painting

one of the typical paint schemes that trans am owners will do is the "collecters edition trans am" modification. this involves painting the bottom of the rear bumper flat or satin black. this area surrounds the exhaust pipes and license plate.

this is the bumper support hiding under the plastic cover

here you can see the area which i've begun sanding and prepping for paint

this is a bad shot, but you can sort of make out the black lower portion.

also in the shot is my beloved sentra

another paint job i tackled was making the red headlight green.

once again, sand, degrease, prime, paint.

the last bit of prep work i did was fixing the holes and cracks in the front bumper cover caused by the run in with the deer. the method i chose to reconnect the tears in the plastic is to apply loctite super glue gel and sand quickly before it dries. the dust created by sanding mixes with the gel to form a paste and fill in and seal the cracks. it isn't a final fix but it's a start. the whole bumper needs sanding and repainting still, as does the blue driver's fender seen above.