I've Got A TR Magna and have had an issue with the paint on the front plastic grey bumper since purchase, its painted white across the top just below the grill, but when I got the car it had a couple bits missing, 2 days onto my Ps I went and washed my car and a hea more came off, I'll put up a picture so you can all see what I mean.

Would a simple can of white spary paint do a good enough job??

When I got it:
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v3877/42/125/1298575723/n1298575723_155927_2843536.jpg

Now:
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs158.snc3/18554_1189374296698_1298575723_474198_8215106_n.jp g
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs158.snc3/18554_1189374336699_1298575723_474199_1804051_n.jp g

What It Could look like:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs055.snc3/14260_1137537280805_1298575723_358794_4385100_n.jp g

obviously it won't look like a supra...

Also, The Takeoff is really slow, It takes its time getting upto speed, and it floods if I accelerate too hard :P

is that normal for a 2.6L l4? lol

yeah theres something wrong. in mine i went everywhere at WOT and it never flooded.

...dare you to do what ARS55 is doing and spray it matte black.

Sand it back prime it sand it back and give a couple of coats of white paint the spray can will be "ok" but not the best, Then clear coat it

Get a cheap bumper from a wrecker.

Get a cheap bumper from a wrecker.

Its not the bumper, the paint is flaking of the car

Sand it back prime it sand it back and give a couple of coats of white paint the spray can will be "ok" but not the best, Then clear coat it

so its all ok to do that on plastic then??? that'd be for ultimate result I guess, save maybe for using proper paint, I just wanna take the attention away from it...

yeah theres something wrong. in mine i went everywhere at WOT and it never flooded.

...dare you to do what ARS55 is doing and spray it matte black.


Dad claims he owns my car, because he bought it... despite it being my 16th birthday present, so no I dare not haha

Its not the bumper, the paint is flaking of the car

I'm not sure what pic you are looking at but that looks like the bumper to me.

I think it is the bumper... will have to check out the wreckers and see if I can find one :P

To paint a plastic bumper you need special primer for plastic surfaces, otherwise the paint just flakes off as whats happening to your car now.

yeah, its flaking where previous owner used a paint brush and probably a tin of house paint... ****heads..

When you put paint on raw plastic you need to lay down a plastic primer or that happens. its called delamination. Take an air blower to it and it might all peel off, then you can lay down some new stuff. Dont forget the plastic primer though.

where would I look to pick it up? easy to find? or might I struggle?

and price is the other thing?? :P

AAAGGHHH!!!! Found new cracks in the paint on it..., i'm thinking of going all out and making all the grey plastic white... but then I don't really wanna waste a heap of money on a 4cyl, that I wanna get rid of...

EDIT:
Maybe I could Make It Into a 4cyl show car :P

If you're keen to keep the car just get a new bumper from a wreckers, you might be able to get a cheap one and they're not hard to change over especially when you've got the workshop manual which can be easily found on here.

If you're gonna paint, might as well go white the whole way round.

if it does not suit you or you cant find a replacement from the wreckers, and you go ahead and paint it your self remove all of the excess paint, scuff with a supperfine sponge or 400 sanding disc folowed by a microfine sponge or 600 grit paper ,plastic prime 2-3 good coats, you do not have to sand the plastic primer back smooth just paint straight over the top again 2 good coats then if not happy with finish light rub back with 600 grit and apply another coat, wait till completly dry and hand cut and polish or hit it with a buff till happy, their is no need for a clear coat as your car never had it from the factory. that is the way i do it and im a painter by trade.
good luck with it all;)

I'm not sure what pic you are looking at but that looks like the bumper to me.

I see now, carry on

if it does not suit you or you cant find a replacement from the wreckers, and you go ahead and paint it your self remove all of the excess paint, scuff with a supperfine sponge or 400 sanding disc folowed by a microfine sponge or 600 grit paper ,plastic prime 2-3 good coats, you do not have to sand the plastic primer back smooth just paint straight over the top again 2 good coats then if not happy with finish light rub back with 600 grit and apply another coat, wait till completly dry and hand cut and polish or hit it with a buff till happy, their is no need for a clear coat as your car never had it from the factory. that is the way i do it and im a painter by trade.
good luck with it all;)

awesome advice thanks! i think i might run with it!

no problem mate i do this sort of stuff every day of the week i havent had a complaint yet:happy:

well i gave it a shot, outside lol , my first time using spray paint, came out good enough, should have put more time into it really, but it takes the eye off it... pics soon :p

EDIT:
Maybe I could Make It Into a 4cyl show car :P

doesnt have to be a showcar...mine was a 4cyl n i think it looked pretty sweet. lol.

anyway, look wiill improve 100% when colour coded

well i gave it a shot, outside lol , my first time using spray paint, came out good enough, should have put more time into it really, but it takes the eye off it... pics soon :p

time is one thing needed for this type of work as the prep and lead up to final coat will improve the final finish drematicaly, but prctice makes perfect good to see ya have a go!!!! and as long as your happy thats the main thing:happy: cant wait to see the pics:thumbsup:

time is one thing needed for this type of work as the prep and lead up to final coat will improve the final finish drematicaly, but prctice makes perfect good to see ya have a go!!!! and as long as your happy thats the main thing:happy: cant wait to see the pics:thumbsup:

:stoopid: I painted my whole front bumper with cans. I was a cheapass back then so I'm like nah nah cans will be fine (pro-tip, in the end it'll work out the same price to get it done by the pros after all those cans of primer, color, clean, etc) But the bumper came out unreal, all one color, and had SOME gloss to it, people didn't believe me when I said I painted it with spray cans....so if you do a good job you can do quite a bit of deceiving...good luck

I was really lazy, coz i was rushing it, left the bumper on and over sprayed a bit, but the next step is colour coded :p

I was really lazy, coz i was rushing it, left the bumper on and over sprayed a bit, but the next step is colour coded :p

clay bar should remove the bulk of the overspray and a light cut polish will remove the rest

Pic's

oh yea... I would... but I had to take my phone in for repairs, and its my only half decent camera (8.1 megapixel), I'll see what I can do... but might not be any for a couple days..