I just bought the gfx front and rear lip, but it isnt painted yet. does anyone know how many qts of paint do i need to buy for it?

 

I'd take it to a body shop and let them take care of it.

 

I agree with Stan, its gonna be SUPER hard to paint the GFX pieces at body shop levels.

 

Take it to a shop! It will cost low starting from 300, depending on what grade of paint and shop you take it to.

 

I painted my own and it turned out fine.

Half quart is plenty. You're going to have lots of overspray to do them both at the same time and hang them relatively close together. the success of your job relies entirely on the prep work. You're going to need adhesion promoter, a quart of primer, half quart of base, and a healthy amount of clear. I cannot stress enough how important adhesion promoter is. Your paint WILL flake off if you don't use it. So use it, and don't be chincy with it. Lay down down mulitple coats of primer and wetsand to 600-800 grit at 100% coverage. Lay your base coats. I usually do mine in about in three light coats with 3-4 passes on each coat. This prevents dripping and excess orange peeling. Use a 2 part urethane clear. Prospray and PPG make an excellent clear coat. This will be tricky if you've never done it before. But lay it on heavy, but not so heavy that it runs. Do lots of light coats in quick succession so that you can build it up quickly, but it doesn't run. Runs will ruin you. And whatever you do, don't wipe the paint off.

When your clear is done, look at how it looks. If this is your first project, you will inevitable have blemishes. So, you can LIGHTLY wetsand them down at 2000 grit then power polish them out. I personally use the porter cable random orbiter polisher, works great. There's 100's of products you can use so ask your local paint supplier what to use for the clear coats you go with.

Once you've got it sanded and polished. Lay down 3 coats of paint sealer, then wax the hell out it. Install, and showoff.

That's pretty much how you paint. Good luck and post some DIY's when you get it wrapped up. Haters are going to tell you that you can't do it. They are what I like to call, WRONG

If you don't know how to paint, these are excellent jobs to start on, because if you screw up, it's a quick shot with the sandblaster, and you're back to where you started.

 

Yeah like he said.......and that's why I'd take it to a shop. Or pay twice.

 

and your twice as much in materials now. painting isnt something you just pick up. it takes years of experience and body work. you just dont learn it after painting your first lip.

just pay a professional to do it.

 

You don't learn anything by paying someone to do it. If you don't want to learn, then take it in. OP was asking how much paint does he need. Not if he should take it to a shop.

Sure, when I first painted something, I spent more than it would've cost me to just take it to a shop. But learning how to do it myself was more than worth it. And now I can paint things and get great results. It takes more time than taking it to a shop, because I work as an accountant 10hrs a day. I enjoy seeing what I can do myself. I do all my own work as a matter of principle.

I like doing it myself, and if OP wants to do it himself, he (edit: or she) can do it himself too.

Yes, you'll probably pay more to do it yourself if this is a first time gig. So what? So if you're doing it to save money, you won't. But, if you know that, you'll learn something, and you'll be able to do that much better next time. And so on.

 

^ thats true but on top of paint you need proper setups like guns, vents, closed off booth. you just cant go at it in a dust garage.

if your looking to paint it yourself then i agree a lip would be a good start but you could always get parts from yards to practice on til you get the hang of it. just expect to send a good amount of money on paint if this is your first job.

 

Agreed, if you don't have any of the tools (fans, guns, compressor, polisher, hoards of sandpaper, a good space, attitude), you might want to reconsider doing it yourself. I'm lucky because I had those things kicking around so it wasn't a huge capital investment to try it myself. You'll need time and practice. And expect it to not be perfect. But you'll learn through mistakes. You won't be saving money though, but I would encourage you to try it yourself if you have the tools to do it.

Here's what my last job turned out like...

 

Not a great picture, but it's all i had on my phone. Turned out amazing. Took me two weeks to do it or about 30 hours. FREE LABOUR XD

 

hahaha, I am taking it to the shop to do it. I Just want to know how many qt of paint is ideal for front and back lips, so i can guesstimate how much it would cost for everythingg. sooo... half qt is enough??

 

Remember that it's not only materials that the price is based on. Labor is the most expensive part. Some shops charge $90 hr. so prep time, spray time and clean up time can all be factored in. When my Vertex kit was painted, my guy told me ABOUT $150 a piece. That would mean about $300 for your two sides.

 

I would think that a half quart would be enough.

 

What Sffd103 said....labor is the most expensive part!