clear coat to finish off or is the high gloss shine just from the final compound cutting?

No clear coat , just a light flat back with 3000 grade abranet pad and machine compound with 3m fastcut, then hand finish with 3m hand glaze.

 

[rfx45]

Good job, looks good. Been meaning to paint mine black but I am not sure if I want it to be glossy. A few people at ZPost has done it, here's a few examples to those that might be interested.

Even silver cf wrap in the back and alcantara in the front to match his custom alcantara interior iirc.

This one is my favorite though and what I would like for my black Z4. It isn't glossy but he added texture so it looks much better and uniform with the rest of the cars interior.

 

[Anonymous]

rfx45, I agree with your comments on the last picture. The textured effect black rollover bar covers blend in really well.

Do you have any details on who's car this is and how it was done?

 

[Mowflow]

Good job, looks good. Been meaning to paint mine black but I am not sure if I want it to be glossy. A few people at ZPost has done it, here's a few examples to those that might be interested.

Even silver cf wrap in the back and alcantara in the front to match his custom alcantara interior iirc.

This one is my favorite though and what I would like for my black Z4. It isn't glossy but he added texture so it looks much better and uniform with the rest of the cars interior.

Sorry to dredge up an old(ish) thread. I'm doing some research and feel I have to say something.

On the car that has the CF wrap/alcantara hoops I don't understand why the guy has went to all that bother and not even put the CF weave on in the same direction on both hoops. It looks awful simply because of that.