E53 front bumper skid plate replicas

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by rwilson

Thanks for the feedback

If the shop wants to do another I can deal directly with them, being a middleman is sometimes painful.

the 1st shop I went to has done multiple jobs on all of my cars over the years
(teenagers and cars being beat to death in commuter rail parking lots).

They said they would do it because of our existing relationship but were did
not believe the surface would hold up. Because of their hesitation I'd rather not have them do the job.

Thanks, Rich

Understood. If a shop hesitates I probably wouldn't hire them either. Will ask the owner when I pick up, get you a price, and if the info is good I'll send you their info if they want to do another one.

[four.8is]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

do not mention where it gets mounted and if they ask, just say its for your brothers x5 in Florida or Texas and you bought it as a gift and am painting it before his b-day.

That would be a big fat lie and we don't do that here on the forum
But seriously they shouldn't care where it goes.its like they don't wanna make money..pshh

[Kristophe]

I bought myself a HVLP spray gun (you rock Harbor Freight) and will spray it myself. I've lightly wet sanded the plate and will apply adhesion promoter and primer, wet sanding between coats. I'll spray it with 354 titan silver paint + clear coat.

[BMWX5CHI]

Originally Posted by Kristophe

I bought myself a HVLP spray gun (you rock Harbor Freight) and will spray it myself. I've lightly wet sanded the plate and will apply adhesion promoter and primer, wet sanding between coats. I'll spray it with 354 titan silver paint + clear coat.

Will definitely come out nice as long as you do nice prep work and take your time. Most shops see the skid plate as a ''small project'' and really don't want nothing to do with it which is why they make a big deal out of it. There in it for the big bucks most of the times. That's why DIY is the way to go on the skid plate. Would love to get one on my X but am planning to go with the 4.6is set up on my 3.0. Good luck.

[Ricky Bobby]

Still waiting for my body shop to call. I'm glad to see Rick is drilling the slotted mounting holes on the bottom now

[Jungerishere]

If you meant Rick who made the skid-plate then no. If Rick (me) then yes.

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Still waiting for my body shop to call. I'm glad to see Rick is drilling the slotted mounting holes on the bottom now

[Ricky Bobby]

Lol I thought Rick the maker! Nice work slotting the holes yourself, I had my shop do it personally. If I don't get a call today I'll stop by my shop and see how the job is going, I told him to take his time but it will be 2 weeks tomorrow LOL

[Freestyler]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Nice work slotting the holes yourself

I'll have to agree. Very nice work.
From the picture, it looks completely factory.
How did you make the slotted holes so nice? A Dremel and a steady hand?

[Jungerishere]

Thanks. I used Dremel with grinding stones tips (# 952 & 954). Tips worked well on soft plastic.

Originally Posted by Freestyler

I'll have to agree. Very nice work.
From the picture, it looks completely factory.
How did you make the slotted holes so nice? A Dremel and a steady hand?

[Freestyler]

Originally Posted by Jungerishere

I used Dremel with grinding stones tips (# 952 & 954). Tips worked well on soft plastic.

Thank you so much.
That was actually exactly were is was going with my question. Since my experiences with Dremel'ing in soft ABS plastic usually ended up with a grinding tip embedded in molten plastic.

I'm gonna give it a go with the aluminum oxide tips.